[Leica] Re:one of the most important news for me | some DP-1 images

[wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)]

I'm sure glad I didn't wait on this one and finally got one of the last 
(refurb) Fuji F30s in Korea. You're comments are right on target, Didier, as 
usual.

Didier Ludwig <leica@screengang.com> wrote:  Mehrdad

These samples can not convince me so far. The high ISO pictures, like this 
one http://tinyurl.com/yspg6v (pink surface left of "Circus", dark grey 
surface below), do not look significantly better than from smaller-sized 
sensors. It really seems that Sigma could not take the full advantage of 
it's bigger sensor, though the noise is slightly lower in average as with 
the GR-D at ISO800. I am also somehow disappointed by the lens. If they make 
a fixed lens only in f4.0 instead of f2.5 or f2.8, one may expect the heck 
of a razor sharp thing, with even reproduction from center to corner. But 
Phil Askeys DP1 hands-on preview snapshots http://tinyurl.com/3baups show a 
rather average optical performance, clearly below the Ricoh lens. The 
corners are rather soft, see this one http://tinyurl.com/yvw8le (top right). 
The Auto-White balance seems not very spot on (first inside picture/Sigma 
booth); but that's a problem of many digital cameras and can be resolved by 
editing the RAW file. 

All in all, I do not have the feeling that Sigma has produced a milestone 
with that camera, but tries to catch up others, breathlessly and with some 
delay. It's a pity. I would have expected a bit more and I guess I'll pass 
on this one. 

Didier


At 16:10 02.02.2008, mehrdad wrote:
>http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2008/02/02/7893.html


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