2013-01-04T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
DP1x, Great, Just know what you are buyi
This camera produces amazing JPEGs from RAW provided you utilize the Sigma software that comes with the camera. The Sigma software seems to deal with all the information that comes from the Foveon sensor better than lightroom or other converters I have tested. This camera is for photographers that only care about image quality. It delivers amazing images at low iso. Just know what you are getting...a fixed lens, F4 (buy the DP2x if you want the F2.8), a terrible lcd, slow write times in RAW, a weird menu set up, slow shutter, and no viewfinder. If you can put up with all that for great images in a compact design, then this is the camera for you.
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Poor Accessories: The lens cap is not built into the lens, so you manually have to remove it before you power the camera on. || The lens barrel extender/hood has to be used for filters, which is fine, but you can't use a lens cap with the hood because the hood has a square finish with beveled corners. From the research I have done, no lens caps fit the square hood.
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Conclusion: Great Images, Fixed Lens, Slow Everything, Bad LCD, Poor Accessories, and again, Great Images...I bought it for that. The colors this thing captures are right on the money. The depth of contrast captured is great. Image Quality is the only thing that matters to me.
Zoltarswim
2011-11-22T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Actual DP1 owner
Unlike the previous reviewer who never used one, I have had my DP for a while now.
I find that when used at ISO 50-200, the resulting images are better in IQ and detail than the same images taken with my Pentax K7 or my Nikon D200 and miles above the D1x or the Canon 1D I used to shoot with. Prints made from the DP1 files are so finely detailed, I was impressed and viewing the prints cemented my decision to get one. My latest published work was taken entirely with the DP1.
It is slower than a DSLR, and high ISO can be grainy looking, but in low light I shoot ISO 100 with a tripod anyway. The speed of the camera can frustrate some and the noise in ISO 800+ is a deal breaker for others. But I find that in the compact form factor, the DP1 gives me the best IQ tool for the money.
I use Nikon, Pentax and Sigma DSLRs
Sigma and Canon G series compacts. ( though I am itching to try the new Fuji X10)
JAMES H.
2011-10-21T21:00:00
Rated 1 out of 5
Only 4.68 megapixels.
This camera only produces 4.68 megapixel pictures.sigma lies about the megapixel count. Because the cocoon chip is 3almost layers sigma thinks it can claim that each color is a pixel. The truth is that the inadequate produced is about a third better than a regular 4.68 mp.camera.
No other manufacturer makes such a claim. Sigma shame on you!!!!
truthsayer
