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Disheartening Very Disheartening

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Re: Disheartening Very Disheartening

alphaphoenix wrote:

Iain G Foulds wrote:

… The Sigma camera company is essentially a failure. It had a brilliant and unique sensor in the original vintage Foveon, lost much of that quality in the Merrill by sacrificing colour in pushing resolution. Realized that the colour was wretched in the Merrills, so pushed colour in the Quattro- causing over saturation and simplified colour. Then, abandoned their brilliant and unique sensor altogether, and followed the crowd- unsuccessfully.

We share the same sentiments. My DP2S is the last and only Foveon despite the fact the lens retraction mechanism and ribbon will eventually fail.

I've jumped off the bandwagon of the FFF wait. I don't mean to sound snarky, but I see no financial success with it going at it alone. Sigma should see what Sony can do with the sensor as Sigma has already partnered with Sony with the fp cameras and its Sony sensor.

If Sony wanted to make a three-layer sensor like a Foveon, they would have done so long ago.

I think Sigma's financial success comes entirely from sales of lenses. The cameras are more comparable to some other company sponsoring a Formula 1 racing team.

The guys at Sigma do appreciate the art of photography, and they like to help people to make good photos. How good they are is up to the photographer.

Don

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