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The Sigma 24mm Superwide-II is a better lens than the plastic F1.8EX version at the same apertures and stands up to pixelpeeping wideopen on full frame - sadly that's the only way I can use my Canon version as they can't chip them ........ they're Rare in SA fit but I have one and its an excellent, if noisy focussing lens even on a 1.7X crop

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It takes 12 seconds to write a 15Mb file to a class 10 Dane elec card (my P7000 a cam notorious for slowness takes 2 secs to write a 10Mb RAW on the same card) ............ 4Gb Class 10 Sandisk Extreme - 3.5 secs !!!!!

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Congrats!

Try the Neutral color mode to help address the exposing hotter issue.

Yes, the card type makes a big difference in write speed. The good news is with the 21 shot buffer, you should rarely run into a full buffer.
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3.5secs is a lot quicker than the SD14
AdamT said:
It takes 12 seconds to write a 15Mb file to a class 10 Dane elec card (my P7000 a cam notorious for slowness takes 2 secs to write a 10Mb RAW on the same card) ............ 4Gb Class 10 Sandisk Extreme - 3.5 secs !!!!!

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DavidMillier said:
3.5secs is a lot quicker than the SD14
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Yeah but I originally timed it with the Dane Elec card which was 12-15 seconds !!

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brittonx said:
Try the Neutral color mode to help address the exposing hotter issue.
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Will do - I noticed in the few I've taken that highight recovery is limited (there's a bit less even with the SD14 in SPP5 compared to SPP2.5 though to be fair) but om the one I underexposed the Shadow recovery is amazing, seemedly a lot better than the SD14 and DP1 - could be "STD" mode tricks more than AFE or SPP differences though ..
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Yes, the card type makes a big difference in write speed. The good news is with the 21 shot buffer, you should rarely run into a full buffer.
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I actually filled it with that Dane elec card - I don't normally buy offbeat makes of card but thought I'd try one as someone recommended it for the P7000 which loves the things - weird

I'm hoping this turns out good (and its looking that way) ... I'll have the only SD14 with accurate AF for sale if it does - LOL

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It's the only one that's safe. And even with this, you'll find it hotter than the SD14 and highlights are not very recoverable.

My epiphany with this camera was last year shooting with Kendall and Rick in the desert. No power to be found for 30 miles, and I was down to my last battery for the SD14 on the first of a two day shoot. Kendall gave me the SD15, and I popped an 'empty' battery into it and got another 300 or so frames...

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Just took it for a quick spin when dropping off some pics for a client ..

WB is like the DP1 now - very predictable and gets it right as well or better than a canon or nikon in the same situation ..

AF is much like my copy of the SD14 (as accurate as a big cross sensor can be) but only having slow Afing lenses to use, I can't tell if its any faster.

The JPG engine is now up to DP series standards (as good as an SPP conversion) , the SD14's was very mushy and unusable for anything bar blog size.

No blinkies or corrupt files, nor did I expect any ....... the bottom doesn't get warm like the SD14 does . I keep pressing the menu button with my nose - never did that with the SD14

An SD cam with AEL which works like it should - YAY !!!!!!!!!!!! . you just press it where you wanted the exp locked like a canon or Nikon and it Holds it !! the SD9-14 were a right pain to try and use AEL , involved a shutter button / AEL button dance .

On Neutral, it tends towards underexposure like the SD14 now (about the same) the SD9 was way under

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Kendall Helmstetter Gelner said:
Danger note - twiceI have made it switch to JPG instead of RAW by accident, I think because of this reason.. might want to hit the QR button from time to time and make sure you are still shooting RAW until you stop hitting that.
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LOL - I make sure the menu is set to something non-destructive as I almost formatted the card after I'd nose-pressed the menu button and hit OK when moving for viewing .........

The crazy part is that I've had or used a total of 7 SD14s over the years, the menu button is in the same place and I've NEVER once hit it with my nose .... the other crazy thing of course is that in all those 7 SD14s only ONE was even remotely tolerable (for suffering the 10 SD14 maladies) whereas this, the one and only SD15 I've ever touched works as expected from the start ! .

