Jag har skaffat mig en konstig kamera efter att ha pratat med en mycket foto intresserad kollega. Sigma DP-2 Merrill. Fyrkantig (a brick with a lens), långsam (tar ca 8 s sekunder att skriva till minneskortet per bild, raw), batteriet är slut efter 80 bilder, raw filen väger 50 MB och ibland blir bilderna väldigt konstiga. Men när det blir bra blir det helt magiskt. . Eftersom ingen vill ha en sån här knepig kamera kan man nu köpa den i Australien för 550 dollar.
Bifogar en Selfie från Milford Sound, New Zealand för 2 veckor sedan (50% JPEG). Spektakulär natur. väl värt ett besök, men glöm inte Gore-Tex kläderna. Använder annars Olympus OM EM 10. Min Nikon 600 samlar damm (optisk sökare, man ser ju inte hur bilden blir, plåtade en hel dag med -1.0, hade inte hänt med Olympus kameran, för att inte tala om storleken)
Från Digital camera review
This camera unquestionably produces the finest still images of any compact digital camera that I’ve reviewed. While SIGMA advertises the resolution of the DP2 sensor as 46mp, they quietly acknowledge that this rating is a product of the unique three-dimensional RGB design of their pixels and that the calculation for resolution of their sensor, known as a Foveon, differs from the traditional CMOS sensor, known as a Bayer. Sigma evaluates the DP2 sensor as comparable with a Bayer sensor with a resolution of 26 to 30 megapixels. Whatever the actual resolution of the DP2 is, the still image quality speaks for itself.
Despite its many shortcomings, the DP2 Merrill's combination of Foveon X3 sensor and high-performance 30mm prime lens deliver sharp, high-resolution images that are as good as (and often better than) those from a 20-megapixel DSLR. Converted raw files are a pleasure to work with and make outstanding large-format prints. If that's what you're after and you can work around the camera's idiosyncrasies there's no conventional-sensor camera that can match its performance.
Steve Huff Photo
The bottom line is that while not full-frame, the Foveon sensor competes with everything up to medium format digital at ISO 100.