The Epson R-D1.
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- Опубликовано: 27 июн 2018
- This is by far the most interesting camera I have ever used. Its a digital camera from 2004 that STILL costs around $900 used. Is it worth the price in 2018? I think so.
You can buy the camera here on eBay: goo.gl/N4wcuL
Lenses used for photos:
Canon 50mm f/1.2 LTM: goo.gl/DccV9T (eBay)
Leica Summicron 50mm DR: goo.gl/DRP616 (eBay)
7Artisans 35mm f/2 M: amzn.to/2rV95Po
goo.gl/o4c22C (eBay)
Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 Nokton Classic: amzn.to/2N4ayfb
Camera Snorri Cam Rig: goo.gl/3GLgiB (eBay)
Video shot with the Fuji X-Pro2 and the
Fuji 35mm 1.4: amzn.to/2pXpcdm
Fuji 23mm f2 WR :amzn.to/2tzxVFA
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Big thanks to Xiaoxing Han for all of her help on this video. You can find her stuff here: www.walkinginlovestory.com/
And on Instagram: @xiaoxinghan
All images were shot on the Epson R-D1
Product links are referrals that give me a small percentage of the purchase price to help support my channel :)
Music from Epidemic Sound 
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Epson are you listening? Please continue this model!
Yes! I hope that by making this video more people will want something like this but new!
@@GxAce FYI - The Epson R-D1 uses a rechargeable (Epson part No. EU-85). This battery is identical to that used in many other cameras (e.g. Fujifilm NP-80, Toshiba PDR-BT1, Ricoh DB-20, Kodak KLIC-3000), with one important difference: the capacity of the Epson EU-85 battery is 1500 mAh whereas the standard capacity of the other cells is 1300 mAh; however, higher-capacity (>1500 mAh) generic batteries can be found.
@@Lysander-Spooner You mean if I buy the fujifilm np-80 it will work on the rd1?
Your videos 'almost perfect in many ways' besides the fine information you share, bring me a lot of "Saudade." An almost untranslatable Brazilian word - probably close to or for nostalgia for the "empirical experience" you usually discuss and embed in your photography and videos. In BORAT's words: "Big success!" especially if you are a millennial. Thanks, buddy.
Wow this camera is cool as hell. The camera is extremely pretty, the lenses you can adapt are excellent and the concept is just really neat.
Love the way the photos came out! Going to use them when I edit my photos
Man, your camera-review videos are the best I have seen so far :)
Wow really great to see the contrast and development in your story telling style over the years. I watched your latest R-D1 video yesterday and naturally RUclips’s Algorithm threw up your old video this morning!
Very nice review, I remember this camera from 2004 and the unique needles. A bit expensive at that time for me. More recently, I had a M for a few years and got hooked on the RF system. I bought one RD1x after watching this Video. No regret so far, the 1:1 viewfinder is a unique experience as indicated in the video.
Isn't the 1:1 viewfinder awesome?? I love it so much more than my m6's viewfinder. I was extremely surprised! I'm glad the video was helpful!
Just heard about it last weekend in contrast to Leica’s recent poor design decisions... Epson here mastered it so long ago! Film Lever actually has a purpose beyond aesthetics - enables/disables battery use!
I know right? Such a letdown. I got super excited when I saw it and then it was just a thumb rest?!? You can rest your thumb perfectly fine on a functioning shutter lever...
Imagine... Full frame version of this.
I do imagine it... every night in my sleep... hahah
Wow! I’m so impressed by the colors of the photos:)
Thanks! I'll be making an editing tutorial in the near future!
Lad your cinematography is epic! I need to up my RUclips game hahaha
Thanks my dude! You are too kind.
The B roll on this video is fabulous! Loved the music choice and the beautiful shots you've taken. I've been bitten by the RD1 bug too lately and I'm not sure how, (just recently sold My old xt2 to get a brand new sd Quattro to fuel my poor man's medium format dreams) but I wanna sell some other unused gear and hopefully be able to buy an RD1 and 3 primes. It just looks like a brilliant experience to shoot with for slow paced street work. And that shutter winder and those guages, oh my!
man i actually got all excited and then i saw it was the epson r-d1 and got even more excited¨
that is one great camera!
you are lucky to own one!
Hahaha. Sorry for the roller coaster of emotions ;P
This is the one and only! I wish I had it in my collection. Epson should make an R-D2
Wow! That camera looks very interesting! I love those gauges! Very cool!
