Come on Sigma .... the Merrills are great but!

[Keith]

With Fuji about to drop another compact system camera on the market and the new Sonys getting plenty of attention you need to get your finger out and make something a little more in tune with the market.

I love the Foveon sensor even with its current limitations and have been sorely tempted to bite the bullet and get an SD1M on several occasions ... I even considered an M9 for a blindingly foolish moment because as much as I love my Merrills to bits the auto focus is pretty damned average and I really crave manual focus (through a viewfinder) in so many situations.

An interchangable lens compact with an EVF would ring all my bells and I would give you my money in a heartbeat! You could even leave that same foveon sensor in it. 🙂

 

[Sparrow]

... something a bit like a RD2?

 

[Keith]

... something a bit like a RD2?

I'd settle for an Epson with the 1.5 crop foveon .. that would be a pretty good camera.

 

[helen.HH]

If anyone is Daring or Crazy enough
Matsuiyastore in Japan / via Ebay
Has Brand New Merrills / DP1 , DP2, DP3 for $572.00
And a Used DP2M in Exc+ Condition for $489.00

The only drawback is the Cameras come with just One Battery
unlike here in the States with 2 batteries
but hey your are Saving a hell of alotta $$$$$ for 'New in box '

 

[jsrockit]

An interchangable lens compact with an EVF would ring all my bells and I would give you my money in a heartbeat! You could even leave that same foveon sensor in it. 🙂

It's rumored to be coming... but it could be m4/3.

 

[lynnb]

It would be great to have that sensor in m4/3, even with the crop factor. A good choice of quality lenses is just what that sensor would like..

 

[j.scooter]

Hey Sigma, how about an hot shoe EVF?
That would make me happy, so much so that I would buy the DP 1 and 2 to go with my 3.

 

[lam]

As much as I love Sigma Foveon cameras, it'd take something special from Sigma... like having someone else build the cameras for them and they make the sensor. Imagine, Sony E mount Foveon full-frame.

 

[jarski]

With Fuji about to drop another compact system camera on the market and the new Sonys getting plenty of attention you need to get your finger out and make something a little more in tune with the market. ...

Sigma is not mega-corporation like Sony, it takes longer for them to develop products ready. probably they have heavy emphasis on lens business too, cameras being secondary (just me guessing).

 

[rhl-oregon]

Well I'll happily chime into the choir behind Keith's mini-sermon of supplication.

Dear Sigma: please, can we have another? M43 crop, okay, EVF, oh yes even if optional and fewer than a zillion pixels? Thank you. Amen.

 

[GaryLH]

Sigma please have your camera bodies be designed and by for u by Fuji... Think Fuji xp1 or xe2 or xt1 w/ a foveon sensor.

Btw if u got that rumored m43 foveon sensor body ready to announce, I will be very happy w/ that.. 🙂

Gary

 

[Samouraï]

Sigma please have your camera bodies be designed and by for u by Fuji... Think Fuji xp1 or xe2 or xt1 w/ a foveon sensor.

Btw if u got that rumored m43 foveon sensor body ready to announce, I will be very happy w/ that.. 🙂

Gary

The SD1M has the best design of any modern DSLR, I think. The mode dial and especially the function dial (the one that has power-on/single/continuous/2s/10s/lockupmode/etc). ISO dials and Shutter dials are cool/cute, but for real work, Sigma has it figured out (being able to enable mirror lockup with a dial instead of digging through a menu is amazing). The only thing I wish it had is a top lcd screen.

The DP Merrill series is another matter, and I would welcome Fuji's design ethos and glass.

 

[GaryLH]

I tend to like to have all my major functionality easy to spot w/o powering up the camera. The new Fuji control layout on the xt1 is my dream come true.

I agree w/ u that sigma did a lot of things right... Compared to other vendors.

Gary

Ps. Forgot to mention.. That ir/dust cover design on the sd is pure simplicity and genius. It is so easy to c and clean any dust issue off prior to mounting the lens. Plus it is far enough away from the sensor, I am not sure that minor dust spot would become a big issue as a dust spot right on the sensor. I would think similar effect to dust on rear element of the lens. But I maybe all wrong there since so far I have been lucking enough to not have any dust spots that I have been able to spot.

 

[helen.HH]

I know its been mentioned some where here @Rff
But which Batteries are Best for the Merrill DP2 ??

Thanks in Advance and apologies for straying from Thread 😉

 

[GaryLH]

Ricoh gr (apsc version) batteries are 100% compatible w/ sigma dp batteries. Their associated third party batteries as well. I have been using the wasabi brand batteries from amazon as well. The OEM replacements hold a charge a bit longer, but these batteries seem to work well enough for me.

Gary

 

[noimmunity]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkmd51531r8&feature=youtu.be

At around 5:19 in this video, the Sigma representative not only mentions that Sigma is planning to update its DSLR offering, it is also interested in expanding into other formats and systems.

 

[ChrisN]

With Fuji about to drop another compact system camera on the market and the new Sonys getting plenty of attention you need to get your finger out and make something a little more in tune with the market.

I love the Foveon sensor even with its current limitations and have been sorely tempted to bite the bullet and get an SD1M on several occasions ... I even considered an M9 for a blindingly foolish moment because as much as I love my Merrills to bits the auto focus is pretty damned average and I really crave manual focus (through a viewfinder) in so many situations.

An interchangable lens compact with an EVF would ring all my bells and I would give you my money in a heartbeat! You could even leave that same foveon sensor in it. 🙂

Face it Keith - that M9 is still calling to you! 😀

 

[Keith]

Face it Keith - that M9 is still calling to you! 😀

I think if anything Chris there is an urge to own a Monochrom still lurking within me. 😱

Perhaps I need some counselling for this 'small' problem! 😛

 

[rodt16s]

I think if anything Chris there is an urge to own a Monochrom still lurking within me. 😱

I can hear that Monochrom call as well... it just won't go away.

 

[Chrisrw]

If they put the Foveon sensor in the Espon RD body (Bessa R2), I'd have no need of anything else 🙂