Sigma DP1 released!
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- pom0
I hope / i'm sure other companies will soon follow suit. I haven't bothered with digital because the quality + form factor i can get with 35mm rangefinders is much more appealing, but if more of these come up then woohoo.
- duckofrubber0
I'm unimpressed by the specs vs. price.
- odinie0
Hopefully Nikon will come out with one someday...
- odinie0
I'm jealous... :(
- ephix0
I did it! I picked one up this afternoon :D
- ephix0
how come none of the reviews say this? have you used one?
- sikma0
Sigma has announced a series of firmware and software updates for its Foveon-based cameras. The update to its Photo Pro software (for both Mac and Windows), corrects the green tint that could appear at the corner of some DP1 images.....
IMHO they're using a firmware upgrade to try to hide the fact the lens on this camera has HUGE chromatic aberration problems. this camera is a lemon
- doesnotexist0
get the sigma! no one will be using the same photo sensor, that's the main reason to buy one of these cameras.
- pom0
I'm sure fairly soon some other companies will be coming out with similar devices - and ones without an f4 lens. I'd wait for those.
- ephix0
I think I'm gonna pick up this baby tomorrow. Still contemplating. $850 USD.
- rafalski0
iso 800 + f/4 = all pros of having 35mm sensor gone
- Agreed.
The DP1 does not have a 35mm sensor, it has the same size sensor used in like, your D40s/XTis.omgitsacamera
- Agreed.
- sikma0
http://www.imaging-resource.com/…
two full res target images.
- sikma0
interesting camera.
in the days of film there were a number of 35mm "range finder" cameras. these cameras were small, light and very quiet. also known for having very fast and very sharp lens.
i'm not sure what to make of this camera. its fixed lens makes this one more of a novelty than a tool.
- why? I use fixed lenses on almost all my cameras, 28mm is fine for lots of people...bolus
- .... you could always step forward instead of zoomingbolus
- also, don't listen to me, I have never owned a digital camerabolus
- stepping forward and using a longer lens produce different resultssikma
- Also doesn't help when standing on the edge of a cliff.czawada
- if you're purposely going to be shooting long distances, this camera isn't what that's intended for. take your dslrephix
- yeah, but isn't that all quite obvious......bolus
- czawada0
The intro on the site kept me from finding out anything about the actual camera.
Nice job Sigma!
- Randd0
I was just looking at a sample of an 800 iso shot--it looked surprisingly noisy... but it does sound like a pretty cool camera
- muggieramadani0
I´m probably going to buy one..... Eventhough I just bought the new Ricoh GR Digital 2. Great camera when you shoot in RAW, but terrible in JPG!!!!
- love to see some of your ricoh picsdanthon
- give my your mail, and I´ll e-mail you a sample....
muggieramadani - Great camera in raw? Isn't the buffer time pretty bad still?pom