http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/ Engadget Comments for Epson's R-D1x digital Rangefinder locates our analog hearts http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
http://www.google.com/search?q=200%2C000+jpy+to+usd]]>Feb 27th 2009 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/or they can put a modern cmos or a better ccd than m8 in it for some competition.]]>Feb 27th 2009 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
20 MILLION YEN (202,820 USD!!!!)

(spoiler: original japanese says 200k yen instead)]]>Feb 27th 2009 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
Of course it was really $500 worth... at retail prices. So, a good deal, but not $50,000 good!
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oh wait ill just stick with my retro cool looking superior in every way canon G9..]]>Feb 27th 2009 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
Don't laugh at people who work really hard with their photography.

That said, obviously you won't use this for action photography. The shutter advance lever is a bitch too - on my FE2 (early 80's full manual SLR) I can take manual focus and exposure for street and object photography, but not the friggin film advance lever! ugh!

Too bad DPReview is saying this camera will only get a Japan release.]]>Feb 27th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/]]>Feb 27th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
I just bought a $1400 lens, so this'll have to wait.]]>Feb 27th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
Why I like this look? It's probably because it doesnt look like it was made from plastic soap container. Form dictates shape, not the other way around like most new cameras that look like they are made from plastic handsoap containers. Like Canon Powershot E1. (Yes, I know this is in a another market segment, but I'm commenting on shape not price).

Unfortunately there's bad news. Dpreview asked Epson UK and was told "According to Epson UK, the R-D1x is being released only in Japan and there are no plans for a European release."

So there goes the cheaper ($2000] than Leica M8 ($4795) for us europeans that like the manual camera with character over the point and snap soapboxes.]]>Feb 28th 2009 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
Will have to wait for reviews...

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Put the Leica 50mm f/0.95 on this, take a few photos and get back to us hey? ]]>Feb 27th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
I am still waiting for something that would tempt me away from my Mamiya M6.]]>Feb 27th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Feb 27th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/Mar 5th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
Yarr.


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2. A rangefinder may look retro, but it has advantages that transcend look. We're talking compact and quiet -- portability and anonymity, which spell the perfect street camera. You can get that in a digital p&s, but not the lens quality, which is at least as important as the body.

Btw, it's a homage with an "h," not oh-mage, like pretentious twits call it.
]]>Feb 28th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/I want one.

http://photohumourist.com

Paul Treacy]]>Mar 1st 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/epsons-r-d1xg-digital-rangefinder-locates-our-analog-hearts/
Since getting my m8, it's become my everyday camera. I still kept my old a700 body and a few lenses for weddings and events, but I love rangefinders because they are smaller and a lot more discreet, and people don't feel threatened when I take a picture of them. I might consider a R-D1x depending on the quality of the raw files and the product after post-processing. The original R-D1s didn't impress me that much, to be honest - but I did like the retro film (shutter) winder. ]]>Mar 4th 2009 12:29PM