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Sigma DP2 Quattro samples have been posted
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RitterRunkel
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I even saw it is usable with older Non-Merrill-DPs. But honestly, I pretty much doubt the quality is good. May help in sunlight though.
Would be interesting to send live view to a tablet PC ... wouldn't be great as well, but since it's quite a lot bigger, focussing and judging in fix setups at home might be more pleasant.
Would be interesting to send live view to a tablet PC ... wouldn't be great as well, but since it's quite a lot bigger, focussing and judging in fix setups at home might be more pleasant.
Sure you would see the live view spread on a larger surface, should that keep luminance and contrast high.
Brings me back to encourage Sigma to develop a hi-rez EVF. Should be every man's need for a mirrorless compact camera.
It is annoying to see the scene and be unable to frame and record it correctly.
Brings me back to encourage Sigma to develop a hi-rez EVF. Should be every man's need for a mirrorless compact camera.
It is annoying to see the scene and be unable to frame and record it correctly.
RitterRunkel
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I think you two disagree what live view is. One wants live view without any delay and flaws, even with augmented helps, the other one in a way just wants to see most of the image he would have seen through a viewfinder. 
I agree it's not excellent live view, but I think it is. And the aperture should be displayed, as well as shutter time and some other things ...
I agree it's not excellent live view, but I think it is. And the aperture should be displayed, as well as shutter time and some other things ...
it displays time and aperture as numbers, but it doesnt reflect settings in the displayed image, going from say f4 to f8 doesnt make the image darker etc, this is not live view.
My first digital compact was a Minolta F200 back in 2003 or so, and from this time all compacts offered real live view, just Sigma is to stupid to archive this.
RitterRunkel
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Oh, this is what you meant, okay. Yes, aperture value does not influence live view. Indeed you'll have to improvise, e.g. look at the exposure correction and estimate/judge ... luckily to me it's not a big issue. I wouldn't trust the image anyway and most often I'm fine with little corrections up or down. But yes, they could improve ... and to some people doing high or low key ... At least for not moving subjects one can do test shots, look at histograms, and so on.
I think maybe this will be interesting:
Key points from DC Watch's review of the Sigma dp2 Quattro » Sigma Rumors | dp Quattro Cameras, Art Lenses, and More
Key points from DC Watch's review of the Sigma dp2 Quattro » Sigma Rumors | dp Quattro Cameras, Art Lenses, and More
RitterRunkel
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DC Watch review is indeed the best so far. Yet there are things to complain about, line noise (look at the flower shot, JPEG version!), color loss in shadows still present as known from the Merrill, some color spots. But at least the RAW output seems quite good most often: less jaggies, less noise and more natural than the JPEGs.
I agree as it looks one could do great things with the quattro. =)
I agree as it looks one could do great things with the quattro. =)
Ahh yes I see the poor OOC JPEG. I didn't even open those images to have a look. In camera engines are normally no blessing.