DP1 - English manual, anyone?

sfa1966 · Mar 19, 2008

OK, so I just got my DP1 from a shop in HK. Battery charging as I type ...

But ... my manual is in Chinese.

Anyone got any links to an English DP1 manual e.g. in PDF?

Cheers,
sfa

Zone8 · Mar 19, 2008

Have not seen any online download for same, only the brochure:

http://sigma-dp1.com/main.html

Why not e-mail Sigma - am sure they will send one to you.

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sfa1966 · Mar 19, 2008

Zone8 said:
Zone8 wrote:

Why not e-mail Sigma - am sure they will send one to you.

Thanks Zone8,

I have emailed the support team in Japan -- will wait and see if anything happens.

Meanwhile: to those who have knowledge and/or a manual they can comprehend:
1) Are there several focus points and (if so) how can one switch between them?

2) If I just want to switch on the camera to review images, is there any way of doing that without taking the lens cap off?

In the meantime for your delectation, here is my first DP1 picture post (stormy, dark and broody in HK this morning) ...

Cheers,
sfa

Over Achiever · Mar 19, 2008

1. In the shooting menu (ISO, etc), the first option on the second page (or option 8/15) is AF Area. Press the right arrow to select, then select the focus point you want (out of the 3x3 grid) and press ok when finished.

2. Press and hold the playback button and you should be able to review the images without taking the lens cap off.

Cheers!
-John Pham
johnpham.smugmug.com

sfa1966 said:
I have emailed the support team in Japan -- will wait and see if
anything happens.

Meanwhile: to those who have knowledge and/or a manual they can
comprehend:
1) Are there several focus points and (if so) how can one switch
between them?
2) If I just want to switch on the camera to review images, is there
any way of doing that without taking the lens cap off?

Cheers,
sfa

--

'It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got.'

sfa1966 · Mar 19, 2008

Excellent John, many thanks!
Cheers,
sfa

Over Achiever said:
Over Achiever wrote:
1. In the shooting menu (ISO, etc), the first option on the second
page (or option 8/15) is AF Area. Press the right arrow to select,
then select the focus point you want (out of the 3x3 grid) and press
ok when finished.

2. Press and hold the playback button and you should be able to
review the images without taking the lens cap off.

sfa1966 · Mar 19, 2008

Enough of these accomplished and (semi-)professional photographers! Enough already!

Q: How does the DP1 go like in the hands of an average Joe lunch-break snapshooter on an overcast, soulless day in a grimy, over-populated, pollution-filled city?

A: It looks like this:

Quite impressed so far. If only I could RTFM!

Cheers,
sfa

Sarah J Connor · Mar 19, 2008

Very nice, if I can get result like yours consistently, I will be very happy. I am lucky to have the english version. So just post again when you need help, and I am sure we can read it for you until Sigma publish the manual online. This remind me a few years back when I lost my D100 manual and have to go out and pay for one.
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Sarah (no relation to terminator's Sarah)

sfa1966 · Mar 24, 2008

Got the following email from Sigma on 21 March:

"Thank you for your E-mail dated 20th March, 2008.
We are sorry for delay reply, because yesterday is our national holiday.

First of all, we would like to appreciate that you purchased our DP1.
Please find the attached PDF file of DP1.

If you have any questions, please let us know without hesitation.

Best Regards,
SIGMA CORP."

Relief! And ... first rate service, to boot.

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Cheers,
sfa

mskad · Mar 24, 2008

Mind to share? Thanks in advance.

sfa1966 said:
Got the following email from Sigma on 21 March:

"Thank you for your E-mail dated 20th March, 2008.
We are sorry for delay reply, because yesterday is our national holiday.

First of all, we would like to appreciate that you purchased our DP1.
Please find the attached PDF file of DP1.

If you have any questions, please let us know without hesitation.

Best Regards,
SIGMA CORP."

Relief! And ... first rate service, to boot.

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Cheers,
sfa

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Author of Absolute Sharpening Pro (TM)
http://www.absolutesharpening.com
My Blog: http://digital-slr-review.blogspot.com/

sfa1966 · Mar 24, 2008

mskad said:
Mind to share? Thanks in advance.

Hello mskad,

Check your inbox.

BTW, DP1 has similar field of view as Pentax DA21 (16.6 x 1.7, cf. 21 x 1.5). In the next couple of days (sunshine permitting) I will take out my K10D and DP1 and just run a rough and ready comparison for color/distortion/contrast purposes (NB. my DA21 has the same f/5.6 - f/6.3 issues as yours does). Watch this space.

mskad said:
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Author of Absolute Sharpening Pro (TM)

[Sigh] And when will we be seeing your (superb) ASP for the GIMP? ;-)

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Cheers,
sfa

bbodine9 · Mar 24, 2008

Can you send me a copy or provide a link to it? Thanks!

sfa1966 · Mar 24, 2008

Sorry, but I had better stop at just the one before this becomes a time-consuming flood!

