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The new FFF has some stiff competition

Started Dec 5, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Re: … Sigmas vs general purpose cameras.
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joe173 wrote:

dellaaa wrote:

That's exactly my point. In their day Sigma was a special purpose camera. Just like F1 cars were built for speed at the expense of everything else, Sigmas were designed for image quality at the expense of everything else. In their day, their image quality was much better than the competition, but that's no longer true. The gap between mega pixel Bayer sensors and Foveon has narrowed a lot.

For images with a lot of texture, nothing beats the 3 layer sensor. Also, the color information it can capture is still unmatched. Resolution, yes. It lost that war. But resolution is arguably the least important aspect of image quality. Overall image quality, nothing reproduces the special look of the 3 layer sensor. It has a slide film look which I like.

Yes, it probably appeals particularly to those of us who used to shoot slide films. Perhaps we should be selling the Foveon idea to those younger folk who are taking up film.

Don

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