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Started Jul 12, 2014 | User reviews thread
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mike earussi Veteran Member • Posts: 9,440
Re: One trick pony

Tom Schum wrote:

mike earussi wrote:

Too true. I've been waiting since the SD10 for an "improved" Sigma body with faster processing time, better low light performance, better AF, etc. and except for a few incremental improvements, the best exemplified by the SD15, have finally given up. I just have to assume it's in the nature of the Foveon design and nothing can alter that.

Sigma's design philosophy seems to be "three steps forward and two backward," again best exemplified by the Quattro with improved color and processing speed and worse microcontrast. But I put up with it (begrudgingly) because, short of returning to film, there's nothing else on the market I like the output from better.

The raw low res result has me convinced that the DPxQ is really a much improved SD15 foveon with a hi-res option. Sheer brilliance from Sigma, I think, and I think it is a real improvement over the SD15, the best Foveon implementation so far.

See low res result here:

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53953342

You're right, excellent picture. Looks even better than my SD15 with very smooth tonalities. Now I want one, an SD1Q that is (but now I still need a SD1M as well for high resolution shots).

BTW, how fast does the Q process low res files? Can it match the 3 sec time of the SD15?

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