>
>It is a 3.4 mp camera. You cannot magically count each color sensor and call
>it a pixel. The output files are interpolated up to give the appearance of
>higher resolution, but it is a marketing scam.
>
Yea, especially when each pixel is right underneath the other!
I didn't want to say anything, but the Sigma cameras haven't really done that
well, never having garnered their share of accodates. At least not enough to
get people to buy into a new lens mount (remember, it uses only Sigma SA
lenses).
According to the reviews, it's certainly delivering good, smooth images and
reportedly superior to Bayer cameras at pixel-for-pixel comparison. That's
3.4 MP, not the crazy 10 MP that their marketing types claim. That argument is
no different than the 12 MP mumbo-jumbo that Fuji claims for their Super-CCD
cameras.
But come on, 2 FPS? RAW only?! I wouldn't buy it solely on those specs, no
matter how good the images are. The stuff from my E-1 is fabulous.
My prediction is that the Foveon chip will die a slow, slow death, as
previously inferior technolgoy overwhelms it, bit by bit. Do any of you still
use Betamax recorders? I doubt it. Superior technology, slow implementation.
Foveon must have sold their soul to Sigma to get that ship in an SLR so
quickly. So Sigma likely extracted a huge exclusivity premium in the
negotiations, preventing Foveon from offering their technology to any other big
maker. Don't you think that Pentax or Minolta would have jumped at the chance
to buy in if they could? But that would have doomed Sigma's offering, as their
only real marketing angle
is the chip....otherwise it's a very unspectatular camera.
It's much like the Fuji S2/S3, which I think is pretty wacky, with it's
grafted-on electronics, two power sources, and two LCD systems. Again, no
matter how good the electronics, to me it also has to handle nicely. The E-1
is just about right for my needs right now.
Skip
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] Re: Sigma SD10
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:06:55 -0400
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>It is a 3.4 mp camera. You cannot magically count each color sensor and call
>it a pixel. The output files are interpolated up to give the appearance of
>higher resolution, but it is a marketing scam.
>
>They reportedly do very well with Asian skin tones, but caucasians look like
>they have jaundice. Lots and lots of post-processing. The camera only
>produces raw files, so you have to post process to even view -- no JPEG or
>TIFF output.
>
>Everything I've read says "cool idea, lousy implementation:.
>
>Tom
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe Gwinn" <joegwinn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 9:09 AM
>Subject: [OM] Sigma SD10
>
>
>> Perhaps I'm the last to notice, but I just saw an ad for the "new"
>> SD10 camera from Sigma, with Foveon sensor. The showoff picture (of
>> an asian model with world-class smooth and finely-detailed skin) in
>> the ad shows stunning detail and smoothness.
>> <http://www.sigma-photo.com/html/Cameras_sd10.htm>
>>
>> Specs: 10.29 mpixels (3.4 Mpix red, 3.4 Mpix green, and 3.4 Mpix
>> blue), 12 bits per color per pixel, 1512 by 2268, 13.8 by 20.7 mm
>> sensor area (1/3 that of a 35mm frame), pixels 9.13 micron square.
>>
>> Joe Gwinn
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