Ken Ford
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Sigma DP1....how good is it, really?
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Dave Wilkinson
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It may have a few drawbacks......but the images here are giving me GAS!.....big time!......and how about that lens!. BTW, anyone know when the DP2 ( longer lens? ) will hit the shelves?
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retow
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IQ, DR, lens sharpness corner to corner, the way the foveon sensor draws makes it unique and its output can stand up against any camera.
Among the compact digitals, the DP1's IQ is still in a class of its own.
As others here in the forum, I tried literally all of the more recent top of the line small sensor cameras (G9, D-Lux3, GX100, GRDII) and resold them soon, simply because of unsatisfactory IQ (and DR). UI wise the DP1 will grow on you. Main issues are the sluggish AF and the slow file write time. However, in MF and zone focusing mode, it is a pretty snappy camera, good for street shooting, one shot at a time with 3-4 seconds wait time inbetween shots, though.
Among the compact digitals, the DP1's IQ is still in a class of its own.
As others here in the forum, I tried literally all of the more recent top of the line small sensor cameras (G9, D-Lux3, GX100, GRDII) and resold them soon, simply because of unsatisfactory IQ (and DR). UI wise the DP1 will grow on you. Main issues are the sluggish AF and the slow file write time. However, in MF and zone focusing mode, it is a pretty snappy camera, good for street shooting, one shot at a time with 3-4 seconds wait time inbetween shots, though.
historicist
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I borrowed one from Sigma briefly and found it to be surprisingly good. The AF and general operation are the camera are slow, but in practice for the kind of thing I was using the camera for it wasn't a big problem.
The image quality was good and very natural looking, much better than any small sensor digital camera I've ever used. The flash metering was also very good.
The main drawbacks for me were the 28mm lens (I prefer 35-50mm) and the Sigma raw processing software, which was incredibly slow and unintuitive to use. For that reason alone I didn't buy one, but now Adobe support the DP1 in camera raw I'm quite tempted by the DP2.
The image quality was good and very natural looking, much better than any small sensor digital camera I've ever used. The flash metering was also very good.
The main drawbacks for me were the 28mm lens (I prefer 35-50mm) and the Sigma raw processing software, which was incredibly slow and unintuitive to use. For that reason alone I didn't buy one, but now Adobe support the DP1 in camera raw I'm quite tempted by the DP2.
boy_lah
Discovering RF
Sigma has released macro lens that effectively converts the DP1 to a 40mm - but you need to hood adapter which makes it less compact.
I too found sigma's raw processor originally 'akward' but now i've got the hang of it, i love the X3F function. No other app has that - it's unique to Foveon. Love it.
Finally, LR2 and PS4 all now read and process files from DP1. 😛
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