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Sigma SD9 review

Started Jan 12, 2008 | User reviews thread
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TinMan_SD9 New Member • Posts: 9
Sigma SD9 review

I purchased this camera from Willoughby's Camera on Ebay for $800 in 12/2003 and I have shot about 5500+ shots. This was my first camera of any type so I was and still am a real beginner even after 5500+ with my SD9. It's not the camera fault that I'm still a beginner cause I seldom use it except for family photo. If I don't have my SD9 or a 35mm film camera, I won't even bother shooting even if it was a moment of lifetime because all other bayer cameras are just interpolated trash no matter great they might be and even if they were cheaper I wouldn't even bother. Although I did not know much about IQ, WB, DR, ISO, F-stop, aperature, and all the other terminology prior to SD9, I do know what a real image is when I happened to stumble on dpreview's SD9 ads by accidental while looking for P&S for my wife since she had wanted a camera to shoot photo for our daughter born in 2000 and although I would search them, I would never buy them even if it was only $99 due to the bayers garbage. I love this camera IQ for making enlargement so much that I just bought the SD14 body at Cameta Camera on Ebay for a just $699. It is such an incredible deal for such unbelievable IQ plus all the other enhancement over my SD9. Although I could get a demo Canon XTi 10M pixel w/ 18-55mm len for $495, I choose the Sigma SD14 with 4.7M pixel Foveon sensor because I don't want any bayers camera period. It's either film or Foveon and prior to purchasing SD14, I have been looking at the Mamiya 645E medium format for the next large family group shot of 32. I made a dozen 8x10 and 4 12x18 group shot of 30 family members with my SD9 and Sigma 50mm f2.8 EX len and it turned out very well. My brother had his Canon 30D 8M pixel and 17-85 OS len at the gathering, but I only used my SD9 and nothing else. Because I have no tie or preference to any camera system except for having used my dad's Canon AE-1 once or twice in the late 80's, I have no difficulties choosing Sigma SD9 and SD14, but I have to say that it's extremely difficult to persuade other who is more familiar with Canon/Nikon/Olympus like my brother.

Problems:

No problem except for my technical difficulties or lack of technique.

Sigma SD9
3 megapixels • 1.8 screen • APS-C sensor
Announced: Feb 11, 2002
TinMan_SD9's score
5.0
Average community score
4.5
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