So, where's the welcome party!?

[paradoxbox]

Hello all!

I took the plunge and bought a minty Epson R-D1 the other night on yahoo auctions (I live in Japan). Expecting to receive it tomorrow. I bought a Bessa R last week for peanuts to get a feel for the R-D1 and liked it enough that I'm going to keep it too.

I love shooting with rangefinders, and I like film too but for color photos film processing is just too expensive for me to be able to justify it, and the chemicals to do it myself are not easily available (Otherwise I'd do it). So I took the plunge on the R-D1.

I'm very much looking forward to going out and shooting around Shibuya and Shinjuku in the near future with my R-D1. So far I have an Industar-26M 50mm 2.8 and a Skopar 35mm 2.5 LTM plus the necessary adapter. I suspect it will make a great companion to my other favorite camera, the Ricoh GRD III.

Don't expect any great photos from me though, I suck at photography. I just do it because it's fun.

 

[tobinharris]

Hey, welcome to the forum, and congrats on your purchase

I joined up here 8 months ago, and also suck at photography (but enjoy it and am getting better).

Here are the tips and advice I got from kind folks on here, which you might find REALLY useful.

General Welcome Tips
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107013&highlight=tobinharris

Postprocessing
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107261&highlight=tobinharris

Enjoy your upcoming shoot, and post piccies!

Tobin

 

[Teuthida]

Let us know where to send the fruit basket.

 

[dreilly]

Sucking doesn't matter. Enjoying does. Welcome to RFF. This is my favorite forum online with lots of really good people. The R-D1 is a wonderful camera to shoot with, and yes, post your pics, sucky or not. We're an easy, encouraging crowd.

 

[leica M2 fan]

Welcome, you'll enjoy being here. It's the best forum on the net. Great people and great advice for all.

 

[back alley]

welcome!



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[Benjamin Marks]

What Doug said! Welcome and when you have some pictures, post 'em where we can see 'em.

 

[andephotographic]

Welcome.

I'm a recent R-D1s purchaser and loving the camera so far. Similar to you I have a 25mm Skopar and an Industar 61. The I61 is alright but looking to upgrade to a Canon 50mm, probably just an f1.8, soon.

Very jealous of your location.

 

[RobVinc]

Welcome to RFF and especially to the R-D1 group, paradoxbox.

Where in Japan are you located?

Greetings from 横浜市。

 

[mwooten]

Welcome to the family.

 

[helen.HH]

Woooohoooo to the RD1 & Welcome ...

 

[KEVIN-XU 愛 forever]

Hey Guys,

I am also the new member in R-D1s! Receive this handsome camera in yesterday. Pretty classic digital rangefinder camera! I love this design! The handling is better than my M9. R-D1s is more like a film rangefinder. : )

R-D1s and Konica RF will become my street photography combo!


Flickr 上 KEVIN is listening Begin...... 的 Epson R-D1s My new friend! Awesome photography combo!


Flickr 上 KEVIN is listening Begin...... 的 Epson R-D1s My new friend~!

 

[astro8]

Kevin, you finally got your R-D1s!

I'm looking forward to seeing some photos taken with it.

 

[Haigh]

A big welcome. Those districts you mentioned are fantastic as I am sure you know.

 

[KEVIN-XU 愛 forever]

Kevin, you finally got your R-D1s!

I'm looking forward to seeing some photos taken with it.

Hi Greg,

Yeah! Finally..... Cost me a long time to find one. But it's a very happy transaction. Deal with a kind person and at a reasonable price. Lucky. : )

Sure! I will spend a lot of time on this lovely camera! Can't wait to take these combo out. Haha.

Cheers,
Kevin