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03/08/2007 05:39:15 PM · #1 |
Looks very neat, a 14Mp APS sensor packed into a P&S body. But it has a fixed 28mm f/4 lens (I assume with 14Mp the digital zoom will suffice).
Here's the press release
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03/08/2007 05:44:56 PM · #2 |
| The 14MPx is in "Foveon-speak." It's 14M if you count all the red + green + blue sites. In real terms, it's 4.7M RGB pixels. it will act like more than a 5MPx camera, because it is sampling all three colors at each site. Picture quality will prolly be more like a 7 or 8MPx camera. |
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03/08/2007 05:49:03 PM · #3 |
I have been promoting this idea for three years now at dpreview. Finally a manufacturer stood up and made one. Wonder if more will follow.
It looks very interesting, I will certainly look into it. The only thing I don't like is the f/4 aperture, imo it should be at least f/2.8, but that also depends on the sharpness and contrast @ f/4.
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03/08/2007 05:52:10 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Picture quality will prolly be more like a 7 or 8MPx camera. |
But with dedicated photosites for R, G and B it should give much better tonal range than a standard 5Mp sensor, shouldn't it? |
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03/08/2007 05:53:37 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
The only thing I don't like is the f/4 aperture, imo it should be at least f/2.8, but that also depends on the sharpness and contrast @ f/4. |
Also remember that a larger sensor will allow much less noise at higher ISOs. So instead of worrying about opening the aperture to f/2.8, leave it at f/4 and just up the ISO to 1600 instead... ;-) |
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03/08/2007 05:58:10 PM · #6 |
Ain't exactly a sleek looking camera :-)
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03/08/2007 05:58:21 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
The only thing I don't like is the f/4 aperture, imo it should be at least f/2.8, but that also depends on the sharpness and contrast @ f/4. |
Also remember that a larger sensor will allow much less noise at higher ISOs. So instead of worrying about opening the aperture to f/2.8, leave it at f/4 and just up the ISO to 1600 instead... ;-) |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Picture quality will prolly be more like a 7 or 8MPx camera. |
But with dedicated photosites for R, G and B it should give much better tonal range than a standard 5Mp sensor, shouldn't it? |
Foveon @ Base ISO
Foveon @ ISO 1600
RGB comparions between #1 Foveon #2 Canon EOS10D
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03/08/2007 05:59:56 PM · #8 |
hmm... Thanks for that.
I'll just drop Sigma an email telling them to dump it. :p |
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03/08/2007 06:02:03 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
hmm... Thanks for that.
I'll just drop Sigma an email telling them to dump it. :p |
Actually i think a serious opinion on those samples is in order lol. Oh wait u weren't kidding were u? |
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03/08/2007 06:02:14 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Picture quality will prolly be more like a 7 or 8MPx camera. |
But with dedicated photosites for R, G and B it should give much better tonal range than a standard 5Mp sensor, shouldn't it? |
In theory it really should, since there's far more actual data compared to bayer interpolated sensors. In reality, the results have been good but not spectacular with the Foveon sensors. It's likely to provide really very good photographic results, but not what you'd expect from a 14MPx camera; certainly not 1Ds MkII or 5D-like. |
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03/08/2007 06:03:48 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
The only thing I don't like is the f/4 aperture, imo it should be at least f/2.8, but that also depends on the sharpness and contrast @ f/4. |
Also remember that a larger sensor will allow much less noise at higher ISOs. So instead of worrying about opening the aperture to f/2.8, leave it at f/4 and just up the ISO to 1600 instead... ;-) |
Yes, but I am already used to a large sensor with an f/1.4 lens as the main weapon. f/4 is considerably stopped down in relation to that.
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03/08/2007 06:05:48 PM · #12 |
| No, please - Give me just one more chance. I'm determined to get my sales commission from Sigma this week. I've got a wife and family to feed. |
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03/08/2007 06:06:39 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
No, please - Give me just one more chance. I'm determined to get my sales commission from Sigma this week. I've got a wife and family to feed. |
Lmao Back to selling used Mazda's for you! |
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03/08/2007 10:32:34 PM · #14 |
| I'm excited about this camera. Hopefully the price will be right and it'll put out good files, and if so I'll be going back to digital (at least to get one of these) |
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