Comments about Sigma Sigma DP-2s Digital Point & Shoot Camera, 14 Megapixel with FOVEON X3 Direct Image Sensor, Fixed 24.2mm f/2.8 Lens:

Sigma DP2s is a camera where everything circles around the unique picture quality provided by the Foveon X3 sensor and prime (fixed focal lenght) top-end Sigma lens combination with everything else left more-or-less suffering: no zoom lens, no stabilization, relatively slow focus, average at best LCD display. Also it highly asks the user to shoot in X3F RAW format and develop the images in the (provided) powerful Sigma Photo Pro software to get the very best out of the sensor+lens combination. In this way I've found the images to be on par with 12MP proffessional-level cameras in detail resolving while the Sigma images have more "3D" feel and noticable "IQ" in them with all the Foveon nuances and microcontrasts. Once you master your own favourite settings to shoot with it and know how to properly develop the images in SPP then the "Foveon feel" in your images can be so addictive that it's hard to shoot with all the other common bayer-type sensor cameras you have waiting on the shelf with dust cover thickening on them.

Which basically means you get stunning unique images, but to get them, you need to know how to use the camera. That's why I call DP2s a 'photographer's compact' camera, it's definitely not 'everyone's compact' for the abovementioned reasons.

But if you are a photographer and look for something different and unique in your images then this little pro-level camera can be a phenomenal tool!

(I still have a hard time believing that so big amount of image quality "IQ" can actually fit into your pocket! :-) )

Comments about Sigma Sigma DP-2s Digital Point & Shoot Camera, 14 Megapixel with FOVEON X3 Direct Image Sensor, Fixed 24.2mm f/2.8 Lens:

The excellent color that I expected from the Foveon chip. I'll be taking it to the Antarctic and cape horn where the light is spectacular. An excellent travel camera