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I think I'm going to jump m4/3's ship because of UltraWideAngle

Started May 21, 2016 | Discussions thread
peppermonkey Veteran Member • Posts: 5,204
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Davud wrote:

Thank you. I checked out Simga DP lineup and although the Foevon sensor is mind blowing at ISO 100, it is not gonna work for darker situations when you need higher ISO or longer exposures without tripod (Also DP0 Quattro is huge).
I am going to wait and see how Nikon DL18-50 would perform with its 1" sensor. I wish they made a DL14-24 too.
For now, there seems to be a lack of single focal ultra wide camera.

Generally speaking, the Sigma DP's are not very good at high-iso but...the DP Quattro's are infinitely better at high ISO compared to the older DP's (including the Merrills). I believe the Quattro's are about equal footings to the 12MP M43's and possibly the early 16MP M43's...mind you, don't quote me on that. This is just to say that they are much better equipped to handle darker situations compared to the older DP's (Mind you, from what I can tell, at base ISO's the Merrills are better than the Quattro's which is why I would love to get me a Merrill). Simply put, from ISO 100 to maybe 1600, they should blow away all competition smaller than a Medium Format and possible modern FF's. They are simply special cameras (albeit with special requirements in a rather weird shape).

As for size, yes, it's big, or more apply put, oddly shaped...but you should also realize it's way lighter than  the two systems cameras you are considering.

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