Digital Photography Review
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| Type | Digital SLR (lens interchangeable) |
| Body material | High-impact plastic / rubber (metal substructure) |
| Price | US - $1,799 (Body only, no lens) [check
/order] UK - £1,299 (Body only, no lens, inc VAT) [check /order] |
| Sensor | • Foveon
X3 Pro 10M CMOS Image Sensor • 20.7 x 13.8 mm |
| Photodetectors | 10.3 million (2268 x 1512 x 3) |
| Total pixel locations | 2304 x 1536 |
| Effective pixel locations | 2268 x 1512 |
| Pixel pitch | 9.12 µm x 9.12 µm |
| Analog to digital converter | 12-bits per photo detector (36 bits per pixel location) |
| Optical filter | None |
| Microlenses | None |
| Sensitivity | • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 |
| Image sizes | • 2268 x 1512 (HI) • 1512 x 1008 (MED) • 1134 x 756 (LOW) * Can output a double-size 4536 x 3024 from Photo Pro software |
| Image formats | Foveon X3 lossless compressed RAW (.X3F) |
| Color space | Captures RAW data, Photo Pro software outputs to sRGB, Apple RGB, Adobe RGB,ColorMatch RGB |
| Lens mount | Sigma SA mount |
| Field of view crop | 1.7x (also known as focal length multiplier) |
| Autofocus | TTL phase detection |
| AF Illuminator | None |
| Focus area | One |
| Lens servo | • Single Servo AF (S) • Continuous Servo AF (C) |
| Focus lock | Half-press of shutter release |
| Metering | • 8-segment Evaluative • Center • Center-Weighted Average |
| Metering range | 1 - 20 EV (with 50 mm F1.4 @ ISO 100) |
| Exposure mode | • (P) Program AE • (A) Aperture-Priority Auto • (S) Shutter-Priority Auto • (M) Manual |
| Exposure compensation | +/-3 EV in 0.5 EV steps |
| AE Lock | Dedicated AEL button |
| AE Bracketing | • Three images • Compensation steps: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 EV |
| Shutter type | • Vertical travel metal
focal plane shutter • Electronically controlled through entire speed range |
| Shutter speed | • ISO 100: 15 - 1/6000
sec • ISO 200: 1 - 1/6000 sec • ISO 400: 1 - 1/6000 sec |
| Depth-of-field preview | Button, stops-down lens aperture |
| X-Sync shutter speed | Up to 1/180 sec |
| Shooting modes | • Single frame • Continuous shooting • Self-timer 10 sec • Self-timer 2 sec |
| Continuous mode |
• 2268 x 1512: 1.9 fps for 6 frames |
| White balance | • Auto • Sunlight (~5400 K) • Shade (~8000 K) • Overcast (~6000 K) • Incandescent (~3150 K) • Fluorescent (~4100 K) • Flash (~5850 K) • Custom * As the SD9 shoots RAW white balance can be modified later in the Photo Pro software |
| White balance bracketing | No |
| Sync contact | Hot-shoe, X-contact only (also has dedicated Sigma link contact) |
| Flash control | • STTL automatic flash
exposure • Only: Sigma EF-500 DG Super SA, EF-500 DG ST SA flash units |
| Built-in flash | None |
| Viewfinder | Pentaprism SLR viewfinder |
| Viewfinder eyepoint | 18 mm |
| Viewfinder frame coverage | 98% horizontal, 97% vertical |
| Viewfinder magnification | 0.77 x (50 mm F1.4 at Infinity) |
| Viewfinder information | Flash indicator, Focus indicator, Shutter speed, AEL indicator, Aperture, Auto Bracket indicator, Exposure compensation |
| Viewfinder diopter adjustment | -3 dpt to +1 dpt |
| Focusing screen | Sports finder (area outside sensor coverage is shown darker) |
| Focusing screen information | • Auto Focus frame • Center Area Metering |
| Storage | CompactFlash Type I/II |
| Microdrive compatible | Yes |
| LCD monitor | 1.8" 130,000 pixel TFT (100% frame coverage) |
| Playback functions | • Single image full screen • Magnified (full screen or histogram) • Histogram (thumbnail, histogram, exposure info) • Thumbnail (9 images) • Slide Show |
| Record preview | • Off • 2, 5 or 10 secs • Hold • Single image / Info (inc. Histogram) |
| Menu languages | • English • Japanese • German • French |
| Video output | NTSC or PAL selectable |
| Connectivity | • Firewire (IEEE 1394) • USB 1.1 |
| Power | • Camera battery: 2 x
Lithium CR-123A (non-rechargeable) • Digital battery: 2 x Lithium CR-V3 (non-rechargeable) or 4 x AA batteries (NiMH recommended) |
| Dimensions | 152 x 120 x 79 mm (6.0 x 4.7 x 3.1 in) |
| Weight (no battery) | 805 g (1.8 lb) |
| Included Software | Sigma Photo Pro (Workflow / RAW conversion) |
| Photo Pro image adjustments | • White Balance (stored
in X3F file) • Exposure (EV compensation +/- 2.0 in 0.1 EV steps) • Contrast (+/-2.0 in 0.1 steps) • Shadow (+/-2.0 in 0.1 steps) • Highlight (+/-2.0 in 0.1 steps) • Saturation (+/-2.0 in 0.1 steps) • Sharpness (+/-2.0 in 0.1 steps) • Color Balance (CMY adjustment wheel) |
| Photo Pro output | • Images: All, Marked,
Selected • Format: TIFF (8 or 16-bit), JPEG (EXIF / JFIF - 12 levels) • Size: Same size, Double size, Half size • Color space: sRGB, Apple RGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB • Adjustment: Default, Auto, Custom (previously saved settings) |
| Photo Pro misc |
• Can transfer images directly from camera |
From:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/SigmaSD9/
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