Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, the RD1 really is intuitive for an old fart like me. The slow work through menus on the Canon digital SLRs are irritating, though the results are good. The RD1 brings Leica pleasure to digital, and I have been using 1930s lenses on mine! Frank On 19 Jan, 2005, at 09:13, Richard wrote: > The R-D1 is very easy to use. Set color to RAW. Shoot like an M. Don't > look back. > > If you must use the LCD, set the "User button" to magnify mode. > > The grid is for the 1/3 partitioning, you know, the most interesting > focus should be somewhere on one of the thirds... It's an option. > > Think of the rewind jog dial as a directional button. Occasionally you > need to pull it up to access more modes since 2 arrows don't work in > all cases. > > Overall, I find the RD-1 to be one of the simplest digital camera to > use. > > At 09:27 AM 1/18/2005, Christopher Williams wrote: > >> I got a chance to also shoot the Epson RD-1. Takes some times >> figuring out >> the menu and those manual dials. Using the rewind knob for playback >> on the >> menu takes getting used to. VF is bright, not as bright as a M6/M7 >> but still >> very good. The manual framelines on top the of the camera are >> 50,35,28mm. >> Epson showed off some prints from it with CV and Leica lenses. Even >> had an >> image with an old Hektor 135/4.5. Build quality seems to be like the >> R3. I >> saw Jeff's R3a and it seemed to be the same build as the RD-1, though >> the >> RD-1 is larger. There's a grid that comes up on the LCD monitor during >> playback, but no one seems to know what it's for. Anyone? > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >