Sigma DP3M for $748.00 ..... !!!

[Keith]

Having just shelled out $1500 for a Toshiba laptop six months ago changing is not an option right now!

I do like Macs though I have to confess. 🙂

 

[GaryLH]

I haven't had a Toshiba for a long time... But back in the day, they were amongst the best built laptops..

Gary

 

[shadowfox]

Having just shelled out $1500 for a Toshiba laptop six months ago changing is not an option right now!

I do like Macs though I have to confess. 🙂

Buy top of the line laptops (macs included) that are 4 years old.
They were built to last and you can swap broken parts.
Plus they are cheap, for example, a 2008 macbook pro can be had for 400 USD these days.

 

[Keith]

Buy top of the line laptops (macs included) that are 4 years old.
They were built to last and you can swap broken parts.
Plus they are cheap, for example, a 2008 macbook pro can be had for 400 USD these days.

In hindsight I may have considered a Mac if I'd put more thought into the situation when my PC died ... I just wasn't in the mood for changing operating systems at that time.

I mess around with my friends I-Mac occasionally and I have to say I like the way it all works. 🙂

 

[Keith]

One thing that interested me in Ming's review was the doubt about a finder in the hotshoe being accurate. It's possibly the quality of the finder itself but I've discovered that the Leitz muti finder I've been using is extremely accurate once I dial the focal length in and set the parallax adjustment. I have a 75mm CV on the way from Stephen which will be handy because the Leitz is a bit of a monster and of course a little squinty! 😀

 

[Keith]

I did some very interesting tests with the DP3M this afternoon. I was curious to see just how much detail this little camera can resolve in ideal conditions ... ie on a tripod at ISO 100 focused on objects around twenty kilometers away. (Brisbane city high rise)

The eye opener for me was how soft the lens is at f11 and f16 ... detail just disappears at f16 and is not a lot better at f11. It really starts to improve dramatically at f8 and appears to be sharpest at f3.5 and f5.6 ... I'll post some samples later.

Those two apertures are seriously not worth using if you're shooting landscapes from a tripod.

 

[mugent]

I did some very interesting tests with the DP3M this afternoon. I was curious to see just how much detail this little camera can resolve in ideal conditions ... ie on a tripod at ISO 100 focused on objects around twenty kilometers away. (Brisbane city high rise)

The eye opener for me was how soft the lens is at f11 and f16 ... detail just disappears at f16 and is not a lot better at f11. It really starts to improve dramatically at f8 and appears to be sharpest at f3.5 and f5.6 ... I'll post some samples later.

Those two apertures are seriously not worth using if you're shooting landscapes from a tripod.

I'll be interested to see those results, I wonder if the DP2 is similarly affected...