x100 update or another day with the x100

[lewis44]

I just did mine as well. I first sent it to Steve's Camera (He's Close) and then when he couldn't get the RF adjustments right, off to Japan.
There has to be a lot of Cosina stuff inside and 5 years is a looong time
I'm guessing they will have most of the rest and it is still a flat rate for labor, plus parts.

 

[LKeithR]

...my only fear/hesitation with the rd1 is that if they 'break' and cannot be repaired than i am sunk! i would rather go through the learning curve of a new camera while i still have access to my rd1s rather than while i might be in mourning if they go kaput.

I'm sort of in the same boat with my Digilux 2. A lovely camera to use and the output is really superb but it is an old camera using (relatively) old technology so I know that at some point it will fail and not be worth fixing. As long as it works I'll never part with it but I'd like to have a replacement on hand before it actually fails. So far I've found nothing that does the job but the Ricoh/Leica/Pentax GXR has some possibilities as does a potential interchangeable lens Fuji X100 cousin. Got my fingers crossed...

 

[jsrockit]

I don't understand why you are so patient, Joe. All the cameras I liked, it was clear very early that they "fit me". All these opportunities lost when your Epsons stay at home ...

Huh? What opportunity would he miss because he has the X100 instead of the Epson?

 

[ferider]

Huh? What opportunity would he miss because he has the X100 instead of the Epson?

Why defensive ?

... the x100 ... felt very clumsy and extremely slow in my hands...it is slower than i would like and many of the shots i took have the action just leaving the frame...i need to learn the timing of the x100 as it is very different from my rangefinders.

A camera is a personal thing, IMO. These shoes are not cheap. They don't fit. Use the old shoes until you find a new pair you fall in love with .... Who knows what cameras will be available while the RD1s can still be serviced (5 years) ?

 

[Keith]

I realise keeping the Epsons until they're no longer viable seems like an attractive option because the camera is comfortably familiar ... but in your shoes I'd be selling both now and getting an M8.2 to use along side the X100.

You'll gain a little focal length width with less crop and you'll get to experience and come to terms with a digital M ... opening a possible pathway to a used M9 a couple of years down the track.

 

[jsrockit]

Not defensive ferider, but I also admit to not seeing his post about missing shots. Now I see your point. I just use both the Leica M and X100 and don't miss shots with one that I wouldn't have got with the other. I think with the Fuji, it is a matter of setting the camera up to your liking (once) and then just using it. It's not a hard camera to use.