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Chunsum J Choi said:
plastic surgery will help. :D
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I've only got a little nose - and if you mean a hot knife and the SD15 then No way ! . It may not be an SD1 but its the only dependable SD cam for less cash than a car bar finding another quirky SD9 or rooting out a non faulty SD10 - LOL

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Hokay ....... the SD15 hasn't the green cast which dogged SD14s (some more than others) but I've also noticed that you don't get the green tinged viewfinder view either - I've asked this before but surely someone has tried an SD15 dust protector in an SD14 Right ? . I'm not going to as I'll break one putting it back (WHY didn't they go back to the metal frame and screw method of the SD9 ?) but there has to be something in it ..

I love the Direct ISO and Metering buttons, harks back to the SD9 . I still think they should have moved the FUNC Button's rarely used features to the menu (maybe a third QS menu) and allowed that button to be programmable - that's still possible of course as it only has FUNC written on it.. adding a display somewhere of the number of shots remaining in the buffer would be good too . Of course the SD15 is not going to get an update, it's long forgotten but there's still bits which could be done to make it even better ..

This is a very sorted camera - shame they made such a mess of the SD14 that they couldn't fix it without a total re-design, OK in reality it's no more sophisticated or better made than a tatty old Nikon D50 but it's a little Oasis of an SD camera in a sea of Whacky, quirky, hilariously overpriced or unreliable models

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Chunsum J Choi said:
the 15 is much better. so now I have a IR cam in SD14. and a fully working SD10 that might be a rare collectors item(for you at least).
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The SD10 kinda missed the boat for me, it had neither the ultrasharp Microlens-free sensor or the on-sensor IR block of the SD9 so lost the magic which made the SD9 special (one battery system was a pain for AAs too at the time, the SD9 was fine as it used 123As as well - there were no Eneloops back then) and lost out on the resolution of the SD14, so was kinda like a reliable low rez SD14 in an SD9 body with a dodgy battery system .. I can see why this was the perfect compromise for many though not for me .

I wanted an SD14 which worked and the SD15 is just that . I never considered the 10 when it came out, I thought it lacked the "Different-ness" the SD9 had over my main (mainly work) cameras . Thankfully the SD9 battled on for 8 years, I don't know why it fried its mainboard, probably capacitor failure in the PSU section .

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The more I read your description on how bad my SD14 is, the more I want the SD15! My SD14 is next to worthless, and the SD15 costs quite some money up here, but I am more and more tempted. It would be ideal to keep the SD15 after I get the SD1 in 2-3 years time!
Halldor
AdamT said:
Hokay ....... the SD15 hasn't the green cast which dogged SD14s (some more than others) but I've also noticed that you don't get the green tinged viewfinder view either - I've asked this before but surely someone has tried an SD15 dust protector in an SD14 Right ? . I'm not going to as I'll break one putting it back (WHY didn't they go back to the metal frame and screw method of the SD9 ?) but there has to be something in it ..

I love the Direct ISO and Metering buttons, harks back to the SD9 . I still think they should have moved the FUNC Button's rarely used features to the menu (maybe a third QS menu) and allowed that button to be programmable - that's still possible of course as it only has FUNC written on it.. adding a display somewhere of the number of shots remaining in the buffer would be good too . Of course the SD15 is not going to get an update, it's long forgotten but there's still bits which could be done to make it even better ..

This is a very sorted camera - shame they made such a mess of the SD14 that they couldn't fix it without a total re-design, OK in reality it's no more sophisticated or better made than a tatty old Nikon D50 but it's a little Oasis of an SD camera in a sea of Whacky, quirky, hilariously overpriced or unreliable models

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Halldor Eiriksson said:
The more I read your description on how bad my SD14 is, the more I want the SD15! My SD14 is next to worthless, and the SD15 costs quite some money up here, but I am more and more tempted. It would be ideal to keep the SD15 after I get the SD1 in 2-3 years time!
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I've never mentioned Your SD14 (and believe me every single one is unique) but as a model, the SD14 still commands a good price used so long as it's not a total horror (if the AF is reasonably in the ball park and the green cast can be corrected in SPP relatively easily and that it doesn't lockup all the time, you'll get a good return on E-Bay as new SD15s are still £600, most 9s and 10s are dead or dying .

If you can swing it, I'd RUN (not walk) to the SD15 as fast as possible . Imagine X series DP stability and consistency in an SD body ! with better whitebalance and no green corners

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