Tuesday 10 April 2012

The problem with the Sigma SD1

Extensive review of the Sigma DS1 Merril at Dpreview :-
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sigmasd1/


Pretty much as expected.

However I looked very closely at the samples and you get this.
From the centre of one of the samples. Impressive.

Then I looked at the two edges from the same picture.



Not so impressive. In fact not very good at all. Taken on a Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 zoom at f/8. Unfortunately it seems Sigma are having a good go at sabotaging their brilliant (if somewhat limited) sensor with the lenses they produce for it.

Having spent the afternoon with my X-Pro 1 and a couple of Voigtlander m-mounts, I can report that there are no such problems with lenses and an image quality thats about the same from straight out of the camera jpgs.

I'm putting together samples and a post for tomorrow on that. But just to wet your appetite, the most fun I've had for ages with a camera in my hand, and the pictures were pretty good too!!

N.B. to see more on the cameras and lenses featured in this post click on the relevant labels (tags and keywords) below.

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