Some really lovely beautiful images, thanks.
I've actually never subscribed to a channel before. But I'm almost tempted here! Your channel is dope.. the videography, editing and your natural presenting style are cool without trying-to-be-cool - a very difficult tone that few - if any - YTers manage to pull off (Analogue Insights is probably the only other who can hit a similar sweet spot). Nice.
Crazy steam punk camera too!
Wow. Thank you very much for leaving such a thoughtful comment. Thanks for watching!
Talking about inspiration. Amazing video as always!
Man! Your channel is superb! Keep it up 👍
Thank you!!
Re battery life: the original Epson batteries weren't great in terms of life, but they weren't bad by 2004 standards... I'd typically carry three batteries and get about 250 shots each. None of the aftermarket batteries have anywhere near the same life, no matter what mAh rating is claimed on the label. Back in the day, the R-D 1‘s US product manager would follow some of the forums and answer questions -- owners could even phone him direct -- and he told me once that Epson selected the cells in its batteries not only for mAh capacity, but for low internal resistance, so that was another reason they lasted longer. I've been told that people in Japan can still find the Epson batteries thanks to the fact that the R-D 1X, which used the same battery, was in production until 2014!
Wow, this is a cool little camera!
Isn't it? :)
WOW! What an amazing video! So inspiring!
Thanks!! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
such a cool, anachronistic camera! thanks for the review
Lovely lovely video, with some beautiful images, with only 6mp’s ! Very Cool.
Got the boxed R-D1 with nokton for 980usd (yes I got crazy lucky), simply love it! Guess I can learn heaps from your shots though, amazing!
Cool camera and a really cool video!
Used prices on these do seem a little silly at the moment...but I bought mine new when they first came out and still have it, so I feel like I've gotten my money's worth by now! The biggest drawback is that once you've gotten used to the 1:1 viewfinder and being able to shoot with both eyes open, even a Leica M seems like a bit of a letdown. A hybrid of the Epson's RF/VF, needle readouts, and control layout with the sensor and electronics package out of a Fuji X-Pro 2 would be an awesome thing to have...
Someone needs to make a mark II of this thing!
Seriously! That would be amazing.
This camera was a Voightlander Bessa R put to digital....I wish someone would do this again today. Don't worry about Pixels...Use a program called Perfect Resize.
what a charming camera!
I have been watching this camera for a couple of years now and would love to shoot one. Great job on the video
Such a fun camera, seriously. Try to get your hands on one and plead to camera manufacturers to make something like it again! ;)
I totally get the part about satisfaction coming from winding the shutter, it feels so good
Doesn't it?? *winds the shutter*
*winds the shutter again* ... and *again*
Now this is some real shit. I didn't even know Epson made cameras. If Fuji made an X100 like this, I'd buy it. I'll be looking for this from now on. Great content with this!
Awesome editing 👍
Thanks!
The Artistry shot though! nice!!
Hahah. Nice catch! I've shot a few of their commercials.
I respect the Voigtlander lens on the front. That's a great choice.
Its a solid lens! So good on film too ;)
Looks like a fun camera!
It definitely is!!
AMAZING VIDEOOO❤
how did u do this "camera follow" effect at the begining? looks so good !
Well done!
I have an old, empty Pentax Spotmatic to soothe my wind & click urge.
The urge is all to real. Thanks!
Leica should put a leaver like this in a modern camera.
I wish they would too!! No reason for them not to.
Guess what? They just did exactly that.
Hiber Lopez but it's just a thumb support and doesn't move all the way
There is one on the Leica m10-d isnt there?
wow! you are employed by Leica aren't you?
I just bought one from KEH for $700 “as-is”, the camera as some cosmetic issues but the cameras works perfectly. This camera is really cool to use.
awesome as hell
Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing
You are very welcome!
would you say th x100 classic and the epson rd1 run well together? of course the epson will have a more rangefinder film, but i mean as for color depth / grain
6MP at 300DPI print quality should get you excellent results at photos of roughly 10x7" print size. Pretty damn big. 200DPI will be way bigger still, and though technically not as detailed as a 300dpi image pictures that size are typically viewed from a distance and so you eyes resolving power can't tell the difference. Hell yeah this cam will have more than enough power for Instagram.
Thank you so much for this explanation. I'm very new to prints and this helps me understand the present day potential of this camera better.
