Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Meanwhile, brilliant images all over the world are being made by professionals and amateurs, yes with cropped sensor digital cameras. Not all of them, but many of them. I'd still say most of the press pool of gear is cropped sensor bodies. Gear is paid for and is more than adequate for press use. Phil Forrest On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:00:22 -0500 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest