X3F prematurely sentenced to ...

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Ulverus New Member • Posts: 4
X3F prematurely sentenced to ...

Dear friends,

Been out of here for a while, but returned to point you that too many of us is missing something literally obvious hidden between the words... let me cite a two fragments below:

"...Sigma is prototyping a sensor that is a bit smaller than full-frame but uses the same pixel architecture..."

and older one:

"We might even use an APS-C sensor again," .

Sigma sensor design team is now literally at Stage 2, waiting for new prototype to come from production for evaluation & testing of new pixel architecture.

Why no one asked which Fab is producing this a bit smallerprototype sensor (APS-H) ?

Sigma Foveon X3F is still alive and even if we will be forced to wait for FFF sensor a couple of years, it doesn't mean that APS-C / APS-H sensor camera isn't possible to show up in some time.

If you don't belive in success of APS-C/-H sensor size cameras nowdays just look at:

  • Fujifilm X100 series lately... F2 23mm, 40MP, retro design...
  • Nikon which even went retro with zfc with only 21MP in APS-C...

There is still nowdays market for new Sigma X3F APS-C/-H MILC camera, even with small MP, but it must meet the following conditions:

  • Classic retro body design (people see it universal - timeless)
  • Good UX - standard speed of operation / bigger memory buffer.
  • X3F sensor with usable ISO 1600-3200 - which we already had with old imagers
  • Only stills but Foveon colors and microcontrast!
  • Small MP count around 24MP - it is more then enough for 90% of users which rarely prints more then A4 size or never (the rest already have good AI Re-scale tools for big printing)
  • L-Mount lenses (new 1.4 16/23/35/56) retro design (vide Fujifilm)
  • EVF
  • Battery life: around 100 pics on one battery (3 in the box and we are good)
  • In camera X3F / DNG to TIFF / JPG conversion
  • X3F / DNG / TIFF / JPG picture formats (escpecially X3F & 16-bit TIFF write for pro's).
  • Color Simulations (nice to have, it could be strong marketing value for beginners).
  • 1500$ for body & 1 lens

Just keep waiting and use other brands until it happens!

Best regards,

Ulvervs

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