Epson R-D1
The R-D1, announced by Epson in March 2004,[1], and discontinued in 2007, was the first digital rangefinder camera. Manufactured by Cosina, which also builds the current Voigtländer cameras, the R-D1 and its successor, the R-D1s (mechanically identical but with a firmware upgrade), use Leica M-mount lenses or earlier Leica screw mount lenses with an adapter.
One unique feature to note on the RD-1 is that it is a digital camera that has a mechanical shutter, despite not being a DSLR. The controls operate in the same way as film-based rangefinder cameras.
Data such as white balance, shutter speed, picture quality, and shots remaining are all displayed with servo driven indicators on a dial like a watch face (made by Epson's parent company Seiko). With the rear screen folded away, it is not obviously a digital camera.
External links
- R-D1 on the Epson website
- Epson R-D1 : A Field Test, The Luminous Landscape
- Rich Cutler's web site, Site with much supporting information for R-D1
- R-D1 specific forum on Rangefinderforum.com
- ^ Epson Launches the World's First Rangefinder Digital Camera, TOKYO, Japan, March 11
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