Should Sigma make a 30 MP per layer full-frame Foveon instead of 20 MP per layer?

mike earussi wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

Tom Schum wrote:

richard stone wrote:

I think I understand what you are saying in your post, that the SD15 is as good as it got before, and the best ever, probably, and the Q is trash. Or useless.

I just wish I still had my SD15. Half of my sentiment is simply longing for the taste of those images. And, that taste might have been embellished in my memories.

However, I see SD15 sales occasionally in this forum and have never taken the bait. This ought to tell me something. <>

With my retro-step to the SD9, I occasionally think of selling the SD15 but somehow can not bring myself to do it.

But there is still a reason why I like the SD15 images best of all; I just can't put it to words.

For me, the color rendition is about the best of the SDs with the SD10 a close second. The 460,000 dot LCD aids good composition and the AF and AE (when I use them) are good enough for my purposes.

The much under-rated SD15 is the pinnacle of the SDs IMHO - remember the initial reviews "still doesn't do video" ...

The 21 shot buffer and >4 sec processing time are also the best of all the SDs.

I'm pretty sure the buffer in the SD Quattro H in low-res mode is more than 21 shots, and the processing time is faster too (about 8 seconds in full-res mode, and about 4 seconds in low-res mode, if I'm not mistaken). I can't test it with mine right now, unfortunately.

I remember that comparison of the kayak photos too. Here:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58888373

Frankly, they look pretty much identical to me.

As far as what was the best SD, it probably depends on what you shoot and how you like to shoot. The SD15 was a little beast, I'm sure. I never had one, so maybe I should try one. I just can't handle the fact that it makes photos that aren't even 5 megapixels. It probably focused faster than the SD Quattro, but it didn't have live view, and you couldn't see what your exposure was going to look like before shooting. I LOVE the feature of being able to zoom in to 8x magnification almost anywhere in the view, to see if what you want in focus really is in focus BEFORE shooting the photo. The SD15 probably had longer battery life though, which makes it better, as far as some people are concerned. I have 5 batteries for my SD Quattro H, and I find even that many is not enough some days. That's absurd, I know, but that's the way it is . . . and that's shooting landscapes and such (not even shooting swimwear on beautiful girls at the beach, where I shoot a lot more photos than normal - I guess I get excited).