Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/