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Technically, all these pictures look pretty damn good, and at 6.1 megapixels! Yet it seems folks can't/won't stop chasing the latest technology. Just an observation from a non-digital shooter...
And, yes, it was the same when film was king.
 
Retro-Grouch said:
Technically, all these pictures look pretty damn good, and at 6.1 megapixels! Yet it seems folks can't/won't stop chasing the latest technology. Just an observation from a non-digital shooter...
And, yes, it was the same when film was king.
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The R-D1 gives 6 great megapixels! Of course it's enough. I watch my 1080p blu rays and those 2k DI 4k discs on a 120" projection screen and most of them look glorious...~2 megapixels!
R-D1's dynamic range is not bad either ...8-9stops according to the same sensor Nikon D40/D70 measurments.The Kodak emulsion used to shoot some of my favorite movies of all time had 8-9 stops of DR as well.

I've had this chasing disease you speak of for more than 20 years but i'm cured now. The cure was owning the Sony A7rII and A7III which deliver more than i could even imagine back when i started. I purchased the R-D1 in 2017 as a colectable,just to have it.It sat in a drawer all these years. Now i have redescovered it and i'm having a blast ....by far the coolest digital camera ever made . It's like driving a 1970 Dodge Challenger after getting tired of your latest Ferrari and Mercedes.
 
I never paid much attention to the RD1 but after looking at some of the images in this thread, the camera can produce some beautiful results. I’m guessing it’s a CCD sensor? I’m impressed!
 
x-ray said:
I never paid much attention to the RD1 but after looking at some of the images in this thread, the camera can produce some beautiful results. I’m guessing it’s a CCD sensor? I’m impressed!
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The sensor is very adequate for the fun retro style challenge this fantastic camera is all about.These CCD's render colors beautifully but they do have limitations compared to modern CMOS . The black and white picture above showcases them all at the same time proving they are no big issues.

In my opinion , the greatest struggle with this sensor in not the resolution or the dynamic range...it's the low light performance.At iso1600 the images are grainy but it's an organic/analogue looking grain. Street photography at night can be done with R-D1 but you need fast lenses.
Some strong lights in darker scenes can cause some banding like that light in the foreground but when it happens it is fairly subtle.

If you click on that b&W image to magnify it you might be able to spot some white dots towards the top of the image.They are not stars..they are hot/slow pixels.They mainly show up at high iso's in dark scenes especially if you strongly push the contrast in post .Easy to fix though.My R-D1 has a few but quite evenly and randomly spread .My brand new(500 shutter count) Nikon D80 with the evolved 10Mp CCD has fewer but they are more problematic as the same 2 of them show even in brighter scenes at is 1600. All big CCD's have them. CMOS as well but at far higher iso's.

Surely you would never use an R-D1 today for client work ...but it can do landscapes as well.EPSN1158-2.jpg
 
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