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Help please regarding 1st Sigma Merrill camera

Started Apr 13, 2021 | Discussions thread
Ceistinne
Ceistinne Veteran Member • Posts: 3,256
Re: Help please regarding 1st Sigma Merrill camera

xpatUSA wrote:

idomybest wrote:

There is a chap selling a DP1M down the road from me for £500. I would only be shooting at F8 or F11 whichever give the best sharpness so that might be OK.

I've owned a DP1 Merrill. The 920,000 dot LCD is excellent and couples nicely the focusing ring when used in magnified view mode. I do not think you would be disappointed with that one, especially from the POV of sharpness. With the small pixels, f/11 might apply noticeable diffraction but your call of course. I would use the supplied SPP5 or I can send you SPP 5.5.3. Steer clear of SPP6 - once it has opened a Merrill X3F file, that file can never be opened in SPP5 again.

DP1 Merrill example:

Note: shot at f/4 ...

Ted,

As a matter of interest why would someone like myself want to go back to SPP 5.5.3 when SPP 6.8.0 does the job just fine. Whatever was contained in 5.5.3 is also contained in 6.8.0 and the latter is much faster.

S

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