… Sigma and Wabi Sabi

D Cox wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

DMillier wrote:

Sigma's marketing of its cameras has been a mystery. They insist on trying to compete with mainstream products. Which doesn't work because neither the camera bodies nor the sensors can compete feature for feature.

They would be better off marketing their wares as special purpose that stand aside from the mainstream, emphasising uniqueness. They could start by making their gear fixed ISO rather than pretending they have any hope of making useful ISO 3200.

Got my my vote on that!

One would then perforce respect the sensor's native capabilities - instead of believing that it can see in the dark by "increasing the sensitivity" ...

If the FF X3 sensor becomes a reality, one would hope that it could be used at an ISO setting higher than 400. In other words, it needs to have much less noise, especially in the shadows (which of course are "underexposed" even at ISO 100).

I imagine that shutter time would be a factor, too - for a given mean underexposure (also known as "ISO" )

Meanwhile, nothing stops you using your Foveon cameras at a fixed ISO if you want to.

Indeed and nothing ever has ...

I find that 200 gives the least trouble, with exposure compensation as needed.

For me, with about 100 ISOsat being "native" to my Foveon sensor, that value has always made sense to me.

FP4 or Plus-X used to be good films, usable in a wide variety of situations at the rated ISO 125.