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Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?

Started May 20, 2011 | Discussion thread

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Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?

May 20, 2011

I mean that is in the same ballpark as the Pentax 645D. The Sigma surely looks more portable and Sigma optics are generally cheaper than medium-format Pentax lenses, but... I can't see anyone actually buy this thing at this kind of price.

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Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Photog74	May 20, 2011
trying to get confirmation...	BobNL	May 20, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	Photog74	May 20, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	BobNL	May 20, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	RobertSigmund	May 20, 2011
These prices are real.	Andy Westlake	May 20, 2011
IMAGES	Midnighter	May 20, 2011
That's me out then	walkerr	May 20, 2011
Re: That's me out then	DaSigmaGuy	May 20, 2011
the real story behind the SD1 price	ropen	May 20, 2011
Re: the real story behind the SD1 price	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Yep they are real indeed	BobNL	May 20, 2011
Re: These prices are real.	Bill Force	May 20, 2011
Re: These prices are real.	Scott Wheeler	May 21, 2011
Re: These prices are real.	Gary Dean Mercer Clark	May 20, 2011
Re: These prices are real.	SandyF	May 20, 2011
Something fishy already....	aardvark7	May 21, 2011
Perhaps the lenses...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 21, 2011
Re: Perhaps the lenses...	DaSigmaGuy	May 21, 2011
Re: Perhaps the lenses...	Makinations	May 21, 2011
Prices on Sigma website are a little lower	CFynn	May 23, 2011
Bob, English is obviously not your first language...	JLK	May 20, 2011
Re: Bob, English is obviously not your first language...	BobNL	May 20, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	john	May 20, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	DaSigmaGuy	May 21, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	Reilly Diefenbach	May 20, 2011
Re: trying to get confirmation...	3dreal	May 21, 2011
No real surpise perhaps ...	Peter Hayward	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Visualiza	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	jenbenn	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	ViTAR	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	AV Janus	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	CharlieDIY	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	kongor	May 20, 2011
Re: It's not new tech but...	Peter A. Stavrakoglou	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	DaSigmaGuy	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Bill Force	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	DaSigmaGuy	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Disappointing...	Chris59	May 20, 2011
FF Foveon and sad sigmaphiles...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 21, 2011
Re: FF Foveon and sad sigmaphiles...	jayant atrey	May 21, 2011
Re: FF Foveon and sad sigmaphiles...	Chris59	May 21, 2011
Other customers...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 21, 2011
Does that come with..	Bluetrain048	May 20, 2011
Re: Does that come with..	nellydesign	May 20, 2011
Sigma, you're crazy	cgarrard	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma, you're crazy	jenbenn	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma, you're crazy	john	May 20, 2011
Samples!!!! Here!!!!	steelski	May 20, 2011
Re: Samples!!!! Here!!!!	soundimageplus	May 20, 2011
resolution... WOW	Robert Hoy	May 20, 2011
But check the noise	Graystar	May 20, 2011
Not that impressed I'm afraid	Bluetrain048	May 20, 2011
Re: Not that impressed I'm afraid	Reilly Diefenbach	May 21, 2011
What's so different about the Sigma's sensor?	cgarrard	May 20, 2011
Re: What's so different about the Sigma's sensor?	Robert Hoy	May 20, 2011
Well its obvious	Midnighter	May 20, 2011
Re: What's so different about the Sigma's sensor?	cgarrard	May 21, 2011
Re: What's so different about the Sigma's sensor?	DieMusik	May 21, 2011
Yep	cgarrard	May 21, 2011
Re: What's so different about the Sigma's sensor?	Robert Hoy	May 21, 2011
Carl, the laws of physics...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 21, 2011
18mp this year?	stephenmelvin	May 21, 2011
Re: What's so different about the Sigma's sensor?	CFynn	May 23, 2011
Probably not the street price	David Lawson	May 20, 2011
It is 10x the normal price	sorinx	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Harold66	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	loadbang	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	kurth	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Halibut	May 20, 2011
