Re: New Sigma DSLR coming

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SkipM wrote:

"David J Taylor"
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hmmm, interesting. Reading between the lines, it looks like
Sigma is putting all their eggs in the resolution/sensor basket,
since they ask if you could have "fundamentally better
technology, would you settle for added improved functions,
instead?" That reads, to me, like the camera will have what
Sigma considers a killer sensor, but will be relatively
de-contented. Also, looking at the brief glimpses of images they
show, it lacks the AA filter as did its predecessors, and it
still suffers from slightly yellowish skin tones... I'm
wondering what actual resolution it will offer, if the 14 refers
to the actual pixel resolution, or Sigma/Foveon's pumped up
number, 3x the actual. Or if i'ts just a progression from the
SD9/10...
14 MB advertised
-> 13.51MP actual
-> 4.5MP RGB pixel sites

Perhaps ??

That's what I'm thinking. Except I wouldn't call it 13.51 MP actual,
I'd say 4.5 MP actual, 13.51 MP color sites... After all, working in
monochrome, that would only be 4.5 MP.

If so, it won't sell much. Just like the other Sigma cameras.

It's amazing if they think the public will buy a no-name 4.5 MP DSLR in
2006.

That's one reason it's likely it will be pushed out as a 13.5 MP camera, if not by Sigma themselves, by unscrupulous retailers. Think marketing; think consumers driven by high MP numbers alone, same as many computers sold on clock speed alone. (Er, not by the mostly intelligent readership here, of course.)

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John McWilliams
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