Brilliant images, economical, compact Sigma DPxm cameras

TN Args wrote:

Boris Starosta wrote:

Dear Rick:

I listed the camera in my profile. THen DPreview gave me the option to "leave a review." Before I did that, I checked to see if the site had any reviews on the camera already. I expected that it would, given the age of the camera. But I could not find any reviews (without digging into the discussion threads, of course). No reviews in the "reviews" section. The camera is just unpopular enough that I thought: nobody has written up a review yet! So I wrote up my little review.

Now it appears my review is just a discussion post/thread? Is it tagged "review" or what?

I didn't need to get that out of my system at all. I have a life, I have other things to do, than to preach to the choir. I thought I was adding some value to the site for its users. But if the site offers me to leave a review, then throws that somewhere into a discussion bin, where people already know all about the camera... that's not my intent, nor my fault.

sorry to trouble you. .. and thanks for pointing out a potential problem with the site here. Have you also ever been asked by the site to leave a "review" on a camera, only to have your review simply thrown into discussion?

I've learned my lesson.

Boris

It has indeed appeared as a review, with all the scorecard tools and Buy Now links that come with an official review, and the little 'camera review' icon that identifies it as a camera review when, as is general practice, members browse the forums using the 'All Threads View'.

So, you did nothing wrong, and thanks for adding the first review of this camera to the forum.

The tricky part of reviewing these cameras compared to most cameras, is that they are relatively specialised in their aims or priorities, and this makes them poor general-purpose cameras. So, in reviewing them, it makes sense to review them against their design brief, rather than for their general purpose functionality or lack thereof. For example, it's a fixed prime lens camera, so that's not a performance issue, it's just what it is. You wouldn't mark down a Formula 1 race car for not having an off-road tool kit, or a bracket for mounting fuel jerry cans. It's like shooting monkeys in a barrel to criticise the camera, a non-general-purpose camera, for being exactly what it is, and not something else.

This point is interesting. It makes me think about the Phase One XF and whether or not people would be down on its huge, bulky size, absurd cost, and slow operation. I mean the thing doesn't shoot at 10 fps, right? WHY NOT?!? I wonder how much buffer capacity it has and how long it takes to process THOSE raw files. Compare it with the Canon 1Dx on the terms of the typical DSLR lover, and the Canon would probably rate much higher, even though it's only 18 MP vs the XF at 100 MP. I think it's quite obvious what the XF is all about, so maybe that's why this type of thing doesn't happen. I guess the little Sigma DP cameras are sleepers or something, and people just can't handle that very well. They can't get their minds round the idea that a little camera like that can shoot photos that are in some instances as good or hold as much detail as what can come from medium format and full-frame cameras that cost thousands of dollars.

Regarding your point 7, try taping over the flash unit's contacts near the rear of the mount.

Finally, enjoy your nice and quite special camera.

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