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First real review of the DPQ2
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Yes, agree,I have the X100S and shoot portraits in Astia, love it, but I do not get consistent outcome with landscapes or city-scapes - here the DPM.s are better.I have a Fuji X100 (12 MP Bayer) that even in APS-C format has the fat pixel character
D700 is cult.
Sold my D700, sorry to say.
Dont get the point. Either you have a long experience with sigma or you are surprised by SPP. I know Sigma Camera since SD9 and nothing they do will surprise me.
Maybe a little surprise was their idea to bring out a wooden SD1 after the desaster with the SD1.
I was lucky and got all my Merrill cameras at the nec show in march ..£299 brand new boxed..to me its a no brainer just buy dp1m,dp2m,dp3m and wait until photokina in September ...canon have got new stuff ,sony will have new stuff and who knows maybe even sigma may have an announcement ...you can near enough get all 3 merrills for the price of the q
IMO all of them face a basic problem, three layers and each of them eats light.
In video 3chip technology shows the other way, 3 chips side by side and color channels are seperated by a prism. This needs space.
Hulyss Bowman
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Because I can't make it work on my über computer, and trust me, I know computers (java programing of some MMORPG games).Dont get the point. Either you have a long experience with sigma or you are surprised by SPP. I know Sigma Camera since SD9 and nothing they do will surprise me.
Maybe a little surprise was their idea to bring out a wooden SD1 after the desaster with the SD1.
I did a little rebel humoristic review of the Q. Have fun
Fun and facts
And in fact, the very first camera built by Foveon did exactly that... :lecture:
after you advertising so much
I subsribed to diglloyd and my conclusion is similar to yours:DPQ: higher resolution, less noise, better dynamic range
DPM: better microcontrast and colours (by better colours I mean what hulyss pointed out, no colour smearing in the M), I also note better corner sharpness
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He did the dolls scene comparing DP2Q and DP2M... the DP2Q didn't impress me much. The mosaics does.
I am waiting for much more from Lloyd. He did a very extended, deep digging and long lasting test of the DPM's.
I am excited to hear those of you who had a loaner. There must be something to report about.
I am waiting for much more from Lloyd. He did a very extended, deep digging and long lasting test of the DPM's.
I am excited to hear those of you who had a loaner. There must be something to report about.
Yes, you are rightI was talking about the X100 without 'S'. Fewer pixels and fatter.
Fujifilm X100S vs. Fujifilm FinePix X100 - Sensor Comparison
but never tryed it.
But then we should get it from this baby :
Nikon Df vs. Fujifilm FinePix X100 - Sensor Comparison
Perhaps worth trying ?
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Added for a comparison
http://www.digicamdb.com/compare/nikon_df-vs-nikon_d810/
comparing the mosaic of DP2M and DP2Q...man the Quattro is a big loser in my eyes! particularly if you compare the bottom right, so much more detail and micro-contrast in the shadow.
maybe this is due to the aggressive NR in the Quattro, but I'm certainly no longer interested in the DP2Q, although Chambers concludes that the Q punches way above its league, even better than 5DMIII.
but I also agree with chambers when he says the colour seems to look better on the Q in the mosaic picture, strange.
I wouldn't disagree.
These files are RAW converted to JPEG. So no noise reduction is applied.
With a DPM I would believe it's not necessary to sharpen or increase contrast that much in post, where as a file from the DPQ certainly would need some processing to appear sharp.
This is no other way than how we deal with Beyer RAW.
I have though not seen any good example of excellent PP work by means of SPP6 and later Photoshop or Cap1 etc...
With a DPM I would believe it's not necessary to sharpen or increase contrast that much in post, where as a file from the DPQ certainly would need some processing to appear sharp.
This is no other way than how we deal with Beyer RAW.
I have though not seen any good example of excellent PP work by means of SPP6 and later Photoshop or Cap1 etc...