Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the review is anything to go by, the Sigma 14mp DSLR is in a test in a German photo magazine I bought today. They praise the colour rendition of the Foveon sensor as being "as close to perfect as technically possible" but the noise levels are rated as unexpectedly bad at ISO 400 and abyssmal at higher values . This has (and to some extent the f4 and digital zoom too) somewhat dampened my yearning for the DP1. Douglas Victor Rubin wrote: > Nathan wrote: > printed out the PDF from the web site and drooled all over it until I > realized that there is a fly in the ointment: the slow (f4) lens. > Compared to my Ricoh GRD's f2.4 lens, this means that the Sigma is about > 1 1/3 stops slower. Or put in another way: if I am in a situation where > I need to use the Ricoh wide open at ISO 400 (the highest usable ISO on > the GRD in my opinion), I would need to set the Sigma to ISO 1000 in the > same situation. So while I am sure that the Sigma's sensor is superior > to the Ricoh's at the same ISO, that is not the relevant comparison for > me. The Sigma at ISO 1000 would need to be superior to the Ricoh at ISO > 400. I think I'll wait for some reviews... > > Absolutely right- especially the part about waiting for the reviews. > Secondly, ever since the time I was told by the good people of the LUG > that > Leiuca could never produce a digital M- (I should have saved the email) I > have realized that nothing is beyond the imagination. In answer to > David's > original question I answered with a lot of opinion. Part of it was that > somewhere out there someone is working on a P/S with a large sensor. here > 'tis. The future looks bright indeed. vroger > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >