The World's First Digital Rangefinder Reviewed, 22 Years On

The Epson R-D1 was a genuinely weird and interesting camera when it shipped in 2004 — analogue wind-on lever, sub-frame sensor, M-mount glass on a digital body before Leica got there. If you shoot Leica M or vintage glass today, this is actually worth reading for context on why that form factor survived into the modern era. For everyone else, it's a good pub-conversation piece, not actionable gear intel.