Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Foveon sensor has been around for a few years and several Sigma cameras have had it in the past. Nobody seems to think it is a breakthrough (except Sigma) FD On 20 May, 2011, at 10:58, Mark Rabiner wrote: > 3 discrete layers it sounds like to me a whole new ballgame! Paradigm > shift. Ten grand wow! Glad I didn't throw out my 12-24mm or a few other 1.5 > crop DX glass but I have a feeling Nikons not going to go there. We'll see > if anyone else than Sigma does as I'm betting they have patents. > The idea of a shift down in acreage to compete with medium format is of > course fascinating. I'm dying to see some test results. > What if they did this three layer thing on a full fram sensor? > 30 grand? > > I'm slightly skeptical. > You'd have thought they'd release some test results along with this > announcement. > Its like saying thy have a a flying submarine but won't let anyone see it. > It beats the other submarines by going in the air. > Yea sure well lets see it. > > Mark > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > > > > >> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 00:39:06 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] Well, the S2 now looks like a bargain... >> >> We know that Phase IQ180 80 MP back is about 2 million dollars, or >> $50,000. >> Who cares, it may as well be $2 millions. >> >> That doesn't make the S2 sound inexpensive though, but the Sigma (yes >> Sigma) >> SD-1 does: >> >> <http://www.dpreview.com/news/1105/11052010sigmasd1.asp> >> >> $9700 for a APS-C sized sensor.... >> >> Lets see, Pentax 645D is ~$10,000 >> >> Leica S2 is $22,000 >> >> I guess SD-1 stands for *S*ol*D-1 >> >> >> * >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information