Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I doubt they have deep enough pockets to even develop the APS-C sensor any. Isn't the one they're using now the same as when they bought it from Foveon? -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:11 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill I agree with much of your post here Bill and I think Its just easier to sell cheaper stuff. And smaller sensors are cheaper even ones with re arranged color groups. Color groups in the sensor promoted as being the same as having a larger size sensor. I do think if this really did pan out; if a 1.5x crop Foevon sensor = a 1x plain vanilla Canon/Nikon sensor. We'd be saying Canon/Nikon/Sigma by now they'd be a major player with a lot of top people using them instead of C/N. As is not they're still a lens company. And the only third party lens company I'd consider going with if there was no such lens made by the camera company I was shooting with. Other than Schneider of course. Or maybe Cosina. I guess threes a few. On 1/31/13 2:14 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > Nothings stopping Sigma from doing a Foevon full frame if its a better way of > making a sensor. Not exactly true. What?s really stopping them is that that > level of sensor development is beyond the financial resources of a smaller > company like Sigma. I'm not sure we will ever see a FF Sigma/Foveon. Unless > of course if someone buys Sigma for the sensor, which I don't see as > likely. Other problems in include the lack of "sophisticated " buyers that > want FF cameras spending FF money on something that tis made by Sigma and > will take only Sigma lenses. Also, the average FF buyer is not likely to like > the lack of raw support. Good luck. Bill Pearce > _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information