Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or, if you have good short term memory, you can play like a movie director and hang a 28mm viewfinder around your neck on that VC lanyard used for the VC light meter. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier Ludwig Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:31 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] digital replacement for Contax T? Sigma No prices known for the Sigma DP1 so far as it's not available yet. But it will be cheaper then the overpriced GR-D, for shure. All I could find out about it was: pictures have 3:2 ratio (not 4:3, very important for me), manual focus mode possible as well as aperture and shutter priority modes. Can't say if the Sigma lens will be a match for the GR-D's lens, certainly not in terms of speed since it's one stop and a half slower; but the foveon sensor (the same as in the new Sigma SD14 DSLR, 14MP, 20.7x13.8mm, crop factor 1.7) will outperform the Ricoh's tiny 1/1.8" (7,2x5.3mm) CCD sensor for shure, especially at ISO 400 and higher. As discussed in another thread, as fixed lens wideangle compact camera it should absolutely have an accessory shoe to add a viewfinder, to attract more interest anmongst the potential customers. because it's the Voigtlander 28mm metal finder (or 28/35 minifinder) that made a gem out of the GR-D. Nathan proposed to put on an accessory shoe with epoxy. Didier >I tried Googling for the price but got a zillion false positives with >the name Sigma. But there sure seems to be a lot of interest over this >camera. Jeffery Smith _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information