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DPortier
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Italy

Have a look. Early may I spent two weeks in Italy. One week near Venice, one week in Tuscany. Of course I brought my SD14 and my dp2x.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/portier/sets/72157629710394620

The SD14 gave me a lot of troubles with slow shutter speeds (> 1/20 sec) as it often started mirror flapping, that could only be stopped by firmly shaking the camera body. (You had to see the faces of people passing by :-)). Besides that I still love the color rendition of the SD14.

But most enjoyable was shooting with the dp2x.

I didn't brought my SD15. This purchase turns out to be a bit of disappointment. The autofocus is horrible. I have a 24-70 EX lens that focuses very fast on the SD14, but 8 out of 10 times it sticks hunting on the SD15 Besides that, I was also very disappointed by the fact that it can't synchronize with my EF 500 DG Super TTL flash, which works fine on my good old SD14. And last but not least, I still have that strange sensor line defect on my SD15. And after contacting Sigma Benelux, they told me that, even it was bought second hand, they would repair it as part of the garantee. But when they returned it, they only had updated the SD15, because -of course -, every thing looked fine in the single shot they took.

Because of the great excitement with the dp2x I consider to sell all my DSLR gear with all the (zoom) lenses. I can live with a fixed, focal length camera, or a small system that come with good prime lenses - Fuji comes to my mind. Or maybe the DP merrils.

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