Another quirktastic camera from Sigma....... Locked

absquatulate wrote:

So, the image quality? well I was pleasantly surprised by both the Quattro sensor and how SPP 6.5.2 dealt with its files, excellent is all I can say. It's not a Merrill, it's not better or worse, just different,

It would have been of some interest if you had

I love both for certain things. SPP is clunky as always but on my laptop it chugs through the raw conversions as expected.

You mean 5 minutes a file as usual?

Converting the files to 16 bit tiffs after minor tweaking I can process them more fully in Capture 1 Pro no problem, which sharpens the files much better than SPP. I haven't played much with DNG yet but I'll give them a go at some time. The colour is outstanding from the SD Quattro, very accurate to my eyes,

You realize foveon colors have to be more computational than Bayer? No, you probably will deny that

more accurate than the Merrills unless you stick the Merrills on a tripod and give them some time (don't ask me why but that's how it works with the DPXM's for me).

Magical isn't it that a tripod changes colors?

you can't beat those puzzled Canikon

I wish the forum had an option to automagically delete all posts that use that useless word

eyes, that "WTH! but I won't ask because I'll look stupid" kind of look, it's all part of the rich tapestry of shooting Sigma

That's rich indeed

, the results ain't half bad either

Sigma: believing is seeing

All in all pretty pointless as a review. No-one with a vague interest in these cameras will think she's missing something.
As for car analogies: the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Spider comes to mind