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Would you be interested in a Sigma DP Merrill with a mild telephoto lens?

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Some people have considered getting both the DP2M and the DP1M.

Would you be interested in a "DP3 Merrill" with a fixed lens of, say, 90mm equivalent focal length?

It would presumably offer shallow depth of field at wide aperture. Focus would be a challenge.
 
There is a fabulous technique called the "Brenizer" method that having a DP with such an optic would be incredibly suited for. Personally I'd rather have THREE separate dust free compact cameras with 46 (or 15MP depending on who you ask) APS-C Foveon sensors than one cam with one sensor and the capability of three different attachable lenses. The price is basically three good prime lenses.
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Charles2 said:
Some people have considered getting both the DP2M and the DP1M.

Would you be interested in a "DP3 Merrill" with a fixed lens of, say, 90mm equivalent focal length?

It would presumably offer shallow depth of field at wide aperture. Focus would be a challenge.
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Yes. I would buy it in no time. But I prefer SIGMA working on Full Frame Foveon and making Big brick DP with 28 mm f 2, 45 mm f2 and , 80 mm f2 macro. Or something like that.

But a teleDP would be nice :D

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with a little twist:

1. Instead of a prime, make it a zoom. 50-150, hopefully can do macro too
2. Make a 24mm 2.0 DP3M (Fuji X100 like) to complete the 2 camera set-up

Reasoning:

The lack of wide lens to use with SD1 suggests Foveon sensor is fussy about slant light. The sensor needs to be optimized for wide angle lens, so it's not ideal for interchangeable lens system. That's why Sigma's fixed lens approach. But once beyond 50mm, it gets much better. So a two camera approach makes better sense.

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docmaas said:
I'd like to see one in 400-500 mm range. ;
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Although you are joking, I actually agree with you!

I think a longish DP-2M (70mm) would be too niche a camera, either the DP-1 or Dp-2 you can use in a pretty wide variety of situations (especially being able to crop so heavily).

A 70mm DP-3, it would be hard to see dragging it along anywhere.

But something with range beyond what you see from most lenses and cameras, that could come back to being a very useful tool - especially if it were at all compact. If it would be half the size of a "real" 500mm lens it might make a ton of sense to use!

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Charles2 said:
Would you be interested in a "DP3 Merrill" with a fixed lens of, say, 90mm equivalent focal length?
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Yes please 50-60mm F2.8 macro, a trio of optically matched cams is very appealing to me, all 3 to cost less than Fuji Xpro and 3 lenses.
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This would be a perfect focal length for portraits. That is 56.6mm in the 1.5 crop factor. I reckon this would be a very achievable for Sigma.
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Yes, this would be a much more attractive lineup to me with either a 24 or 35 (equiv), and an 80/1.8 (since 50/1.8s are so small on DSLRs, funny they couldn't build a small 80 in). I would very much consider buying both of those
 
I would be seriously interested in Mirrorless DP with interchangeable lenses.

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I wasn't joking. ;

Actually, for a long time I have hoped for the interchangeable lens mirrorless from Sigma and I still suspect that it will happen eventually given the direction things are going in the industry.

However, I'm not really adverse to a set of dp single focal length (sfl) cameras especially if they maintain the quality of the dp2m. No sensors to clean, a small relatively convenient body and a custom designed lens and if the current price model prevails not all that expensive.

I have a dp1m on order from Adorama, my new vendor of choice since Amazon has buckled to California and will start to charge sales tax 9/15/12.

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Kendall Helmstetter Gelner said:
docmaas said:
I'd like to see one in 400-500 mm range. ;
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Although you are joking, I actually agree with you!

I think a longish DP-2M (70mm) would be too niche a camera, either the DP-1 or Dp-2 you can use in a pretty wide variety of situations (especially being able to crop so heavily).

A 70mm DP-3, it would be hard to see dragging it along anywhere.

But something with range beyond what you see from most lenses and cameras, that could come back to being a very useful tool - especially if it were at all compact. If it would be half the size of a "real" 500mm lens it might make a ton of sense to use!

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Yes a DP3 Merrill with a lens between 50 and 60mm for macro and portraits and mild tele. Would have liked to get hands on one of these :)

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PrebenR said:
Yes a DP3 Merrill with a lens between 50 and 60mm for macro and portraits and mild tele. Would have liked to get hands on one of these :)
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That would be 75mm - 90mm 35mm film equivalent.
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In the telephoto range, zoom lenses are not as difficult
to design as in the wide angle range. Therefore my ideal
DP3 would have the following features:
  • 50-135mm (80-200mm equivalent, the standard range)
  • f/2.8-4.0 (this should be doable with a 35-40mm diameter front lens)
  • macro as far as the design allows (optimally down to 1:1)
  • this one would not need to be as small as the other two (10cm/4inches length when zoomed at the wide end would be small enough).
Well, its nice to dream... ;-)

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Robert F. Tobler said:
In the telephoto range, zoom lenses are not as difficult
to design as in the wide angle range. Therefore my ideal
DP3 would have the following features:
  • 50-135mm (80-200mm equivalent, the standard range)
  • f/2.8-4.0 (this should be doable with a 35-40mm diameter front lens)
  • macro as far as the design allows (optimally down to 1:1)
  • this one would not need to be as small as the other two (10cm/4inches length when zoomed at the wide end would be small enough).
Well, its nice to dream... ;-)
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Yes. I would prefer a prime and when I say macro I meant more like close-up with AML-1. I think macro 1:1 would require a long lens wouldn't it?
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