This used to be a place where I browse for info regarding my SD14 and DP1. Now it's a pool of negativity.
This is quite depressing.
I have got to totally agree with you on this one, it really is quite sad and unfortunately reflects the attitude of a very large number of contributors. I don't know if there is a geographical influence on this ?
Have you been drinking too much whisky, whisky? Sober up, and you'll get the big picture!
Why don't they stop trying to run SIGMA's business and get back to photography ?? Most of them would appear able to benefit if they were to change from Sigma to some other brand and see if that were any better. Personally as far as Sigma UK is concerned, their service and support is superb.
None of us here are Sigma fans...Hovever we are all Foveon X3 sensor fans.
The problem is the Foveon X3 sensor is now in the hands of a bunch of bungling, drug crazed, radiation riddled, incompetants, who quite frankly could'nt run a p!ss up in a brewery!
Sure we could switch brands but then we would miss the unique image quality we enjoy from our Foveon X3 sensor endowed cameras. For years now, we have all waited very patiently for a worthy upgrade path from our current cameras.
Then finally, The SD1 was announced, and all our prayers seems to be awnsered!
We were even told what the likely price would be way ahead of its release (around the same price as the Canon 7D), and many Sigma users started ferreting their money away for the big day when the SD1 would finally be available.
So imagine the initial shock when it was realeased at around 10 times that "likely" price!
Widespread shock turned to widespread dis-belief...Surely the price was a misprint?...Maybe they put the decimal point in the wrong place?...Maybe they added an extra numeral by mistake?...Everyone was searching for confirmation of what seemed an utterly perposterous price.
However, when that confirmation came, all that dis-belief quickly turned to anger because we knew that Sigma, the company we all trusted, had deliberately lied to us about the price and then they had the sheer gall to say they did'nt want the likes of us using it, only extremely weathly pro photographers...The final slap in the face came when Kazuto Yamaki, COO of Sigma, tweeted that he thought the SD1 was worth the utterly rediculous price.
Sigma were not our friends anymore, they were our mortal enemies, who just so happened to be keeping our beloved Foveon hostage. Only a tiny handfull of individuals here have large enough bank balance to be able to "pay the ransom" and buy an SD1...For most of us though, that door has been slammed painfully in our faces...You dont need to be an Elephant to have a long memory and rest assured, Sigma's stinking treachery will not be quickly forgotten!
