Thanks frank, and paul! And cotty of course. I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do with it. :-)
G On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:38 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm so pleased you got it! One thing I should have said earlier is that it > would be great for someone with more than one M mount lens in their stable. > I know you'll put this body to good use. > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > Sent: December 11, 2011 12/11/11 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT - Epson RD-1 > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 6:47 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm drooling - sort of. >> >> That may be a good price, but for less ("street price") I'd prefer a Fuji >> x100. Smaller, more pixels, ~much~ wider ISO range, likely better image >> quality. >> ... >> The FX 100's 35mm equivalent lens would be just about perfect for my needs >> (as the 40mm is on my CL). >> >> Still, that Epson is a good price. Hope it finds a good home. > > It has. I bought it. > > I disliked the feel and controls of the Fuji X100 as soon as I handled > it. The optical viewfinder is nice, but if you leave the info displays > on it is as busy as it gets. The EVF was also sucky compared to the > Panny G1 I had before it. Just could not bring myself to buy it. I > bought the GXR–it was far better just as I got it with the A12 28mm > camera unit, the A12 50mm Macro camera unit was superb too, and now > the A12 Camera Mount for M-bayonet lenses makes it a truly serious > little camera. Love it, it's now my main camera. I have barely touched > any of my SLRs since May. As a matter of fact, all my SLR gear other > than my dear old E-1 body and one of its FourThirds lenses are going > up for sale (but I'll keep the Micro-Nikkor 55 and 200, the Nikkor-H > 85/1.8 and Pentax SMC Takumar 135 to use with it too ... I can use all > of them with the GXR as well.) > > Along the way I acquired an M4-2 body. It brought me back to > rangefinder cameras and I absolutely love using it. I don't use it > enough simply because it's godforsaken film ... I don't have time for > film very often. I want to buy an M9 next year. > > The M9 is a lot of money. And I want to be sure before I dump out that > much cash. So I almost bought an M8.2 earlier this week so I can spend > a few months working RF digital, be sure it fits my ideas right ... > and that's a different format from either the GXR or the M4-2/M9. And > I didn't like the thought of having to buy and use IR-cut filters with > it to get around its sensor issues either. > > This R-D1 appealed to me because it was relatively inexpensive > compared to either of the Leica bodies, I can spend some time with the > RF concept in digital and decide for certain whether I'm going to put > out the money for the M9, and it is not only the same format as the > GXR but I have all the lenses I need to make it useful already. I > figured I can grab it, use it for a while until I convince myself that > the M9 is The One, and then sell it to Cotty at a small discount > because he's been such a buddy. > > Or was that a small premium? ]'-) > > Anyway, it'll be here later in the week. I'm sure I'll have no problem > selling it once I'm done with it ... if I get done with it. It's a bit > of a fascinating anachronism (like the E-1, actually) that can take > really nice photos. > >> ... Plus, the only lens I'll likely ever use on the Epson is my Summicron C >> 40mm, which would be too long with the aps-sized sensor for street shooting. >> Like my Leica CL, the Epson would essentially be a fixed lens camera. ... > > I disagree about the 40mm focal length. I now have two of them (bought > the Nokton 40/1.4 for the GXR, then bought the Summicron-C 40/2 > Minolta sibling lens (M-Rokkor 40mm f/2) because it came up at such a > good price and I loved the old Summi-C on my CL. Comparing them, > they're much more similar than they are different in use. The Nokton > is faster and a bit harsh wide open, the Summi-C/M-Rokkor is a *tiny* > bit softer wide-open and by f/2.8 they're hard to tell apart. > > 40mm turns out to be my favorite focal length on both 35mm and APS-C > format ... wide normal on 35mm, long normal on APS-C. When I had the > FA43L, it became my all-time-favorite lens on the *ist DS and K10D > format ... same as the GXR and R-D1. So I put one 40 on the M4-2 and > the other on the GXR. They're the lenses on either camera most of the > time now. (When I want that wider street view for the GXR, I usually > go with a 21mm, just like I did with the Pentax DSLRs.) > > Anyway, there you have it. Or rather, there I have your camera, Cotty ... > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > 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. > -- > 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
