Sylvain G

Ignoring the : "no pay, no working software"
so even if you don't want new features & support, your piece of software is dead. It's a completely different point than "funding future developments"

No you're incorrect, the actual press release is pretty direct on that :
"From 2023 we will no longer be tied to an annual cycle for major releases. *****As a result, there will not be a Capture...

@Gannon
I think it would actually be good material for an article at DPReview.
There's a lot of misconceptions clearly in both sides.
Some people won't see the problem because they haven't quite...

DarnGoodPhotos : subscription doesn't work like that. You don't pay, your software doesn't work. Does that clarify the possible issues? As soon as you're a subscriber, it's over, you don't get this...

Yes Billy, exactly. Ensuring continuity vs building new features.
Perhaps C1 will chose that but I don't think so.

missing the point. If they do indeed move to a full sub model. Yes you may keep CO23, but in "perpetual", you could always say stop to the update train and keep using it. Example, you're only...

Hey, judging by your other comment, I think you're jumping on the topic with not enough research on it. You'll find that many of the commenters here did go through the pros and cos during the...

Darnmachin what it means is likely to be effectively like Adobe. Yes, if you're owner of an old perpetual licence it will still work. But what is at stake is the notion that would you want to keep...

wait until september 2023 and we'll see about that :-)

I don't immediately think there's an actual correlation. Yes, subscription quite possibily gives them a steadier and HIGHER revenue stream but that doesn't say the previous "lower" wasn't...

This is what happens when a tedious brainstorm gives birth to an embarrassingly opaque press release.
Funny how they bragged and "promised" they wouldn't ever abandon perpetual licence in the wake...

Truly impressive and even more so with the 2.0 firmware. Hoping to see some of its features trickle down to the Z5,6,7 line !

If I'm not mistaken, DFD is just an algorithm intended to speed up optimal focus by trying to recognize oof blur patterns and the final fine tuning is probably good old contrast detection....

Jonby, good point but I'm afraid OMDS is still rather clueless about the potential ideas they could unlock with both their increased readout speed & processing power.
stacking frames, motion...

I think Richard's nuanced closing line is really rather interesting. OM-1 is a portable and rather affordable super fast camera. People struggle recognizing this and would expect the flagship to be...

Very excited Sigma is still on that!

I can only hope Sigma can match it to a well balanced camera with not too many design fantasies. Don't try to be too many things Sigma :)
stick to a nice well...

oh and I forgot to add it was very pleasing to read too !

Thanks Chris, I think this kind of experience reports are invaluable and important to understand a brand that seldom competed on spec sheets.