The original R-D1, announced by Epson in March 2004 and discontinued in 2007, was the first digital rangefinder camera. Subsequently, three modifications of the original R-D1 were produced - R-D1s, R-D1x, and R-D1xG. R-D1 R-D1 was jointly developed by Seiko Epson and Cosina and manufactured by the latter, which also builds the current Voigtländer cameras. It uses Leica M-mount lenses or earlier Leica screw mount lenses with an adapter. An unusual feature to note on the R-D1 is that it is a digital camera that has a manually wound shutter with a rapid wind lever. 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. R-D1 and all of the subsequent modifications of the camera have been using the same 1.5x crop factor sensor, interline-transfer CCD (Sony ICX413AQ). The same sensor as used in Pentax *ist D, Nikon D100. Sensor originally dates to 2002. R-D1s 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: JPEG+RAW mode Quick view function Adobe RGB mode Noise reduction for long exposures Users of R-D1 could upgrade their camera to have the same functions. R-D1x 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: Larger 2.5" LCD display (vs 2" in the previous model) but with the same resolution - 235K LCD is no longer articulated and cannot be closed Support of SDHC memory cards which increased max. capacity to 32 GB (vs. 2 GB for previous models) Improvements in accessibility of rangefinder adjustment R-D1xG model also includes removable grip On 17 March 2014, Epson announced that the R-D1x is discontinued. References External links Epson R-D1: A field test, The Luminous Landscape covering history, owner issues, FAQ, accessories, and Rich Cutler's information R-D1 specific forum on Rangefinderforum.com Digital rangefinder cameras R-D1