Angela Nicholson takes a look at the rebadged Sigma SD 1, which features the innovative Foveon X3 sensor, which Sigma claims has a resolution equivalent to 4…
Sigma makes DSLRs if you didnt know, Their flagship one was the SD1 which was 15mp… kindof but could give images with a resolution of 30mp. (claimed 45mp) …
So, now..we need to answer the question: “Why this camera is so damn
expensive?”
Amazing that the reviewer does not really touch upon the reason for this
camera: Image quality, Image quality, Image quality. So. 3/10.
It looks like an old Minolta.
Ridiculously an expensive camera. However, they’d dropped the price
significantly from $6000 to $1800 which still nobody that much people
bought it. A foveon sensor could potentially a new type of breed sensor but
not as great as the CMOS sensor.
They don’t
Foveon has alot of potential to be better than CMOS sensors.
I wish the narrator would speak just a little more slowly. Her accent is a
bit hard to follow at high speed.
the noise can be killed completly with the SIGMA Photo Pro software 😉
“…using it as a refreshing experience in an age of auto-everything…”
Amen! I would love to. Gimme that sigma
my Nikon d800 is way slower in speed buffer if ishoot 20 raw.s in 4fps the
buffer is busy for 2min I’m not kidding it is becourse of the big file zise
uncompresswed raw75mg- tiff 109mg- jpg fine 22 to 32mg
sigma sd1 is the best camera ever
Type in Canon Foveon sensor see what you get
I think you didn’t realize the IQ of this camera. Go google it. you can’t
imagine what it is.
WHO THE FUCK WOULD BUY THIS OVER A CANON OR NIKON?
Why does Sigma make great lenses but rubbish cameras!
This must be a camera aimed squarely at brand loyalists.
It’s now 800 pounds
Your comment is revealing of who is actually the stupid one.
good cams dont drop that fast and the canon 5d3 its still a month or 2
waiting list lol
You crack me up. I can always count on you to tell it straight!
canon or nikon or sony need to go ahead and buy sigmas censor
technology,because sigma does not know how to use it right!!!!!!!
1. It SEEMS like largest price DROP in history, but it is just a price
adjustment back to what Sigma INITIALLY promised the camera would cost. 2.
When announced, the COO promised the SD1 at 7D equivalent price – which at
that time was about 1700 USD. The COO was son of the CEO. 3. But at launch,
the MSRP was set at 10.000 USD. 4. The CEO died recently, and the son moved
up. Shortly after, the price went back to about the level he initially
promised.
But if you place Image Quality above all, and you can live with no Live
View, slow fps, long write times, small buffer (well, at least few
pictures), noise at high ISO, lack of RAW support apart from Sigmas own
quirky SW (SPP), AE/AF as standard only with SA lenses, lack of PRO
support, no rental options in most countries, and can do without the bells
and whistles of other cameras, you should check out the SD1. It can produce
AWSOME results in capable hands.
I think the idea behind this ‘layered’ sensor is the same as Panasonic did
with the 3CCD sensor in video cameras. They separated the recording of the
RGB signals all to their own sensor to prevent them from interfering and
getting less noise this way. Nothing I ever witnessed in DSLR’s anyway.
Maybe I’m wrong with this. Don’t shoot me.
it maybe would be wise to put a cannon/ nikon mount on it but i doubt
anyone would buy it still…
or uhh..like any digital junk…just wait a couple of years and then you’ll
buy it for 50$
get a nikon d7100, d5100, d3100 or Canon 1D MarkIII, 5d markii… or 7d…
or T2i/ T3i instead. I would laugh out loud at anyone who payed money for
this sigma sd1 joke of a camera. It should be priced at $550 – $800.00 tops.
and your still stuck using sigma glass lol
I don’t know why sigma would make a camera that only takes their own lenses
and make it have such a high resolution. It sounds nice on paper but to
have that many mega pixels but in practice the resolution isn’t that great.
You know there was some lunatics who bought it based on the price alone.
“Well, it’s 5 grand, it must be good, and whoa!!!, 30 mega pixels,
neeeeeeeeeeetooooooo!!!” Same people who think Leica M9’s are the greatest
cameras on the planet. An M9 and a lens would run what? Nearly $10,000 USD?
Yea, no thanks, Give me a 5D MKII or MKII and a few pieces of L glass.
wake me up when its down to £500 will ya?
Yeah I agree, still not umm 5dmkII with Glass.. is the same price
where can I buy your t-shirt?
ironically, this could have been great for Video, with no moire, and I
wonder how this is compared to the regular cmos sensors in terms of jello
effect as well.
Still too expensive.
Thanks for your view on the SD1, Dom. Nice to have the message about Sigma
cameras spread. There are, however, a few important points you leave out: