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10 Years with Sigma & Foveon

Started Mar 14, 2013 | Discussions thread
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AdamT
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10 Years with Sigma & Foveon

Not sure if anyone is interested but I got my first Sigma (SD9 of course) 10 years ago this week and loved the images I`ve got from the various SDs and DPs ever since - loved the SD9 to bits (literally, it was falling to bits when it went) , the DP1 also - these two are my fave Foves of all time (so far) ..

I had a fight with numerous SD14s over the years and when I finally got one which was less green, had less AF or file write issues (in 2011 !!) , a bargain SD15 landed in my lap (Typical !) - not sure the SD15 had the IQ of the DP1 (or an SD14 after loadsa messing with the colourwheel), I feel that AFE took something away, more than just moving the DR recovery over to the shadow side, colour and Microcontrast didn`t seem the same so sold all the SD kit bar one perfect copy of the furry 18-50 F3.5-5.6 DC and reverted to DP only mode

Tried a DP1S but the green edges caused by the new IR block filter were far worse than the occasional red flare of the Original DP1 . loved the DP2's speed (it had a BUFFER - Wahey) but hated the focal length so Kept the original DP1 .. I still promise myself I`ll get another SD9 if I find one that works as well as my old one did Cheap enough and a DP1 Merrill is on the cards when the UK price drops to a sane level or refurbs appear at GW cameras..

Some of my Foveon snaps over the decade. some good some bad, some indifferent.

http://s512.beta.photobucket.com/user/Adam-T/library/Sigma%20Foveon/?start=all#/user/Adam-T/library/Sigma%20Foveon?http%3A//s512.beta.photobucket.com/user/Adam-T/library/Sigma%20Foveon/?&_suid=136324762450008529625756878414

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Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Nikon D3 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 Nikon Z7 Nikon Z9
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