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Cameras / Lenses / Re: Anybody using Sigma DP Merrill or Quattro for stock photo?
« on: February 26, 2016, 16:20 »It's an impressive camera and actually better than Canon 5D MKIII in low ISO situation.
Impressive camera but you never held one? Or impressive specs and marketing for a compact camera?
15mp fovian sensor makes 46mp. Small battery, slow, don't go over 400ISO. You can only use their camera software to process images. 4fps for 7 frames is not impressive. Good if you shoot outdoors, flowers with no wind or things that are standing still in the studio. VGA video.
Sigma 50mm f2.8 on the DP3 is a nice lens and so is the DP2 sporting a 41mm f2.8
This is hardly better then a Canon 5D MKIII in any way. You get what you pay for. Sigma DP is a toy camera with novel features.
Dude, do your research before you scream at somebody like a crazy person.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1206282/0
https://luminous-landscape.com/sigma-dp2m-review/
Why are you so angry for no reason? It's not good for you. Calm down.
From your link:
Whats Wrong
stumbling autofocus in low light
slow buffer writes, even with fast cards. No further image review till buffer is empty
only VGA quality video
slowish lens
very poor battery life (two batteries are provided)
high-res bright but laggy (wobbly) rear live view LCD
poor image quality above ISO 400
occasional banding when colour values are pushed hard in B&W rendition, such as blue skies
poorly designed raw software, with no superior alternatives currently available, or likely to come
occasional strange colour reproduction, colour transitions especially around reds, and blotchyness. Not sure if this is the sensor or the SPP software
manual focus only works as an adjunct to AF with a half shutter press. It is locked out when AF lock is activated
Auto-ISO wont use ISO 100, even in the brightest situations. Maybe this is to compensate for the camera not having stabilization
my camera has two dust spots on the sensor, unforgivable in an non-interchangable lens camera with a non-retracting lens
It's fine if the camera happens to be really good for what you happen to use it for. Doesn't make it better than a 5DIII though.
Ultimately, it is a bit of a "one trick pony" with alot of issues. Sure, it has a lens that is very well matched to the sensor so it produces very sharp images. Beyond that it certainly isn't on par with a FF DSLR.
To each their own though. Whatever floats your boat.
Sigma DP2 Merrill beats full Canon 5D MKIII in low ISO (200 and 100) daylight or on tripod situation. Yes, it's a limited use, but this small camera beats 5D MKIII in those frequently used situation.
The DP Merrill series resolving power easily matches any of the high end Canons or Nikons - albeit at ISO 100. I use a DP2M for stock. Yes photogs with 10k worth of lenses and kit get very angry when they compare side by side to a DPM. They are angry at the fact that a tiny metal box with a fixed lens and Foveon sensor beats their kit and 2k glass. It's true.