Sigma has finally lost it.	Graystar	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma has finally lost it.	shigzeo ?	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma has finally lost it.	Chaitanya S	May 20, 2011
Exactly	Graystar	May 20, 2011
Re: Exactly	AV Janus	May 20, 2011
Re: Exactly	DD33	May 20, 2011
Sd1 Body: $1000	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 21, 2011
Re: Sd1 Body: $1000	CFynn	May 23, 2011
Re: Exactly	robert1955	May 20, 2011
Maybe this makes sense...	Bluetrain048	May 20, 2011
Re: Maybe this makes sense...	Peter A. Stavrakoglou	May 20, 2011
Sigma list pricing...	Robert Hoy	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma list pricing...	Peter A. Stavrakoglou	May 20, 2011
Re: Maybe this makes sense...	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	petersch	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	PhotoHawk	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Halibut	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Peter A. Stavrakoglou	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	PhotoHawk	May 20, 2011
Can understand the price, but not sure it's worth it	Andy Crowe	May 20, 2011
Too cheap..	Barry Fitzgerald	May 20, 2011
Re: Too cheap..	Andy Crowe	May 20, 2011
Re: Can understand the price, but not sure it's worth it	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Re: Can understand the price, but not sure it's worth it	Andy Crowe	May 21, 2011
It will make a nice footnote...	RRJackson	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	JeffDM	May 20, 2011
one born every minute ?	DickyUK	May 20, 2011
Fallout...	caver3d	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma is on crack!	mailman88	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really? DOA ???	draschan	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Jonne Ollakka	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Zebooka	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Michael Barkowski	May 20, 2011
Very unfortunate!	yukonchris	May 20, 2011
Sigma just sent me an email!	Graystar	May 20, 2011
At least they know..	René Schuster	May 20, 2011
Re: At least they know..	cafenated	May 20, 2011
is the price BODY only ?	DickyUK	May 20, 2011
Re: is the price BODY only ?	FritsThomsen	May 20, 2011
Re: At least they know..	robert1955	May 20, 2011
Re: At least they know..	3dreal	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	CharlieDIY	May 20, 2011
off topic	ropen	May 20, 2011
Street Price will be $6600 or so	Habemus_Canon	May 20, 2011
Re: Street Price will be $6600 or so	Barbu	May 20, 2011
Re: Street Price will be $6600 or so	Barbu	May 20, 2011
Re: Street Price will be $6600 or so	Graystar	May 20, 2011
Re: Street Price will be $6600 or so	yukonchris	May 20, 2011
Price shock at first	dzbass	May 20, 2011
Re: Price shock at first	guy_incognito	May 21, 2011
I would not want to be SD1's program manager	onlooker	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	newsshooterjim	May 20, 2011
My guess - sensor manufacturing issues	Greenville	May 20, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Peiasdf	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	onlooker	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	monseigneur	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Edymagno	May 21, 2011
Good Luck - Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	jrahadi	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	guy_incognito	May 21, 2011
Maybe this is the price for the re-badged Leica version...	Joe Pineapples	May 21, 2011
Glass vs. Shutters	stephenmelvin	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Sigma Nick	May 21, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	onlooker	May 21, 2011
Leica Prices... what are they smokin?	Jim Radcliffe	May 21, 2011
Re: Leica Prices... what are they smokin?	Chris59	May 22, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	Bill Force	May 22, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	nitropizza	May 22, 2011
$8,649.00 w/24-70mm F2.8 EX DG HSM, 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG HSM	Joe Ogiba	May 22, 2011
Still too much	Graystar	May 22, 2011
Re: $8,649.00 w/24-70mm F2.8 EX DG HSM, 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG HSM	Peiasdf	May 22, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	nikos theodosiou	May 22, 2011
Reasons?	yukonchris	May 22, 2011
Re: Reasons?	CFynn	May 22, 2011
Price is already dropping!	CFynn	May 22, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	prime3	May 22, 2011
Re: Sigma SD1 priced at $9700? Really?	howardfuhrman	May 22, 2011

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