Sigma Germany announces SD1 Wood Edition with burl veneer

I'll buy it if I can get it with 24k gold inlays and a waist strap that allows me to use it as a codpiece.

So where's the retraction and apology? My opinion of Sigma went down when I thought this was real, as dpreview reported it was.

Can't wait to see some rich dweeb packing one of these turkeys!

Overpriced, under-performing and, now, extremely ugly.
The Kamikaze Trifecta! :)
PK

It's a lie!
Sigma did NOT announce this and DPReview knows this very well. They tried to fake it and instead of using a link from the official Sigma website (which of course doesn't mention anything about this stupidity and they never did) they used and obscure website to fake this announcement.
Shame on you, DPReview!

stigma got it wrong this time...

Maybe it's so expensive so that they don't actually have to make one.

LOL!

Oh my god, that is one ugly piece of accessory for the camera.

Who would have thought of needing a bottle of furniture polish to make your camera gadget bag complete. BEWARE OF SPLINTERS and woodpeckers!!

a really really cheap look on an already overpriced camera! Sometimes you wonder how such decision and investment got past the executive level!

I am waiting for a wood lens myself.....

This is a really disingenueous and almost malicious news. Dpreview is just passing on some hear say from a German site called Photo Scala that is selling a casing for a Sigma SD1. There is no comment whatsoever on Sigma Germany site about this http://www.sigma-foto.de/ !!! I am pretty sure that there are really aesthetically discussable and expensive "pimp my" image capturing gadgets (A Swarowsky iphone???) from third party companies that were never mentioned here. Shame on you dpreview!!!

INSANE!

got to be a joke surely?
They can't be serious?
Lipstick on a pig indeed!!

lololololololol

I hope this is just a simulation because I don't think they will ever have to make one!

Gold plated, crocodile-skinned, 35mm Leicas may well be 'gilding the lily' but where's the 'lily' here?

Look out for Chinese knock off body kits on ebay for $13.99. Just slip your body in one and enjoy the "wood".

Looks fugly. Please, could we just keep burl wood to cars?

What better way to spend TEN THOUSAND EUROS!
Be the first one on your continent to own one! You'll NEVER see another poser carrying the same camera.
Of course it's German and German hands don't work cheap.
(Thank you Mr. Weir for the conversion - $13,782.)
For that much money you could actually buy a camera - a super high quality camera that works, and the greatest prize of all - not being confined to only Sigma lenses.
Mr. Bird says - "you are not the target group, you can't afford it". I believe the "target group" has never heard of Sigma - the camera jewelry boys are heavily invested in M9s and the "real" photographers are rolling their own Tri-X.
Nice diversion Sigma!

lame and now, ugly... Way to go Sigma !

hahahahahahahahahaha why would you have todo that to a camera unless it was "all show and no go"

Why buy a 16 Megapixel €9999 ($13781.62) Sigma camera, when you could buy a
Hasselblad H4D-31 DSLR Camera with 80mm f/2.8 HC Lens for $111 more? The Hasselblad destroys the Sigma in every aspect... plus you get a lens thats better than any lens Sigma makes.

LOL........ a sexy body.........
so this camera itself wants to be a model, but not photograph a model.....

This is the camera equivalent of lipstick on a pig.

If you're going to spend all that time making a custom body cover out of exotic wood, why not go all the way and also upgrade the black plastic top and buttons with something like titanium or stainless steel, and put a bit more effort into making the SD1 logo look less boring?

this thing is designed for people who say: "look how beautiful my camera is".. rather that "look how beautiful may photos are".. and I think that there are a lot of them.. I do respect sigma a lot.. but come on!! additional 5k$ over the standard SD1 just because u put a wooden thingy around it?? too much..

Oh man thats perfect ! I'm ordering two no three so it will match all my pipe collection! LOL. I'm sorry but this is absurd and or someone at sigma is smoking crystal draino on a regular basis wow weird marketing LOL

Is this a joke? 9999 for a crapy woodencamera.

This wood camera is the perfect metaphor of Sigma's luddite and backwards approach to firmware and software solutions. The SD1 is the APS-C camera with the highest quality images, which are nearly inaccessible due to the crappy software.

Don't put it on the floor if you have a pet; he may think it's a tree. ;)

The 'marketing man' at Sigma that dreamt this up is going to be having sleepless nights when he see's the feedback on this post. Its not looking good is it ... but I suppose they only need 10 Muppets to buy them.

Very excellent nature photographers dream camera: now disguised as a TREE so you can stand behind it, finger on shutter, invisable ready for that opportunity of a lunchtime catch.
Or not.

That is truly a horrible, horrible thing. :D

Come on the rest of it should be gold plated and Sigma in diamonds.
Finally a camera that matches my leopard skin suit

All that's missing is a retractable flying lady on the pentaprism. Also with a camera like this Sigma clearly needs some badge engineering. A fancy moniker to appeal to those with more money than sense.

works with Leice special editions, amg special editions, urwerk special editions. will work with sigma as well. you are not the target group, you can't afford it.

It is just a wrapper... this is the most ridiculous thing since diamond studded iPhones!! ROTFL. Thank goodness it was Sigma and not Nikon doing this. Come to think of it, it is just a cover, someone can start makign these for any camera Muahaha!

Not only is that ridiculously expensive, but it's it absolutely garish and ugly to boot.

Beautiful wood - hideous use of it. And almost $14,000.00 for a Sigma...they'll be lining up, I'm sure.

I still remember when they were TAPING the front elements of the 300 F=2.8's on with double sided tape, which is STILL why I will never buy ANYTHING from that company.

Says a lot about German taste....