Probably the best camera in the world for some scenarios

Mk7 wrote:

I haven't reviewed any of the dp Quattros even though I've owned all 4 of them. Definitely wouldn't give any of them 5 stars, even if grading them only within their relatively small "comfort zones".

I made great landscape images with all of them but some of the magic was lost with the new sensor. And I bashed some of the "Never Quattro" guys here on the forum back in the day, before I came to see their point.

I was initially turned off by the Quattro body shape and feel but eventually came to like it well enough. I dislike the body size. I don't expect them to be as small as Fuji and Ricoh APS-C compacts, but they still seem unnecessarily unwieldy. I hope Sigma can make the next generation more compact, more along the lines of the original DP. Also 20MP full frame X3 would be fine with me.

Very considered and pertinent remarks, thanks for posting.

I agree with you about "Never Quattro" and like you I look forward to the upcoming FF body.  Given the tremendous showing by the Panasonic in sensor shift mode (see it in DPR recent news), I think Sigma has made a good decision to go with a new FF sensor that has ultimate image quality as the main goal.  If it delivers the goods (which it certainly will) Sigma won't lose it's niche to Panasonic.

I think we are going to see that superb color depth that only the Foveon approach can deliver.  Nobody else can match it.