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Strangely enough thre's no mention price in the press release.
What would people be willing to pay for this piece of machinery.

 
what premium would I pay for image quality?

As for the rest the jury's still out. Spec sheet doesn't look complete and no SRP price indication in JPY and no sales date, suggests its a rush job for PMA.

We'll see what transpires in a few months, by then though there maybe other kids on the block.
 
any idea what the body is made from? Looks like plastic and no hand grip, urgh! Did I mention those shiny chrome buttoms...
 
Personaly I think 1000€ would be way too much, making it even more niche than it already is or will be.

IMO, a fair price that would be between 600€ and 800€ (street prices), I don't think it'll be possible to market for less than 600€, but more than 800€ would be hard to justify.

I see the Sigma as the Ricoh GR-D competitor, with obvious advantages (potentially at least) regarding image quality. Both cameras apeal to niche markets, but the DP1 is important to attract the attention of the people Sigma favored when designing the SD series, the meticulous, not-so-P&S crowd (dare I say the photographic romantics? =)).

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That is my guess on the pricing. But I won't be buying one at that (and not a lot of others will either).

I will be shocked if it is significantly less than that.
 
I would pay between $500.00 and 600.00 USA if the camera delivers IQ wise, but I would have paid more if it had at least a F2.8 lens instead of F4. I can't believe Sigma would go to all the trouble of making a camera like this and sticking a slow F4 lens on it. Now, Canon and maybe Nikon could get away with F4 due to the high ISO IQ, but I don't think Sigma will make out as well in this area. Sorry, but that's just my opinion. Still, it's a neat little camera and I do want one.
John W
 
I'd pay up to $600 US (in the states that makes it more expenisve that almost every p&s or prosumer p&s, comparable in price to the nikon d40 w/ kit lens which is $570)

That's of course, assuming the sensor produces as we all would like to expect!
 
BinfordLPhiE said:
I'd pay up to $600 US (in the states that makes it more expenisve
that almost every p&s or prosumer p&s, comparable in price to the
nikon d40 w/ kit lens which is $570)

That's of course, assuming the sensor produces as we all would like
to expect!
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I'm with you on this one. I was just thinking about my Leicaflex lenses on a Canon 400D body. I know, shame on me, but price wise it wouldn't be a bad way to go. Still the DP1 would be nice to have, but like I said before...........an F4 lens? If any camera needs Image Stabilization this one does, but maybe that will come with the next model. I think Sigma is basically testing the water with the DP1. Again, just my opinion.
John W
 
BinfordLPhiE said:
I'd pay up to $600 US (in the states that makes it more expenisve
that almost every p&s or prosumer p&s, comparable in price to the
nikon d40 w/ kit lens which is $570)
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But if DP1 performs like SD14 then the image quality should be compared to D200/D80 not D40. Now what's the price of D80 and let's say 20mm Sigma lens? Can't get that combo for under 1000 euros. Of course that 20mm prime is faster but combined with D80 it's also much bigger package. So I expect the price to be higher than 600 euros/dollars. Of course I wont complaint if the price actually is 600 =)

Miikael Leskinen
 
Haha I was just trying to compare the price for those who aren't familiar with american pricing on equipment. hahah now if the sensor gives iq like the sd14, o man. definetly would not be comparing IQ with a d40, and definetly not a d40 with the kit lens :)

for some reason i feel like it'll be a LONG time before any of us find out more specs (like iso) and pricing, and an even longer time before any of us has one in our hands :(
 
MBL81 said:
BinfordLPhiE said:
I'd pay up to $600 US (in the states that makes it more expenisve
that almost every p&s or prosumer p&s, comparable in price to the
nikon d40 w/ kit lens which is $570)
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But if DP1 performs like SD14 then the image quality should be
compared to D200/D80 not D40. Now what's the price of D80 and let's
say 20mm Sigma lens? Can't get that combo for under 1000 euros. Of
course that 20mm prime is faster but combined with D80 it's also
much bigger package. So I expect the price to be higher than 600
euros/dollars. Of course I wont complaint if the price actually is
600 =)
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You are right in a way, but it's kind of like comparing apples to oranges. They both taste good, but they are different. I'm afraid the DP1 won't/can't hold a candle to, say, the D80/Canon 400D/Pentax K10D/K200D with a 20mm f2.8 lens on it for low light work and that's where the DP1's design should have been aimed. Street work, indoor non-flash shots, etc.. Instead it looks like it's a fair weather landscape camera, but we'll have to wait and see how this little baby performs before we make any real judgements.
John W
MBL81 said:
Miikael Leskinen
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JW PHOTO said:
JW PHOTO said:
But if DP1 performs like SD14 then the image quality should be
compared to D200/D80 not D40. Now what's the price of D80 and let's
say 20mm Sigma lens? Can't get that combo for under 1000 euros. Of
course that 20mm prime is faster but combined with D80 it's also
much bigger package. So I expect the price to be higher than 600
euros/dollars. Of course I wont complaint if the price actually is
600 =)
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You are right in a way, but it's kind of like comparing apples to
oranges. They both taste good, but they are different. I'm afraid
the DP1 won't/can't hold a candle to, say, the D80/Canon
400D/Pentax K10D/K200D with a 20mm f2.8 lens on it for low light
work and that's where the DP1's design should have been aimed.
Street work, indoor non-flash shots, etc.. Instead it looks like
it's a fair weather landscape camera, but we'll have to wait and
see how this little baby performs before we make any real
judgements.
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Yep, they really aren't comparable but actually they are :D

Somebody here compared SD14 noise level to Nikon D200 so I hope the DP1 performs similarly. Then you would only loose one stop compared to f2.8 lens. Of course, sometimes that just what you needed to take a sharp shot :)

Fortunately DP1 doesn't have mirror. I haven't used other dslrs so I really can not compare, but in SD10 the mirror slap is quite violent and I think that sometimes causes some blur in images. Lack of mirror probably wont win back that one lost stop though ;)

Miikael Leskinen
 
Stephen Kovac Jr said:
I understand from earlier post that the Sigma DP1 would be
somewhere in the range of 800 to 900 U.S. dollars. If it is, I am
thining of getting one as soon as it is available online.
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If it is, I know I'll wait until the stampede is over before I pick one up.
John W
 
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