Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:25:00 -0800
References: <CD304846.4942%mark@rabinergroup.com> <1384F096C5DC462388DDF9E9A5A55155@billHP>

no it is a new one, the old one was 4 meg and this one is 16 meg


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>>
>>
>
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Replies: Reply from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill)
In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill)
Message from billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce) ([Leica] Sigma DP1 Merrill)