I had one but the crop factor and rangefinder base length really killed it for me. The camera is pretty hard to shoot at wide open aperture settings especially on 50mm. Also I had to resort to using 21 and 28mm which weren't ideal... Leica's best glass is 35-50mm. Overall I replaced it with a M8 (now M240) and Leica M4 & m6 over the years. It was very nostalgic and tons of fun, very remniscent of those built-like-a-tank Bessa rangefinders
Oh, subbed too!
I know people dislike the base length on this camera but I really didn't see a difference in focusing accuracy with my Canon 1.2 LTM on this camera from my M6. Definitely wish it were full frame though ;P Thanks for watching and joining the party!
Larry McCormick Bremerton
Never even heard of this camera before, but after this video; I'm betting the price has gone up even higher ! Great video ! And after watching your video about the X100, I'm hooked ! Subscribing now, thanks. I really love my FUJI X10 and especially my X20, really think they are underrated and are great street cameras that really inspire me quite a lot. Maybe you would think about doing a video on them too ? Thanks, LarryMac
Its definitely a pricey camera, but it is oh so unique! Unfortunately I don't own those cameras :(
like your style production video)))
Ahhhhh love this Bessa like body !
Its so good!
Surprised no one has brought out a new digital rangefinder at a sensible price.
We can dream right?
Heard of the FujiFilm XPro-2. That’s an excellent digital rangefinder that uses Fuji glass and with an adaptor, Leica too
Some false starts:
Konost.com a few years ago, and Pixii.fr last year
Perhaps Leica buys them out or something, I don't know
I know this is an old video and you've moved onto other cameras, but what was the deciding factor of selling this camera? I've been contemplating on buying this camera for awhile now.
I got lucky and picked up one up for 200US a while back but I couldn't get over the size. Just a tad big. Spoiled with the 18mp M9 atm.
Wow! What a find! I was also a little surprised by the size at first but was able to get over it. Have fun with the M9!
Hi are you still using your RD1? I just got mine. Did you ever use 21mm on this camera? If yes what frameline did you use? Thanks from new zealand
I knew this camera years ago and was hoping the Nikon DF would something like that. It has gauges and manual winder. Okay, maybe not gauges, but at least a manual winder.
The DF was so close to being amazing ;) I wish someone made something like the Epson today.
Someone with some visibility should start a campaign to ask for the RD2
I know, right? Thst would be awesome.
It should be called the R2D2 heheh
Oh wait Disney will kill it instantly
That top is steampunk ! Very cool , and yes...it’s about what inspires you ...not always features/megapixels
Amen!
How easy is it too see the full 35mm frame lines with your glasses on?
Always wanted one of these. Nowadays tho I dream of a full frame CLE or IKON digital tho… ooof
What a cool camera. I had never heard of this model before now.
And here's another camera I didn't know I wanted. It is indeed expensive but in the long run, since you don't have to buy films, it isn't that expensive. It is not a flawless camera but it is appealing for sure.
There's something about these colours. Is that the CCD-sensor magic people talk about? Or maybe just great editing from you? Either way: great review!
I don’t mean to talk up me editing skills, but honestly I haven’t found the magic of CCD colors. I much prefer Fuji straight out of camera and I did just recently pick up a Leica M9 and wasn’t blown away.
I like what u said at last. Is a camera u want to take it out.
Cool camera! Epson, come back!
This thing is the ultimate hipster camera.
I don't think it gets more hipster than this.
GxAce film...
This thing was made before hipster ever existed so no it's just a camera.
@@aaron655 film has actual visible advantages over digital. It's fine if you're a photographer trying to get a better shot, but you're a hipster if you're looking for scratches and dust marks.
Can you use l mount lenses with this camera?
What is camera body mount? M mount?
I have a Japanese 'mook' (Japanese portmanteau of 'magazine' and 'book') which goes into detail about this camera and contains many pictures taken with vintage lenses. I had the chance to buy a new RD1-x in Japan some years ago, but couldn't justify it as I have a M9. I kind of regret not buying it now.
This camera is going to be worth a fortune in 30 years.
Totally.
if I live until then I'll be rich...I love my RD-1!!!
this is some supreme, top level, hipster stuff right here.
It would have been a fantastic travel/instagram camera if not for the price. I don't mind spending the money, but if my travel camera is worth too much, I won't enjoy traveling with it because I have to worry about keeping it safe. It would be amazing if this thing only costed like $250 or less. My current Fujifilm camera is overkill for certain trips where I just want to take a few instagram shots.
