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I have a friend who states the same, he is sticking with his DP2 as he cannot see the same 'pop' in the DP2M. Maybe his eyes and yours are more tuned to see these things, I see the DP2M as more different but I can agree the pop is largely gone.I love SIGMA but I continue to think that the SD15, Dp2s, DP1s, DP2x, DP1x sensor was better in colour than the new foveon chip period.
Beutifull, it looks like a speciel PP on number 1 and 2 - would you share ?Some photographs from today.
HELIGAN by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr
HELIGAN by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr
DRAINS by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr
DRAINS by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr
I'll tryBeutifull, it looks like a speciel PP on number 1 and 2 - would you share ?
Thanks
Thank you very much.I'll try
The DP3 is newish to myself, had it about a month so I am still seeing what is what. All images above were tripod mounted, which I use as much as I can with all the camera's I have.
No. 1&2 shot raw, iso 100. The boiler house an 8s f7.1 exposure. The clock tower 1/60 f9. Processed Sigma Pro, adjusted WB and colour wheel. All noise reductions are set to zero, which i do with all the files. Export as tiff into Ps Cs6, where I did not do much at all to the boiler house pic. The Clock tower I used levels locally, along with gamma adjustments to pull up shadows,also lowered dynamic range in levels .Used saturation on individual colours. Backed off contrast a bit also. Used selective colour (black to deepen the shadows) Smart sharpened 48% with a radius 0.3. Saved for web bicubic sharper.
I do tend to treat every file on it's own merits Such as the boiler house needed very little processing as I got lucky with this one shot and the exposure was ok.
Approaching the boiler house shot, I was wondering how the Merrill would cope with low light, longish exposure. Have to say I was impressed.
Thanks Rick.Well, you've inspired me to get a DP3M, which is on its way- thanks for your images and thoughts!
I've read the thread, the LuLa article, etc. Good stuff!
In terms of sdhc cards, does the DP3M have any "preferences" you've discovered in terms of write speed, or will something like a SanDisk class 10 with a write speed of around 40-45 be as good as it gets? I know it's not a speed demon, but am not photographing sports
And spare batteries- do I recall correctly that Ricohs of some type work well? Or are there better options?
Thanks,
Rick
Hi TimI bought a DP2M.
Now I am wondering about a DP1M DP3M combo - 75mm / 28mm ?
Faster shutter speed would make the shots way crispier than the iso100.Tried some action shots with the DP3M.
Indeed that would have helped. But to be honest, I seldomly change the ISO of the Merrill, so I somehow forgot about that it has this function.Faster shutter speed would make the shots way crispier than the iso100.
It's obvious, DPMs aren't meant for action photography. Landscapes, architecture and still life is where they shine, and your shots, Sausa, are a good example.
Why didn't Sigma make DPM3 with an f/1.4? It would sell way better.
Foveon needs all available light it can gather to maintain its supremacy over Bayer in color shots at iso100-320 and hand-held shutter speeds.