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AdamT wrote:

The way I think of it is that the Quattro can be used as a great companion camera - either with a smart-phone or a DSLR as your primary, with the Quattro reserved for more important images (or used in place of a specific prime in the case of a DSLR).

DSLR additions is where DPs have always filled in (though a Mirrorless or something like an RX10/FZ1000 is better as a Phone companion),

I think the issues with the Quattro are 1:- they changed the shape too much , the guy may not have much of a clue how to process X3Fs (for a start he wasn`t using SPP which is the first big mistake) but you can`t argue with the holding business he demonstrated, all that handle end thingy end no real grip, or thumb space ......

Actually I can argue with that since I find the Quattro really easy to hold.

Also my wife who has taken a few pictures with it, is not a photographer at all and not used to holding cameras.  She held it correctly without comment.

I think it's some people too set in their ways about a front grip that cannot let it go who have issues, but if you actually use the camera for any length of time it is fine and in some case (holding the camera at your side one handed) it is better than even a good front grip.

2:- I`ve yet to see where it improves on the Merrill (apart from build quality) , OK , I`m still on the original DP but there have been a lot of examples showing the merrills to be superior in areas to the Quattro for image quality

Examples all based on a day or two of understanding how to process images.  More and more as people figure out how to work the camera we are seeing plenty of Quattro stuff which is better.

(I guess the compromised foveon-esque sensor was necessary to get the pixel count up

There is no compromise in actual use - it's just better.  Now it's not a ton better, I can see a lot of Merrill owners if they don't need the body improvements not upgrading.

3:- and this is my personal opinion, they should have moved with the times on focal length - I can`t be the only one who thinks the tight FOV of both the 1 & 2 lenses misses ?

You may not be the only one but I LOVE the focal length of the three DP cameras.  If you can only have one the DP2 is a great medium focal length good for tons of uses.

With the Merrills what I really like doing is traveling with the DP1M and the DP3M.  That is a fantastic pair and there are lots of shots the DP1 focal length is great for.