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This camera has interested me when it was the absurdly expensive DP2, but price made it all but DOA. It is now the DP2 Merrill, which is more affordable and closer in line with the x100.
Sigma DP2M Review
Originally Posted by Reichmann
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter". - Ansel Adams
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." ~Lewis Hine
"No one cares how hard you worked...but they will notice if you didn't work hard enough." -Ctein
Those are some strong words.the highest image quality from any camera this side of a 36MP+ DSLR or Medium format camera or back. No mincing words. That's what I see.
He took a look at the DP1M now: Sigma DP1 Merrill
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter". - Ansel Adams
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." ~Lewis Hine
"No one cares how hard you worked...but they will notice if you didn't work hard enough." -Ctein
I've wanted to try one of these cameras but I don't want to spend much money in case it doesn't work out. I'm guessing the resale value is not too high.
Yeah, the software aspect sounds like a deal breaker for me right now. How frustrating to be able to capture what sounds like amazing detail only to have to use some terrible software to process it.
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter". - Ansel Adams
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." ~Lewis Hine
"No one cares how hard you worked...but they will notice if you didn't work hard enough." -Ctein
I wish Sony and Sigma could just get married and develop better software and give sigma cameras an A-mount.
You and me both! There was a lot of speculation a few years back that Sony may be a partner for the Foevon. I would have very likely bought the SD1 Merrel if it had an A mount. Zeiss AF glass + Foevon could have been impressive.
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter". - Ansel Adams
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." ~Lewis Hine
"No one cares how hard you worked...but they will notice if you didn't work hard enough." -Ctein
$1K for a point & shoot????
Doug
www.doug-campbell.blogspot.com
Purchase my books at: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/searc...texas+wildlife
Did you say that about the Fuji x100 too? It is still an APS-C sensor and in this case one that out resolves most anything else out there. I guess you haven't seen the $2800 Sony RX1 yet.
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter". - Ansel Adams
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." ~Lewis Hine
"No one cares how hard you worked...but they will notice if you didn't work hard enough." -Ctein
Viewed as stepping stones to better things in more serious cameras, ok. But they're not something I would consider for myself. Have at it if you want one!
Doug
www.doug-campbell.blogspot.com
Purchase my books at: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/searc...texas+wildlife
I totally get these will not appeal to most, but the unusually high IQ and resolution in a body like this is very interesting to me. It is just to bad the electronics are so clunky.
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter". - Ansel Adams
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." ~Lewis Hine
"No one cares how hard you worked...but they will notice if you didn't work hard enough." -Ctein
Alright, going to sounds stupid here, so please forgive me. It sounds like some of the problems could be fixed with a firmware update. Can things like buffer speed be improved with an update, or is that dependent on the hardware used in the camera?
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. ~Frank Zappa
Typically something like that would be more hardware dependent. They can maybe improve efficiency and get some speed up with firmware, but that depends on how much of a kluge their firmware was to begin with.
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter". - Ansel Adams
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." ~Lewis Hine
"No one cares how hard you worked...but they will notice if you didn't work hard enough." -Ctein
Just noticed at the bottom of the first review that there's an update that there's already been a firmware update. I don't know if the update changed anything though. Guess that would be a different article.
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. ~Frank Zappa
Agreed.
I just can't get excited about a camera that produces great images that will most likely be viewed only on the LCD. Typical owners of this type of camera remind me of the old days when people carried an F5 around their necks with a $99.00 kit lens on it.
Progress is progress regardless of it's form so if this type of camera leads to bigger and better things, more power to it!
Doug
www.doug-campbell.blogspot.com
Purchase my books at: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/searc...texas+wildlife
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