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Sigma DP1 review

Started Apr 29, 2008 | User reviews thread
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FritsThomsen Senior Member • Posts: 2,759
Sigma DP1 review

This camera is UNIQUE in many ways.
for the first time you can get great images out of a lightweight , compact camera.

Construction is exellent , simple and robust . Everything works smooth and firm.

Features are Ok , I guess... for my part , they could have dropped the Video and voicerecording .. and even the JPEG- I only take still -pictures and only RAW.

Image quality is outstanding .. by far the best IQ from a comopact digital camera.. in my opinion even better than most DSLRs.
The lens is very usable wide-opne and tack sharp from f/ 4,5 to f/ 10...
No CA at all !!
very little distortion .. all in all ... the lens is top-quality.. Carl Zeiss would have been proud of it
The Foveon is as sharp as ever... but image processing has clearly improved over the Sigma SD series DSLRs.

DP-1 is fairly easy to use... may take a couple of days to get the hang of it... with a little practice its quite fast and intuitive to use .

The lens alone would be sold for 2-3000 $ if it had been a CZ, Canon L or Leica... here you get a decent camera and an excellent sensor , bundled with this top-grade lens .... so very good value for your money

Problems:

The LCD screen is not the best .. noisy and coarse in low-light and difficult to use in bright light .

Sigma DP1
5 megapixels • 2.5 screen • 28 mm
Announced: Sep 26, 2006
FritsThomsen's score
4.6
Average community score
4.2
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