Probably the best camera in the world for some scenarios

Hi Richard

thanks for your review. I think it is quite sensible.

Funny thing about Sigma camera reviews, is that, just like all DPR user reviews, the writers usually have owned the camera for a modest period of time and are writing the review for readers who don't really know the camera and are writing to give them a bit of insight, and your review appears on the DPR site under the relevant Cameras/ Camera Model/ User Reviews page, in this case that means here: https://www.dpreview.com/products/sigma/compacts/sigma_dp2q/user-reviews . All good.

But your review also is automatically posted to the Sigma Camera Talk forum, link , where it immediately attracts the interest of a group of hardened Sigma camera experts who 'live there' and have been using Sigma cameras for years, in some cases decades. (!)

So don't be surprised if your review attracts some strong feedback or detailed corrections from these people. I'm one of them, although I am pretty low on the expert scale compared to some. You might actually get some useful tips from some of the feedback to your review.

If image quality is your ultimate purpose for your dp2Q, you might enjoy using the SFD Mode, (SFD = Super Fine Detail), which is Sigma's variant on multiple exposure, high dynamic range functions that some cameras have. It requires a camera support. One of the Sigma forum regulars has written a very useful user guide for SFD mode. Another was talking about setting up a .info website for Sigma camera owners.

I see you wrote about the slowness of raw processing. One option in the camera that you could consider is shooting in DNG image file format, which is easily read by Adobe and several other software.

cheers