Share your Epson R-D1(s,x) photos

Joining the party. Picked one up, based on its file naming it might have only had 134 exposures on it. It is in mint condition so I believe it.

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R-D1, Konica UC Hexanon 35mm

Shawn
 
Shawn,
I hope you like your new purchase it is definitely a one of camera not for everyone that's for sure. The thumb wind for me as such a great feel and reminds me so much of the film days and I found myself playing with the settings a lot more now. My screen is always turned inwards as I just don't need it when I am out to me so far it as been a real joy to use. Hope to see some of your work on one of the R-D1 Flickr groups, I will look out.
 
pr1uk2 said:
Shawn,
I hope you like your new purchase it is definitely a one of camera not for everyone that's for sure. The thumb wind for me as such a great feel and reminds me so much of the film days and I found myself playing with the settings a lot more now. My screen is always turned inwards as I just don't need it when I am out to me so far it as been a real joy to use. Hope to see some of your work on one of the R-D1 Flickr groups, I will look out.
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It is a very interesting purchase to think about. I remember reading a little about the R-D1 when it first came out and I pretty much ignored it. At the time I had moved from a F5 to a D1H and had shoot almost entirely SLRs in my film days.

The last 8 years or so I've been shooting some film rangefinders as I enjoy the tactile experience of using them and it helped me focus more on light and exposure. Really love both eyes open shooting with the 1:1 viewfinder of my Konica IIIa. I don't use it all the time due to the time constraints of developing and scanning the film. Reading again about the Epson and its 1:1 finder a lightbulb went off... I scan on a Pakon which is 6mp... the Epson is 6mp...

I keep the screen turned in too and also have it in a RFF leather half case. I haven't used another digital that feels so much like a film camera. I'm also trying to shoot it more like a film camera in not downloading the pictures until I either fill the SD card or have to change out the battery.

Shawn
 
Great photos Shawn and yes these cameras really feel like the film days there is still 5 R-D1 groups on Flickr. Will look out for your posts
 
shawn said:
I'm also trying to shoot it more like a film camera in not downloading the pictures until I either fill the SD card or have to change out the battery.
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So, about every 36 exposures then...? 😉 Okay, the currently-available third-party batteries aren't quite THAT bad, but I still feel like I only get a couple of “rolls” per battery... I did make this but it's not exactly convenient:

https://youtu.be/t32W6a_9EXE
 
My DP3M and DP2M were about a 'roll' per battery.... and maybe a 24 exposure roll at that. Compared to them the Epson lasts forever. 🙂 I did buy a couple of Wasabi aftermarket batteries. They seems to be OK but I don't know what an original was like when new. I did realize my battery meter needed to be calibrated.

Battery pack looks cool. If batteries get too bad I was thinking about something like that but integrating it into a 3d printed grip for the Epson.

Shawn
 
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