Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/26

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Subject: [Leica] Sold My Two R-D1's Today
From: ausdlk at gmail.com (David Keenan)
Date: Fri Jan 26 21:28:11 2007

When at least one folder of RAW files from my European trip was found to be
missing this morning, it was the final straw.

I listed an R-D1 for sale here and on RFf and CVUG and it was sold within
six hours. Then to someone who had inquired about the first camera, I sold
the second.

Plain and simple, rangefinder digital photography is just not in the cards
for me.

It is (probably) well known what I think of the M8. And while I generally
like the R-D1 very much, it represented just too much of a compromise for
me.

Here are the specific reasons (besides the lost image files) that I decided
to part with the cameras:

1. the unreliable nature of the rangefinder (I didn't *really* want to learn
how to align it myself)

2. the battery (I don't want to have to worry about charging it -- I want to
grab my camera and go without a thought to the battery)

3. the SD card (when I click the shutter, I want the camera to take a
picture -- no matter what and sometimes I want to take more than two in
rapid succession)

So, digital rangefinders are a complete bust as far as I'm concerned.

I will just have learn to love DSLR's for those tasks not suited to film
rangefinder photography.

Dave.

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