I am sure that Sigma will have the manual on the DP1 website in due course, perhaps in all sorts of languages ...

My apologies again.

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Cheers,
sfa

mskad · Mar 24, 2008

sfa1966 said:
Hello mskad,

Check your inbox.

Got it! Thank you so much.

sfa1966 said:
BTW, DP1 has similar field of view as Pentax DA21 (16.6 x 1.7, cf. 21
x 1.5). In the next couple of days (sunshine permitting) I will take
out my K10D and DP1 and just run a rough and ready comparison for
color/distortion/contrast purposes (NB. my DA21 has the same f/5.6 -
f/6.3 issues as yours does). Watch this space.

I was thinking of doing exactly the same ;-) Actually, based on the samples I have seen here, I already know that the DA21/K10D will have a hard time against the DP1 (corner sharpness).

sfa1966 said:
[Sigh] And when will we be seeing your (superb) ASP for the GIMP? ;-)

LOL! Actually, if time permits, I might give it a try. I know that the GIMP uses Python as scripting language and as a matter of fact I am a big Python fan.

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Author of Absolute Sharpening Pro (TM)
http://www.absolutesharpening.com
My Blog: http://digital-slr-review.blogspot.com/

sfa1966 · Mar 24, 2008

mskad said:
Got it! Thank you so much.

No problem.

mskad said:
I was thinking of doing exactly the same ;-) Actually, based on the
samples I have seen here, I already know that the DA21/K10D will have
a hard time against the DP1 (corner sharpness).

Agreed. After only a few days of use, the DP1 has become another reason to sell my DA21.

mskad said:
LOL! Actually, if time permits, I might give it a try. I know that
the GIMP uses Python as scripting language and as a matter of fact I
am a big Python fan.

Please do give it a try ... I, for one, will readily cough up my hard-earned dollars!

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Cheers,
sfa

sfa1966 · Mar 25, 2008

Three more DP1 shots taken in Hong Kong's perennial gloom ...

The first was a look at how ISO800 turns out:

Secondly, I tried a monochrome conversion of a random street scene (probably over-processed it, but I enjoyed messing about with SPP!):

Thirdly, a shot of a hydrant located sensibly in front of a shop selling alcoholic spirits:

Promise I'll do much better when the sun comes out!

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Cheers,
sfa

Zone8 · Mar 25, 2008

sfa1966 said:
Sorry, but I had better stop at just the one before this becomes a
time-consuming flood!

Post on website for people to download - for say a month (by then Sigma may have posted it, so an interim solution). I don't have the DP1 but as long time Sigma user (since SD9) would like to help.

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Zone8

The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject and mastery of his process. -Edward Weston
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS

Zone8 · Mar 26, 2008

I have placed the English manual - in pdf format (one as that, other as slightly smaller ZIP file) on the ZPS website - for a couple of weeks only or until Sigma make available on their own website if before then.

http://s216780689.websitehome.co.uk/SPWZPS05/ZPS/1-nsw-DP1-manual.htm

Only done as a service to users who perhaps, like OP, got his DP1 with a manual in a different language

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Zone8

The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject and mastery of his process. -Edward Weston
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS

Zone8 · Mar 26, 2008

sfa1966 said:
Sorry, but I had better stop at just the one before this becomes a
time-consuming flood!

--
Zone8

The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject and mastery of his process. -Edward Weston
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS

spm · Mar 26, 2008

I have download it so that I will upload to my file download site for others to do after yours expires. Great gesture, you make the spirit of this forum thrives...

Best,
S

Zone8 said:
I have placed the English manual - in pdf format (one as that, other
as slightly smaller ZIP file) on the ZPS website - for a couple of
weeks only or until Sigma make available on their own website if
before then.

http://s216780689.websitehome.co.uk/SPWZPS05/ZPS/1-nsw-DP1-manual.htm

Only done as a service to users who perhaps, like OP, got his DP1
with a manual in a different language

--
Zone8
The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an
important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless
one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject
and mastery of his process. -Edward Weston
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS

--

'Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.'

Mark Twain

Zone8 · Mar 26, 2008

spm said:
Zone8 said:

I have placed the English manual - in pdf format (one as that, other
as slightly smaller ZIP file) on the ZPS website - for a couple of
weeks only or until Sigma make available on their own website if
before then.

http://s216780689.websitehome.co.uk/SPWZPS05/ZPS/1-nsw-DP1-manual.htm

Only done as a service to users who perhaps, like OP, got his DP1
with a manual in a different language

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Zone8

The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject and mastery of his process. -Edward Weston
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS

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