Well, the Epson RD-1 is out of production and new ones have disappeared from all stocks as far as I can determine. Current US prices when you find a mint one seem to run $1300-1800 for the body. That seems a pretty good deal, compared to $5000 for an M8 ... but I'd certainly appreciate the M8's 10Mpixel resolution. ;-)
I have long suspected that the Zeiss Ikon and its M-bayonet compatible lens line was designed for transfer to a digital body, looking at the focal lengths they chose to offer. G On Apr 13, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > For some reason I keep thinking that the RD-1 is not as good a value > as the M8. I just refuse to pay $3000 for a 6MP camera. Somehow, > paying $4500 for a 10MP one that also happens to be a Leica seems to > make more sense. > > So much for claiming to be beyond brand worshipping. > > That said, I wish Cosina would go digital with another iteration of > the RD-1 or even better, the Zeiss rangefinder. To me, it seems like > that are one of the very few companies that truly "get it." > > j > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I'm sure you'll like the M8, Juan. Enjoy it! I'm sure it will do >> you well. >> >> I've been tempted by both the M8 and the Epson RD-1 on several >> occasions. I >> like the shape, size and weight of these cameras. And I owned >> Leica Ms for >> years, alongside my Nikon SLRs. But I've always been more of an >> SLR user. My >> solution to this desire has been the Panasonic L1 fitted with a >> wide or >> normal prime lens. Lately I've also been using an Olympus E-1 body >> with the >> Leica 25mm f/1.4 (normal) ... It has an extremely quiet shutter and >> excellent viewfinder, but is somewhat bulky compared to the RF >> cameras. >> >> Every so often I see the RD-1 for a reasonable price and I'm >> tempted as one >> of those with that fast 28mm lens would be just about right. And >> similarly >> the M8 body calls to me when I visit the camera store. Maybe some >> day. >> >> Godfrey >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
