Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Sigma DP1 review
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Mon May 19 22:59:33 2008
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here is one read and some pics

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1027&message=27955808



On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:57 PM, mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> 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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>  regards, mehrdad
>



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 regards, mehrdad

In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] OT: Sigma DP1 review)
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] OT: Sigma DP1 review)