Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Sigma DP1 review
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Mon May 19 22:57:36 2008
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Didier, this camera  is still more advanced than the R-d1! it is not a
5fps camera but it is quite nice. it is slow but sometimes slow is
nice. raw or jpeg? always raw!! not good in low light, which camera in
this class is? see if u can test drive one.

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Didier Ludwig <leica@screengang.com> wrote:
>
> The DP1 review is utterly devastating. It seems the Sigma suffers from the 
> same diseases like the GR-D, but at double cost. What I am concerned, I 
> have given up the idea to buy one of these - and the compact camera I 
> discovered is the recently announced http://tinyurl.com/3n6vhg Ricoh G600. 
> Small Sensor, no viewfinder - but water- and shock resistant, that's what 
> I need for bike trails.
> Didier
>
>> I certainly won't be handing over any money for the DP1. Having read
>> the review--useless in low light (that really is a disappointment,
>> since I thought that this was the whole point of the larger sensor),
>> slow AF, extremely slow write speed--sounds like all the reasons why
>> I got rid of my Ricoh GRD.
>> Nathan
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>
>
>>> It's just too wide.  If they made it a 40mm equivalent or... GASP! a
>>> 50mm equivalent, I'd be interested.  Until then, I'll stick with what I
>>> use now and not bat an eye towards the DP1 as I'm sure many
>>> photographers won't do as well.
>>> PhilFo
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