Camera suggestions

SandyF wrote:

Thanks everyone for your kind replies. I have many older Sigma SA mount lenses going back to the days of my SD10/14/15. In general I seemed to switch to the DP then DPMerrill cameras as soon as they came out mainly for the growing # of pixels and resolution so important for landscapes. I'm a rock and tree counter LOL.

Analyzing what I miss most in the DPx cameras, it's an integral viewfinder! I hate composing from and on a screen. I've tried external viewfinders, sunlight blocking gadgets, used the vertical lines on the screen along the horizon etc without much success. Nothing beats holding a camera to the face.

I still process exclusively in SPP, shooting RAW+ JPEG to use the Jpegs for quick screening, then process selected RAWs. I've tried other cameras but usually then gave them away to family (including the heavy, large FF Canon). I just can't carry a huge cam and multiple lenses around these days. I tried a SD1 in Death Valley on one of our post PMA Sigma outings and found it heavy with big lenses. I don't think I'll go SD1. How much lighter or smaller is the SDQ or is it still a beast? I only enjoy processing in SPP. I'm still somewhat unclear about lenses for the SDQ. I want the option of at least one mid-zoom. That's the strike against the prime DPQs for me.

I'm still somewhat unclear on what lenses work on the SDQ. All SA mount? Correct? But then it's just a question of what auto focuses and is sharp?

Thanks, Sandy

Sandy,

The Quattro is 625 g (1.38 lb / 22.05 oz) & the SD1M is 790g/27.9oz (including battery and card) so the Q is lighter.

All Sigma lenses will work on the sd Quattro but autofocus is "dodgy" on almost all the lenses before the Art. Contemporary and Sport ones. However the lenses that came out just before them such as the 17-50 f2.8 DC HSM. the 10-20mm f3.5, the 105mm f2.8 DG HSM Macro and others all work well on them.

I use the 17-70mm f2.8-4 a lot on my Quattro with excellent results, never a problem with focusing and it's very sharp.

This might help you https://www.sigma-global.com/en/cameras/sd-quattro/?tab=support&local=lens-correspondence

See jpg below for a fuller compatibility listing from Sigma.

There is a more comprehensive list of lens compatibility with the Quattros but I cannot find it right now.

S