Sigma DP2 Merrill color photos, please!

[Wenge]

Wow ...like that Wenge.

Thank you very much for your comment.

 

[Michael Markey]

 

[Sparrow]

... that really is working well Michael, very nice

 

[GaryLH]

Nice ones Wenge.

Gary

 

[kuvvy]

 

[rhl-oregon]

Dp2m

 

[kuvvy]

 

[kuvvy]

 

[Spanik]

I'll give it a try. From the jpegs so could probably be a bit better but I haven't got raw conversion set p on linux yet. First one with a +2 diopter.

 

[rybolt]

the old burial ground Kilcrohane Ireland

 

[dogberryjr]

Stonefaced

[/url]Stonefaced by dogberryjr, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[dogberryjr]

It's what's for dinner.

DP2M0911.jpg by dogberryjr, on Flickr

 

[GaryLH]

Some shots between the rain that came in this week.. All done w/ DP3 Merrill..during walk around the neighborhood.

Gary

 

[dfatty]

nice, gary! nice to see you holding down the fort with the sigmas. i took mine out last weekend but ended up mostly indoors with kids running around so it didn't get much use. i really need to find time to use it in good light, i miss the output.

 

[GaryLH]

nice, gary! nice to see you holding down the fort with the sigmas. i took mine out last weekend but ended up mostly indoors with kids running around so it didn't get much use. i really need to find time to use it in good light, i miss the output.

Thanks...

Spending time w/ the kids is its own reward though 🙂

Gary

 

[ray*j*gun]

Until I upgrade my computer, I would not be able to shoot raw on this camera. How are the JPEG's out of the camera in comparison to other high-end digi's and compared to the raw images out of the Sigma?

 

[GaryLH]

Until I upgrade my computer, I would not be able to shoot raw on this camera. How are the JPEG's out of the camera in comparison to other high-end digi's and compared to the raw images out of the Sigma?

Prior to the Quattro line of cameras, the Merrill and earlier, jpgs are not very good compared to the raw image. I tend to shoot jpg+raw, mainly to use the jpgs to select the raw files I want to put thru spp.

The Quattro line the jpg engine us every bit as good as the one that comes from Fuji. Most of the time I find that I don't need to manipulate the raw file. I only need to use spp for situations I need to do some recovery work for dynamic range or playing w/ the color channels to manipulate a b&w image.. My guess is around 90% of the jpgs are usable w/o resorting to the raw file in the Quattro vs 0% for the pre-Quattro.

Gary

 

[ray*j*gun]

Thanks Gary. Using JPEGs would be a temporary situation anyway but until I get this old computer replaced its good to know the output of the Merrill's will be useful.....Thanks

 

[GaryLH]

The pre-Quattro jpgs will show
- noise sooner than the raw.
- the raw is much better in terms of
-- tonal quality
-- color is more accurate
-- noise can be controlled better via spp

The dp2 Quattro is so good w/ noise related issues, that I have not had the opportunity to even try the blue channel trick for shooting high iso monochrome in spp 6.1 yet. On my todo list to try out Merrill cameras and spp 6.1 in monochrome...

Gary

 

[j.scooter]

DP3