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Subject: [Leica] OT: Sigma DP1 review
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Tue May 20 12:10:43 2008
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Steve Barbour wrote:

>
> On May 20, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Nathan wrote:
>
>> Well, the whole reason why many people got excited about the DP1 was  
>> that it had a sensor similar to 4/3, i.e. much bigger than the  
>> typical P&S camera has. Therefore, one had the right to expect that  
>> it would perform on a level similar to the 4/3 cameras or the 1.6  
>> sensor DSLRs, which clearly is not the case. And when is slow nice?  
>> Certainly not when trying to do street photography, or any other  
>> photography for that matter. When I had the GRD, one of the most  
>> unbearable things about it was that it took 5-6 seconds to write a  
>> RAW file to the card. From the review, it seems that the Sigma is  
>> even worse in that regards.
>>
>> Forget it.
>
>
>
> maybe the Oly E 420 with the pancake...?
>

Pancakes are for Mike Steve, with mapple sirrup most probably.
I had some tonight, Britanny recipe provided by Z?lie's probable 
mother-in-law, and made by Tim; a treat with Chesnut mash or Lemon and 
crystallized sugar plus dry cider.
Back to chips, A full pancake and 4/3 chip in the hand is well worth two 
in our dreams.
phx
will post today's 4/3 shoot later in my night ;-)


> Steve
>
>>
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> On 20-mei-2008, at 7:57, mehrdad wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> 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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>>>
>>> -- 
>>> -------------------------------------
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>>>
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>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
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Replies: Reply from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest) ([Leica] OT: Sigma DP1 review)
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