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06/28/2011 01:19:53 PM · #1 |
I see that Sigma has announced availability of their 105mm Macro with OS... at a recommended price of $1400??!
That's a 43% premium over the Canon 100/2.8L IS Macro, currently selling at about $979 USD. Even at a steep discount for street price, that seems really high.
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06/28/2011 01:31:15 PM · #2 |
| Maybe it is just that killer? I can't look, but does their OS account for the z-axis shift like the new hybrid IS that Canon uses in the 100L? |
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06/28/2011 01:49:45 PM · #3 |
Well, consider their pricing on the new SD-1 APS-C DSLR is around $9.000, the lens starts to look like a bargain.
There is a Nikon lawsuit pending that they may have to pay for. Perhaps they've hired expensive lawyers, who want them to pay as they go.... |
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06/28/2011 05:09:04 PM · #4 |
it will be really interesting to see what the street price for the lens turns out to be. Sigma has definitely raised the bar recently and is more competitive than they used to be. I have not heard about folks having to re-chip lenses in quite a while, and I am seeing Sigma (and others) competing more effectively with the OEMs on optical quality.
I still don't see how they can price the thang more than 40% above the Canon L alternative! |
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06/28/2011 05:35:29 PM · #5 |
Sigma's new, very expensive (US$ 9k) APS-C sensor camera uses their new, proprietary foveon technology to create a unique sensor that, on paper at least, blows conventional sensors out of the water. They claim an effective Mp count of 46 Mp, putting the sensor, for all that it is not "full frame" right in the medium-format ballpark.
I'm not sure where they are going with all this. I do know that early in my photography days i felt that I wasn't getting enough business; I felt that my rates were extremely reasonable and my quality very high. I was told that was the problem; nobody was taking me seriously with those low rates. So I tripled my day rate, and within a few months I was turning away work. Maybe it's something of that sort of sales approach?
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06/28/2011 08:42:42 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Sigma's new, very expensive (US$ 9k) APS-C sensor camera uses their new, proprietary foveon technology to create a unique sensor that, on paper at least, blows conventional sensors out of the water. They claim an effective Mp count of 46 Mp, putting the sensor, for all that it is not "full frame" right in the medium-format ballpark. |
Same spec-mongering they've been pulling since their original Foveon-based camera, the SD-9... count all three of the photosites at the exact same location, et voila! It sounds *really* good! 3.4 Mpx becomes 10! The truth of the matter was, the SD-9 resolved about the same as a 5Mpx Bayer sensor, not anything like the 10Mpx it was billed at. The SD-1 will be better than a 14Mpx camera. It will resolve detail more like a 20Mpx Bayer sensor. The competition's been there for years, and will soon move on.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I'm not sure where they are going with all this. I do know that early in my photography days i felt that I wasn't getting enough business; I felt that my rates were extremely reasonable and my quality very high. I was told that was the problem; nobody was taking me seriously with those low rates. So I tripled my day rate, and within a few months I was turning away work. Maybe it's something of that sort of sales approach?
R. |
I think you may be on to something there! |
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