Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SD1 also has been re-badged as SD1-Merrill. May be you should look into that? On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Gary Benson <bensonga at gmail.com> wrote: > *Paul Roark wrote: > *>A friend came by yesterday to show me his new Sigma DP1 Merrill > >(see > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sigma_dp1_merrill.shtml). > >It has a 28mm equivalent lens on an APS-C Foveon sensor. He also brought a > flash drive > >with an un-altered Tiff file. Consistent with the reviews, the pixel > sharpness was just amazing. > >We'll be taking some comparison shots against the M9 with Leica 28mm soon. > >If Sigma and Foveon can get the low light speed of that Foveon chip > competitive, > >the Bayer pattern chips are dead meat. > > The Sigma DP1 and DP2 have quite a loyal following on the GetDPI forum. > http://www.getdpi.com/forum/other-cameras/ > > What really had me interested however, is a SD1 with a Sigma Cum Laude > conversion of the native Sigma mount to a Leica R mount. > > http://sigmacumlaude.com/products.html > > Unfortunately, I just discovered that the SD1 is "no longer available", > according to the B&H Photo website. > > > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/736546-REG/Sigma_SD1_Digital_SLR_Camera.html > > Does anyone here know of someone who has done this and/or has much > experience with the SD1? > > Gary Benson > Eagle River, Alaska > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>