Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/20

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Sigma DP1 review
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue May 20 12:08:27 2008
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On May 20, 2008, at 11:59 AM, Nathan wrote:

> Funny you mention it, Steve, I have just bought exactly that  
> combination to supplement my E3 outfit. It is waiting for me at my  
> son's place in Bath (I bought it at Digital Depot in the UK). I will  
> lay my hands on it when I go there in 3 weeks.


excellent,


let us know,

Steve


>
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
>
> On 20-mei-2008, at 20:45, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 20, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Nathan wrote:
>>
>>> Well, the whole reason why many people got excited about the DP1  
>>> was that it had a sensor similar to 4/3, i.e. much bigger than the  
>>> typical P&S camera has. Therefore, one had the right to expect  
>>> that it would perform on a level similar to the 4/3 cameras or the  
>>> 1.6 sensor DSLRs, which clearly is not the case. And when is slow  
>>> nice? Certainly not when trying to do street photography, or any  
>>> other photography for that matter. When I had the GRD, one of the  
>>> most unbearable things about it was that it took 5-6 seconds to  
>>> write a RAW file to the card. From the review, it seems that the  
>>> Sigma is even worse in that regards.
>>>
>>> Forget it.
>>
>>
>> maybe the Oly E 420 with the pancake...?
>>
>> Steve
>>>
>
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