Johan Borg

$200 a pop is pretty far from the entry price, though. The full CS6 master collection is $4,693 where I live (27,162 NOK). With a subscription model, CS suddenly becomes affordable for new...

Yes, it's the quad-core *desktop* models of i7 that offer hyperthreading where the quad-core i5 don't. For laptops, a dual core i5 has the same number of threads as a dual core i7. You need a quad...

Yes, but if you had the luxury of increasing exposure proportionally with the lost signal from the red filter, all channels could have more even noise. I've been thinking along the same lines since...

Even better: The LX7 can be set to remember the zoom from last session. Why that isn't the default on every single compact camera is hard to understand, but the RX100 doesn't even have that option...

Nice! I especially like the last one with its classic Foveon look of delicate transitions and crisp detail, which sometimes takes a bit of effort with the Merrill generation. Still, the DP3M is...

No, as long as the software can handle 4 cores, the 15" models have far better specs for the money than the 13" ones. I have the exact same machine as Jen and chose it for a very simple reason:...

I just try to say that the inherent advantage of a larger sensor can generally be used to allow for the same shutter speed and the same DOF without increased noise since the S2 sensor receives the...

Not if you bumped the ISO of the S2 to 560 or so (the sensor surface of the S2 is 3.5 times larger after all) to keep everything equivalent. But sure, I nitpick...

I realize this was merely a fun test, but given the difference in sensor size alone, the aperture of the Leica should have been about f/5.3, and if you add in the longer equivalent lens I'd say...

Interesting.. I initially thought #2 would be the Sigma given the desaturated shadows, but then went back and compared with similar photos I have taken with my own DP2M and they sure looked more...

Little risk of that as long as it's in such good hands. Nice shot!

I buy my Sigmas locally in Norway (fotovideo.no), cannot comment on eBay dealers.. Have it adjusted. You may not find a single 50/1.4 that fits the camera out of the box even if you tried a...

I thought so too and use a basic Lexar (15MB/s, 100X) in my DP2M, but when I got my DP3M I also bought a Sandisk Extreme 45MB/s card and it feels about twice as fast. Will get one for my DP2M as well.

The more interesting question is *why* people buy DSLRs and mirrorless cameras in the first place. I suspect a lot of people (outside of these forums, that is) are more interested in the improved...

The normal way to do it would be to shoot in RAW and develop to B&W in SPP later. It's only JPEGs that are limited to ISO 800 anyway. The preview image in RAW is always color with the original DP2...

In camera vs desktop RAW conversion makes a huge difference in some cases and if the only value in the RAW samples was to compare identical conversion between two cameras, then it should be limited...

Note: The Sigma DP1 Merrill has only been added to our test scene in JPEG mode, since we're too lazy to fire up Sigma Photo Pro and press Save Image with default settings.

Sigma DP1 Merrill must...

It should be stiction: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiction

I believe the focus shifts a bit with the aperture, so even a calibrated lens can benefit from a bit of manual fine-tuning. The lens is otherwise well described with a WOW, and on my 1.7 crop SD15...

The warnings are relative to the current rendition of the image, wether that is the in-camera JPEG or the current state of SPP, not absolute values of sensor clipping.