On Apr 18, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18/4/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I guess I should be embarrassed to admit that I don't know what an Epson >> RD-1 might be, but somehow I'm not. And if someone would give me one, >> I'm sure I could have fun with it, but I would never buy one. > > Not a problem Paul. It's a digital rangefinder camera and uniquely has a > winding lever to cock the shutter! Takes Leica M mount lenses but has a > pretty ageing 6mp sensor. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epson_R-D1> > > <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/epson-rd1.shtml> > > I had one for a few years. They are still out there, bit of a cult now. > > A real rangefinder that doesn't cost as much as a Leica. > That would indeed be fun. I could use my LTM Leica lenses on it with an adapter. Perhaps I shouldn't say that I would never buy one:-). > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Producion > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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.
