Cool Factor – Epson R-D1x Digital Rangefinder
February 27th, 2009 Posted in Canon General
I just think it’s cool
Epson has “upgraded” their hot selling Leica mount digital rangefinder.
It comes with an ancient 6mp APS-C CCD, they’ve added the handgrip and a 2.5″ LCD.
Very cool and something I wish Canon or Nikon would make.
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cr
February 27th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Well, Leica already offers the M8 (and M8.2), so why would anyone prefer Canon or Nikon?
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Gene Reply:
February 27th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I wouldn’t necessarily prefer a Canon or Nikon, but I do prefer something that doesn’t cost $4000.
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Canon Rumors Reply:
February 27th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
If Canon or Nikon made something like this, there’d be a lot more support behind the system.
The Leica M8 & M8.2 are still broken. If Leica does a FF M9, sign me up.
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Ron Reply:
February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Leica M8 & M8.2 are APS-H?
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February 27th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
with the small sensors and awful ISO performance the M8’s are just not worthy of the lenses they wear…
The camera I’d be intersted in seeing from one of these companies is a digital K1000 type camera…
12MP – Full Manual – Two Dials – one f/stop and one shutter speed and a bright clear LCD that would allow you to see the results of your work. A magnesium body would be nice but not necessary. FULL FRAME. with a bright viewfinder and a nice split prism view finder. 1 shot at a time. No AF or (probably better for us getting older people) a single center point AF spot….
somewhere around 500 bucks with a 50 1.8 as the kit lens
very small – simple – stop making kids buy crappy fm10 nikons and vivitars for their classes. Give a “retro” feel for those that shot simple old 35mm in school when they were kids…
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DeeWee Reply:
March 1st, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Yeah, you keep dreaming, maybe in 10 years…
Now, if you say 5000 bucks, that one you might see in a couple years instead.
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Stark-Arts Reply:
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 am
explain why or reread my post.
what did I ask for that would be 5000 dollars?
ONLY Center point AF – not tracking, no multi points…
NO shots per second – ONE shot at a time….
A body similar to a vivitar 3800n or nikon FM10 – no frills
no live view, no video, nothing…
just a very simple camera aimed at “retro” folks that want a serious return to basics and students that are now forced to buy a film camera for a six month class that they will mostly never use again…
you could use old 5D chips (no R/A costs to recover – just profit)
No reason this would have to be so expensive at all…
JC
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February 27th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Oh wow, Seiko-Epson has updated this and it’s for sale again? The previous versions were becoming something of a hot item due to the fact that they were no longer widely available and those wanting a digital rangefinder like the M8 were stuck with…well…Leica and it’s price.
I’ve seen some really good images on Flickr taken with Epsons.
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February 28th, 2009 at 4:04 am
I wonder if it has any shutter lag? Every digital compact I have tried suffers from it, but they were all autofocus…
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February 28th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
i would have to see the sensor’s output before i’d get anything like this, as cool as it seems. if the sensor was competitive with noise levels and tonal rendition, i’d probably buy such a product.
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February 28th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Only available in Japan. More of a high end collectors item.
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February 28th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Probably the same sensor as Nikon D40/D50…
There is a large consumer market want a really good camera (IQ) and compact body.
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Stark-Arts Reply:
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:04 am
where do you get this idea? I had no idea that nikon or sony were making chips for epson?
is this true?
JC
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April 2nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
This is right here, in the present, not the future.
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