Gvie up on SD1? Pentax K-1/ar7ii? Need advice.

DMillier wrote:

Valonkuvaaja wrote:

Sorry for coming back to this after all this delay. I am currently not shooting Sigma (although I am actively waiting for the FF) so do not come back to this forum that often. Obviously my statement would need a a few more details. Think about golden hour! In those conditions, the sky is about the same lightness as ground, and the still bright horizon sends the beautiful warm rays to whatever you have in the foreground. With DP1M, I learned to use those moments. To be more precise, those were often the only moments of a day when DP1M came out of its pouch. You are asking me to state the conditions, so yes, this is what I mean with "good light" in my earlier answer. With Pentax K-1, I have yet to see similar structure and 3D pop as I did with Sigma DP1M in those conditions.

To further elaborate: this is not really about the measurable resolution. (Although I must say that it is amazing how in DP1M images, you can have some text, like in a sign or mural, in the photo where the character lines, forming the character shapes, are one pixel wide with no fuzzy half-way black pixels, like you always have with a Bayer sensor). I assume it is more about the finer grading of colour shades or something. Like film has its distinct look, so does Foveon. Maybe the root cause even is the same - less discontinuity in colour grading leading into more natural looking image?