Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>I'd think >>the Epson RD1 >>the "most direct competition" >>to the M8 or M8.2 A good and fair point, but I didn't mention it because it's not widely available at this time new.? I owned one for a couple of years.? In terms of the human/machine interface, was a good but not a great user experience.? The M8 may not be an MP but it's still basically an M, in my opinion.? I will say that the Epson made wonderful files, and did so every time you pushed the release (no "Attention: Shutter Fault" messages) but the files were of course very different from the M8 files.? I think my?biggest issue was that the rangefinder seemed to need calibration quite frequently even when the camera was delicately treated, which was unfortunate.? In the end, I think a comparison is difficult because of the significance in both price and?optical/mechanical/electronic differences.? I think I paid something like $1400 for the RD-1 at the Epson store, while the " recertified " M8s are running $3000.?? Not sure what the R-D1x (is that the new production version?) is selling for new. John