Streetshooter
Subscriber Member
The DP-1 arrived yesterday with the finder. The hood will be here on Fri or Sat...(don't care about that anyway).
After reading many reviews and following discussions, I feel almost a responsibility to get a conversation going about this camera.
I traded the LX-3 on this and have no regrets. The Sigma matches my vision in a more intuitive way. I kept the G10 for reasons that are not part of this discussion, yet.
The Sigma is a very intuitive camera. I have not read the manual yet and already have passed 350 frames doing my anal testing.
The camera sees beautiful and records in a thinking way.
I come from 40+ years carrying a Leica M with a 35mm lens on the streets. I used this outfit for everything, weddings, events personal work etc.
The Sigma, while definitely not a Leica, does in fact conjour up the sensitivities and sensibilities of the M cameras. This is all important to me.
The camera is slow but precise. It records slower than any camera I've ever had in a few years...
Ok...so what's good or bad about that......? Nuttin'.
The camera forces you to slow down, think, compose yourself, breath and compose your image.....It forces you to be deliberate in execution because the fleeting "Decisive Moment" will be longer between frames than one is used to. This also is a good thing.
On manual focus and A Mode, it's a very fast precise camera. No lag in these settings....If the camera switches off after a spell and you wake it up, your right back to where you were when she dozed off. This is one of the most important design elements in this or any digicam. The Lumix does not come back to where it was. It normally comes back to 2xs the focusing distance, even in manual.....BAD....Bad!
Sigma knew who they designed the camera for...it's all over their advertising....Fine Art Photographers.
The finder, (VF11) is very small, smaller than the Lumix finder. It's bright and forces you to pay attention to the frame lines....this camera will keep you awake in the here and now....no drifting off with this sweetheart.
The accuracy of the finder is very good, in fact better than any of my Leica finders.
IQ speaks for itself and I can't argue the fact that it's simply the best I've seen in a long time. (includes my M8 and D300 and 5D)
There's a certain life to the images that this camera records that is extremely photographic and not digital.
Ok,...enough for now....tomorrow is the Mummers Parade and I'll be there again with the Sigma on a wrist strap and the G10 in a pocket just in case I get shot, and loose the Sigma. I intend to do the entire parade with just the Sigma......cool beans.......just like my M4 and Tr-X.....
Happy New Years all.....
Go safe and go in peace.......don
After reading many reviews and following discussions, I feel almost a responsibility to get a conversation going about this camera.
I traded the LX-3 on this and have no regrets. The Sigma matches my vision in a more intuitive way. I kept the G10 for reasons that are not part of this discussion, yet.
The Sigma is a very intuitive camera. I have not read the manual yet and already have passed 350 frames doing my anal testing.
The camera sees beautiful and records in a thinking way.
I come from 40+ years carrying a Leica M with a 35mm lens on the streets. I used this outfit for everything, weddings, events personal work etc.
The Sigma, while definitely not a Leica, does in fact conjour up the sensitivities and sensibilities of the M cameras. This is all important to me.
The camera is slow but precise. It records slower than any camera I've ever had in a few years...
Ok...so what's good or bad about that......? Nuttin'.
The camera forces you to slow down, think, compose yourself, breath and compose your image.....It forces you to be deliberate in execution because the fleeting "Decisive Moment" will be longer between frames than one is used to. This also is a good thing.
On manual focus and A Mode, it's a very fast precise camera. No lag in these settings....If the camera switches off after a spell and you wake it up, your right back to where you were when she dozed off. This is one of the most important design elements in this or any digicam. The Lumix does not come back to where it was. It normally comes back to 2xs the focusing distance, even in manual.....BAD....Bad!
Sigma knew who they designed the camera for...it's all over their advertising....Fine Art Photographers.
The finder, (VF11) is very small, smaller than the Lumix finder. It's bright and forces you to pay attention to the frame lines....this camera will keep you awake in the here and now....no drifting off with this sweetheart.
The accuracy of the finder is very good, in fact better than any of my Leica finders.
IQ speaks for itself and I can't argue the fact that it's simply the best I've seen in a long time. (includes my M8 and D300 and 5D)
There's a certain life to the images that this camera records that is extremely photographic and not digital.
Ok,...enough for now....tomorrow is the Mummers Parade and I'll be there again with the Sigma on a wrist strap and the G10 in a pocket just in case I get shot, and loose the Sigma. I intend to do the entire parade with just the Sigma......cool beans.......just like my M4 and Tr-X.....
Happy New Years all.....
Go safe and go in peace.......don