[Leica] Epson R-D1 first full day impressions.

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

No, Chris - You didn't too badly at all - Hell, on quick glance, most of
the shots are in focus, which is pretty amazing given your rangefinder
experience.:-)
(Also - in case you didn't notice, I can be painfully blunt...;-))

There's no question that using autofocus for kids makes life allot
easier - back when I was still mostly shooting film I got a pair of
F100s for just that reason - the Ms are great, but if really fast
focusing on moving objects is essential, autofocus definitely makes it
easier.

If I may make one suggestion in regard to the great majority of these
shots - get closer. (I realize the instructor may have waved you back,
but). My impression in looking at these, especially knowing what you've
been shooting with, is that you're used to standing back and using a
zoom to get you in close. The RF with primes forces YOU to do the
zooming. Allot of these shots would have been more interesting had you
zoomed with your feet.)

BTW - the performance at 1600 is quite good - better than film.

Best

B. D.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Driggett
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:07 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson R-D1 first full day impressions.


B.D.,
        When I said no good for action is that I am use to a DSLR with
auto 
focusing and 11 focus points. This is a big shift in the usage 
department. If I could have rented the camera before hand I would of. 
The resale value of these items makes this not such a throw away 
purchase.

The point about shooting action is that I have to get use to zone 
focusing again and adjust my shooting technique A lot of times I need a 
good 80-300 focal length when shooting sports or action shots as the 
parents are not always allowed so close.

My original aim in buying this camera was to have a carry with me all 
the time camera and for travel.

By your comment I hoped I did not do to bad my first try.

Thanks,
Chris



On Jan 28, 2005, at 7:37 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> What this inquiring mind wants to know is why someone with no real 
> experience using a rangefinder goes out and buys a $3K digital 
> rangefinder that has gotten so-so reviews at best, along with three- 
> count 'em - three Leica lenses? If I hadn't seen these photos I'd 
> swear this was a troll. ;-)
>
> And as to the camera - or rangefinders - being lousy for shooting
> action
> - no 10, with the two kids frozen in mid-air and blurred instructor
> belies that - as does the work of, oh, David Douglas Duncan, HCB, 
> Robert
> Capa, Larry Burrows, Henri Huet, to name just a few. ;-)
>

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