Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:00:22 -0500

I do think at this very early state of digital camera development a person
who wants a serious image from a compact camera knows they are going to
spend some serious bucks on a Sony Rx1 full frame and what quickly follows
for near 3 grand USD and with the price feeling too steep for a compact
camera will be looking at cropped 2 grand comprise going through hoops to
try to get around the small sensor with alternate arrays which I'm not going
to get excited about. In a year the prices will drop and the three grand
full frames will be two grand and the two grand bodies will be toys. Sorry
to be a Marky Downer about it but I feel the writing is on the wall.
The key to quality shooting with a near pocketable camera for the next six
months is to wait for a few more checks to come in and keep filling the
piggy bank. Or just wait the six months for cheaper compact full frames.


On 1/30/13 2:28 PM, "Paul Roark" <roark.paul at gmail.com> 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.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
> 
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Replies: Reply from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill)
In reply to: Message from roark.paul at gmail.com (Paul Roark) ([Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill)