Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Where were you playing with it? On 3/9/04 4:19 am, "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com> wrote: >> I love my M viewfinder and that is it. Give me an M finder and I am >> in. Better yet, let me mount my M lenses. If the Bessa/Epson camera >> is not the flash in the pan, limited edition it has been advertised >> to be then I will give it serious consideration. > > Playing with the Epson R-D1 yesterday, I do have to say the finder is > excellent. The unit I played with did not have the vertical > calibration problems of the pre-production model I handled last > month. The finder is 1.0x magnification and is gorgeous. The RF spot > is *almost* as good as a Leica M7/MP. The AE display is perhaps > *better* than the M7's. > > But I'm finding that I really *don't* like the manual wind. It feels > flimsy and "gadgety." There's no good reason for it to be there. > > Also, Epson uses non-standard icons for its menu buttons. This is a > royal pain and means you have to actually read the manual before > working it. Yuck. > > Karen > >