The Sigma DP1 is a technical marvel, but that’s about it
- July 24th, 2008
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One month and change after DP Review gave the Sigma DP1 a so-so review, David Pogue now offers his two cents. Like DP Review, Pogue likes the SLR-in-a-point-and-shoot’s body, but says it’s not the end-all, be-all for the concept.
The Sigma DP1, in case you don’t remember, essentially puts an SLR sensor inside a point-and-shoot’s body, to mixed results.
While Pogue admits that the camera is a technical marvel, it doesn’t deliver as well as we might like. The lens doesn’t zoom; it’s too slow for proper action shots; the RAW files don’t work with PhotoShop; there’s no viewfinder, and the LCD washes out easily; and there’s no lens cap, for Pete’s sake.
Best advice: tread lightly with this one.
Laurence Matson (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Not quite right on the negatives.
There is a lens cap.
The LCD can be adjusted to work well in bright light and for $10 you can through on an LCD hood.
There is a viewfinder; just slip it into the hotshoe.
Adobe steers ACR and not Foveon or Sigma, so yell at them for non-support; they have had the code for long enough.
Fixed focal length lenses rarely zoom, duh. But they are sharper and smaller. Zoom with your feet.