Don Ellis
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I've read so many negative comments, both here and on the Sigma forum at DPreview, that I'm surprised... surprised that I'm enjoying the DP2 so much. There's really nothing about the camera I don't like...
Rubbish LCD? I just use it for framing, not reviewing, so I don't have a problem with it.
Plasticky back buttons? Hadn't noticed.
Toy-like quality? I think it's amazing that it's smaller than my G9 (which now feels like a DSLR to me) and takes such great photos. Its diminutive size also puts people's photo-fears at ease... making it much more of stealth camera.
Freezing? My first one did and my second one doesn't and Sigma has released a quick firmware update (what do I care if "they had to" as some people claim?).
Sluggish? I think contemplative. I have other cameras for faster shots... assuming I want to take them.
I love the hot button that puts eight features just a press away. And the manual-focus magnification feature that I discovered yesterday.
Could the camera be better? Sure... so can everything, including me.
I've just added Richard's grip, a 3M Vikuiti ARMR200 screen protector is in the mail, along with a Markins quick-release plate so I can use it with my Markins ballhead, I'll probably buy a couple more batteries and maybe the VF-21 viewfinder just because it's so cute (and I have to accessorize somehow), and because in blinding light, when even my G9 LCD would be a white sheet, it might help me get a shot or two.
But I'd like the camera even without these things... because of the images. I'm not being an apologist for the camera, or for my taste. I like it. And people who don't like it can not buy it and can just wait around for something that suits them. It's really that simple.
Don
Rubbish LCD? I just use it for framing, not reviewing, so I don't have a problem with it.
Plasticky back buttons? Hadn't noticed.
Toy-like quality? I think it's amazing that it's smaller than my G9 (which now feels like a DSLR to me) and takes such great photos. Its diminutive size also puts people's photo-fears at ease... making it much more of stealth camera.
Freezing? My first one did and my second one doesn't and Sigma has released a quick firmware update (what do I care if "they had to" as some people claim?).
Sluggish? I think contemplative. I have other cameras for faster shots... assuming I want to take them.
I love the hot button that puts eight features just a press away. And the manual-focus magnification feature that I discovered yesterday.
Could the camera be better? Sure... so can everything, including me.
I've just added Richard's grip, a 3M Vikuiti ARMR200 screen protector is in the mail, along with a Markins quick-release plate so I can use it with my Markins ballhead, I'll probably buy a couple more batteries and maybe the VF-21 viewfinder just because it's so cute (and I have to accessorize somehow), and because in blinding light, when even my G9 LCD would be a white sheet, it might help me get a shot or two.
But I'd like the camera even without these things... because of the images. I'm not being an apologist for the camera, or for my taste. I like it. And people who don't like it can not buy it and can just wait around for something that suits them. It's really that simple.
Don
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