The next Foveon camera?

Jozef M wrote:

Le Camerique wrote:

The R5 is a nice camera, no doubt. But I would still prefer a new Foveon. Even an old DP2 Merrill if I'm being honest.

The look is different, period.

The overall look and tonality of the Merrill sensor, which you see and like on your monitor, disappears when you print out photos, or use them in print for books and magazines.

That's where the Bayer sensors win with their greater ease of use, dynamic range, and use of higher iso values. No Foveon sensor camera can compete with that.

And 99% of website viewers give a darn about the image quality of pictures on the internet. Sigma is a business, it has to make a profit to survive. I don't think Sigma is going to launch yet another niche camera.
Regret...

Sure the image shown has good detail. High detail is a feature of Foveon, but not the only purpose of it. I loved the colors, tonality and overall look from my old Merrill.

Jozef

I've printed photos from both types of cameras and I still see a difference and prefer the Foveon images.

And I use my images as desktop and television backgrounds which, as you stated, is where you see a bigger difference so isn't that, y'know, good?

I'm not out to impress 99 percent of internet users, I take photos for myself.

As far as ease of use and dynamic range, yes, Bayer win. I shoot mostly landscapes and if the dynamic range requires 14 stops, it's usually a pointless photo to take anyhow, with a few exceptions like sunsets, but hey. High ISO performance means zilch to me.