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Epson R-D1
The Epson R-D1 is a digital rangefinder camera introduced by Epson in March 2004, and the first digital rangefinder ever commercially produced. The R-D1 was a joint venture between Epson and Cosina, the former developing the electronics, UI, and imaging processor, and the latter providing the body (a modified version of the Voigtländer Bessa R2 body) and rangefinder mechanics. It uses the Leica M mount.
The R-D1 was jointly developed by Seiko Epson and Cosina and manufactured by the latter, which also builds the current Voigtländer lenses. It uses Leica M mount lenses or earlier Leica screw mount lenses with an adapter.
Uniquely, the R-D1 is a digital camera with a manually-wound shutter actuated by a rapid wind lever. The controls operate similarly to film-based rangefinder cameras.
Settings such as white balance, shutter speed, JPEG quality, and shots remaining are all displayed with servo-driven indicators on a dial resembling a watch face (made by Epson's parent company, Seiko). The rear screen can be rotated 180 degrees inwards towards the camera, allowing it to be fully hidden while folded.
The R-D1 and its subsequent revisions use the Sony ICX413AQ, an APS-C interline-transfer CCD sensor also used in the Pentax *ist D and the Nikon D100. The sensor originally dates back to 2002.
The successor of R-D1, the R-D1s was released in March 2006. The Epson R-D1s is mechanically identical to the R-D1, but with a firmware upgrade. It adds:
Users of R-D1 could upgrade their camera to have the same functions.
The successors of the R-D1s, the R-D1x and R-D1xG were made available from 9 April 2009 in Japan only. They feature very similar feature set except for few modifications:
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Epson R-D1
The Epson R-D1 is a digital rangefinder camera introduced by Epson in March 2004, and the first digital rangefinder ever commercially produced. The R-D1 was a joint venture between Epson and Cosina, the former developing the electronics, UI, and imaging processor, and the latter providing the body (a modified version of the Voigtländer Bessa R2 body) and rangefinder mechanics. It uses the Leica M mount.
The R-D1 was jointly developed by Seiko Epson and Cosina and manufactured by the latter, which also builds the current Voigtländer lenses. It uses Leica M mount lenses or earlier Leica screw mount lenses with an adapter.
Uniquely, the R-D1 is a digital camera with a manually-wound shutter actuated by a rapid wind lever. The controls operate similarly to film-based rangefinder cameras.
Settings such as white balance, shutter speed, JPEG quality, and shots remaining are all displayed with servo-driven indicators on a dial resembling a watch face (made by Epson's parent company, Seiko). The rear screen can be rotated 180 degrees inwards towards the camera, allowing it to be fully hidden while folded.
The R-D1 and its subsequent revisions use the Sony ICX413AQ, an APS-C interline-transfer CCD sensor also used in the Pentax *ist D and the Nikon D100. The sensor originally dates back to 2002.
The successor of R-D1, the R-D1s was released in March 2006. The Epson R-D1s is mechanically identical to the R-D1, but with a firmware upgrade. It adds:
Users of R-D1 could upgrade their camera to have the same functions.
The successors of the R-D1s, the R-D1x and R-D1xG were made available from 9 April 2009 in Japan only. They feature very similar feature set except for few modifications:
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