I wish it were that cheap. It would be amazing. You can find the original X100 for pretty cheap these days too! ruclips.net/video/IKzGxmKOHpM/видео.html
Very nice video :)
Thank you!!
Owned one, sold it, and regretted it since
If you don't have the RD1 and the Leica M8, and you could only choose one, which would you buy?
I’d say the Epson because of that awesome shutter advance. It also doesn’t have the sensor corrosion issue. The base length is shorter on the Epson than the Leica so you may have some issues focusing a fast 50mm lens but I didn’t have any issues with that. I also love the 1:1 magnification on the Epson viewfinder.
I had the rd1x back when it came out. Amazing camera. Regret selling it.
i had an epson fx-85 dot matrix printer. actually it was a sr2000 or something but used the same drivers as the fx-85. then walmart stopped carrying the ribbon cartridges for it. also i thought i broke for several yars but it wasn't broken. it just had a small piece of rock or kitty litter or something stuck in the roller. once I removed it the printer worked just fine again
Go ahead and upgrade to the Epson LQ-590. You wont regret it. 529 cps print speed! This ain't your third cousins printer.
Could you care to share the camera you make your videos with? Thank you.
This was all shot on the Fuji X-Pro2 in the Classic Chrome film simulation :)
Super accurate title
Not so accurate anymore after you watched it! ;)
Yup saw these a while back. Wanted one but it's expensive
That's basically the largest downside :(
That so cool
Isn’t it?? Such a cool camera
Impressive ! Are your images SOOC ?
Nope. I like to show the potential and not just what the images look like SOOC. I really enjoy the color grading process.
Fuji should build a new camera like this, with modern technology and the opportunity to get a repair. I really really like all about the rd-1, but there is no service anymore. So I have to use my other digital rangefinder until someone builds a new one which is worth to buy...
That would be awesome if Fuji did it!
Nice video :)
Thanks!!
I'm struggling to believe this camera actually exists. wow!
I should have bought one of these a few years ago when I first found out about them. They were hovering around the 700-1000 range... now they're pushing $3k....
Wow. The price is crazy now. I wish I wouldn’t have sold mine hahah. I got it for $1k for this video.
@@GxAce yeah, I think they were around that 1K range for years. I originally looked into buying one of these when the M9 first came out to see if I could find a cheaper alternative. I ended up not getting one and now I never will.
@@GxAce Why did you sell it?
My 8MP Pentax Optio E40 will crush all competitors. Love my Pentax camera.
Awesome! Never used one myself
How to use anamorphic lens on this? Can do? Then perfect camera for me
Is this the same Epson like my printers?
You're kidding right !!!! .... You've never heard of the RD-1 ?? ... They beat Leica at their own game. Watch Mattias Burling and his review on the same camera.
Mattias is great!
How do you colour grade your photos? They look so cool!
In Lightroom!
GxAce how do you grade your photos like this in Lightroom?
Almost won one of these last week on ebay for $550 but ended up chickening out and not getting it and I'm regretting it a bit. It's such a cool camera but I know I will still want to shoot actual film even if I have it and am going to keep that $600 to put towards a film leica m
Go for it! Film Leicas are great. I highly recommend an M6.
is the winder practical? or something you need to do for each shot? certainly a cool collectors item, i assume it use the M mount?
These are now wildly expensive 😳
Why aren't there more of these types of camera being made??
Leica just tried and failed. Maybe China is our last hope.
Wow. I think you may have just changed my life. : P : D
It's not beautiful; but I can't get over the "hybrid" nature of the controls of this camera.....beyond the Fujifilm stuff.....that wind lever is something else.....and ya it's so damn solid!!!!
》LOL to the ISO1600《
People going 🤤 over 128000++ now, but like this makes you think + slow down + be creative, force tripod use etc.
[Baterry is a bit concerning: time for the 1GB trick?]
》A whole other category of device!!
Wow! I would love to get one, but the price is a bit too crazy.
Definitely crazy. But you will have a big fat grin on your face using it ;P
Are the images straight of camera or edited?
These are all edited. Most people end up editing their photos anyway so I feel it makes more sense to show what is possible rather than what just comes out of the camera untouched :)
I can’t believe this was designed in 2004
Now it is $1200 or more, m8 is around 1500-1600 tho
I just wish someone would make a new version!!
Damn, it got so expensive, probably best to get one in Japan
The Leica M10-D we should have gotten
Seriously! What a letdown that lever is on the M-10!!