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Beautiful SD1 flowers!
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JW PHOTO
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While I might not think the price of the SD1 is right I have never said anything negative about its image quality and the more I see the more I like. I'm very curious to see a test between the new(to be released) Canon 5D III and the SD1. Might be something for DPR to work on and do a shootout between the two. JohnW
Excellent at iso100 especially with the 70 macro. But I see a lot of noise already at iso200.
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Kendall Helmstetter Gelner
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I didn't really see any noise in the ISO 200 shot I looked at (warning, full size link):
http://maros-images.sakura.ne.jp/sd1/ajisai_in_kamakura_13.jpg
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DPR do a test on a SD camera? Does that mean that the aeronautical pigs are donning their goggles in readiness?
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I don't post very much on this site, but I check out the Sigma forum pretty frequently, as I was planning on buying an SD15, and then an SD1 when I heard about that. I, like everyone, was taken aback by the pricing and have had to re-evaluate my plans for that purchase. With that said, every time I see samples, they are better and better. Some of the samples in this gallery flat out blow away anything I have seen from Canon, Nikon, Sony ect. Large prints from this camera will not have any competition from any current SLR available. I would imagine that Canon will have something massive coming out soon enough, but until then, this is the only game in town for SLR image quality in my humble, non-financially committed opinion.
Excellent result in very compact system. MF cameras lack lot of things compared to SD1, like OIS, small compact system and 645D still has only 10 mpix of blue sensors on board. I like blue flowers
dpreview is not testing studio cameras, they are focused on bw resolution and photojournalism style - CaNikon marketing strategy, if photojournalist can do it, you can.
imaging resource test images when available can give some sort of truth how the SD1 compares to CaNikon and 645D sysems. Just now best camera there up to iso 1600 is 645D.
dpreview is not testing studio cameras, they are focused on bw resolution and photojournalism style - CaNikon marketing strategy, if photojournalist can do it, you can.
imaging resource test images when available can give some sort of truth how the SD1 compares to CaNikon and 645D sysems. Just now best camera there up to iso 1600 is 645D.
I think the colours are still not as good as in shots I see from the SD15. There is a chocolate brown which keeps appearing, for instance in the steps in picture 38, and the greens are dull.
These are very similar to the common colour faults of early Ektachromes. Basically a magenta cast.
I guess later versions of SPP will fix it - there must be lookup tables in the software which need fine tuning.
These are very similar to the common colour faults of early Ektachromes. Basically a magenta cast.
I guess later versions of SPP will fix it - there must be lookup tables in the software which need fine tuning.
PhotoKhan
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...Can't you guys really not see it !?....Amazing...
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Sure, there are excellent pictures, no 48 and 11 are real stunning.
But it's not overall a rose garden: no. 38 (the stair) isn't exact in focus (ff?) also there is a magenta cast and the shirts have overblown highlights (also due to oof?).
Dull weather, dull colors.
In no's 13 and 21 it's unclear were the focus has to be, no. 13 seems to have ff.
LV should help in this case.
Ooops.. no.25 : this isn't a reportage camera, but it has an artistic touch..
But it's not overall a rose garden: no. 38 (the stair) isn't exact in focus (ff?) also there is a magenta cast and the shirts have overblown highlights (also due to oof?).
Dull weather, dull colors.
In no's 13 and 21 it's unclear were the focus has to be, no. 13 seems to have ff.
LV should help in this case.
Ooops.. no.25 : this isn't a reportage camera, but it has an artistic touch..
from the sample seen here just the 70 macro is up to task. the rest better not talk.the 10-20 the 17-50, are terrible. comparing this csystem to a medium format system with top glass is a joke at minimum.
Excellent result in very compact system. MF cameras lack lot of things compared to SD1, like OIS, small compact system and 645D still has only 10 mpix of blue sensors on board. I like blue flowers
dpreview is not testing studio cameras, they are focused on bw resolution and photojournalism style - CaNikon marketing strategy, if photojournalist can do it, you can.
imaging resource test images when available can give some sort of truth how the SD1 compares to CaNikon and 645D sysems. Just now best camera there up to iso 1600 is 645D.
here is a thread made by an owner of pentax 645d. all the photo ar emade withtop glass, and he 's waiting the new wide angle.
look the sample, study, them. then go to the images produced by sigma user for sigma.if you dont' find any difference, go to an optician,take a visit and then red o the test.
medium format camera are NOT COMPARABLE TO SIGMA SD! for zillion of thing. not last the superb optics compared to pretty normal optic. i leave apart the color depth, dynamic range, natural tone, smothness highlight medium shadow...
the sd1 is a very good aps camera that is worth 1500 dollar and is priced 7000.
comparing it to phase one back leica s2 and pentax 645d is simply wrong.
look the sample, study, them. then go to the images produced by sigma user for sigma.if you dont' find any difference, go to an optician,take a visit and then red o the test.
medium format camera are NOT COMPARABLE TO SIGMA SD! for zillion of thing. not last the superb optics compared to pretty normal optic. i leave apart the color depth, dynamic range, natural tone, smothness highlight medium shadow...
the sd1 is a very good aps camera that is worth 1500 dollar and is priced 7000.
comparing it to phase one back leica s2 and pentax 645d is simply wrong.
Excellent result in very compact system. MF cameras lack lot of things compared to SD1, like OIS, small compact system and 645D still has only 10 mpix of blue sensors on board. I like blue flowers
dpreview is not testing studio cameras, they are focused on bw resolution and photojournalism style - CaNikon marketing strategy, if photojournalist can do it, you can.
imaging resource test images when available can give some sort of truth how the SD1 compares to CaNikon and 645D sysems. Just now best camera there up to iso 1600 is 645D.
mike earussi
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Still taken under overcast light! I'm waiting for someone to show SD1 images taken under bright sunshine where the Foveon really "shines."
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mike earussi
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The fourth one down has some noise in the background. Actually most of the iso 200 shots I've seen show a small amount in the smooth areas, just like the SD14/15 did at iso 100. If you want a truly noise free image you have to shoot at iso 50 with the SD14/15 and at iso 100 with the SD1. I'm not seeing more than a one stop noise improvement and only at the lowest ISOs and from the heavy PP mush present on some shots I'm suspecting that it may be coming from PP software NR than any improvement on the chip. The high ISOs still look poor from some of the earlier samples I've seen. So what we have here is a very good (and very expensive) iso 100 camera.
DaSonyGuy
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I'm not really interested in shallow DOF shots of flowers, beautiful or not, as they are hardly pixel peeping material. Its sharp portraits of people that I want to see. Take a look lower down the page at "Image No.9"...Its a portrait of a girl named Hana taken with the 50mm f1.4 EX @ f4...This is the sort of SD1 sample I've been waiting for.
At first glance it looks soft, but its just undersharpened. One click of sharpening in Irfanview makes a big improvement. (One more click is too much though as aliasing becomes visible).
However, the highlights are over the top, which is hiding a lot of detail...Using the shadow/highlight tool in PS, I darkened the highlights and this makes a huge improvement...Now its both sharp and very detailed, with no visible aliasing at all.
This is the best SD1 sample I've seen to date.
PhotoKhan
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...And all with such a beautiful blue/magenta cast...Yummy...
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These images are not showing what this camera is capable of. Until you see the work of competant professionals it's pointless to comment.
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