fly with "never come back airways"...to see Sigma repair what they have broken ....
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fly with "never come back airways"...to see Sigma repair what they have broken ....
Less impressive is the bad grammar used for the review... .This is a pretty impressive test of the SDQ-H and Art 12-24. It convinces me. I still hanker after going back to using a SWC and film but I could be more persauded now to spend the money on a SDQ-H and the Art 12-24.
http://giclee-art.my/sigma-12-24-f4-art-on-the-h/
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Hmm...that's a bit harsh, Wesley is malaysian.Less impressive is the bad grammar used for the review... .
I don't think English is his first language.Less impressive is the bad grammar used for the review... .
Yup - he cain't hardly speak good English . .Hmm...that's a bit harsh, Wesley is [Malaysian].
At 51 MP and EUR 1300, it seems to be the poor man's DMF.Did anybody buy this? After seeing the review at dpr, I'm considering it for macro and product photography.
Exactly. Bolted to a tripod in a studio, shooting tethered, it's hard to see how anything else comes remotely close. Add the 24-35/2.0 and 50/1.4 for architecture and portraits respectively, and I would pretty much be covered for most slow occasions. Tempting, very temptingAt 51 MP and EUR 1300, it seems to be the poor man's DMF.
Being a 'lefty', I doubt the 'odd' position of the EVF.
Absolutely, the K1 is also very tempting ... :facesmack:Yeah, using DPR's comparison of the K1 pixel-shift mode to the Quattro H, I think I have to give it to the Pentax. The results from that camera look really nice. That said, the QH could probably improve if SFD was used, and Pixel Shift can be really limiting for anything outside of a studio.
I played around with the DNGs from DPR's review of the H, and I came away with mixed feelings. On the plus side, processing them is really quick in Lightroom and the results do have that "Sigma" look. The workflow for importing is seamless, and the DNG can be losslessly compressed to around the same size as the X3F with a quick click after import. There is good control over noise reduction and sharpness, although no amount of tweaking could bring the DNG to exactly the same place as the X3F. I found the most pleasing results were with Luminance NR kept low (<5), and Color NR around 30-40. Even so, unfortunately to me the DNG exhibited some color shifts and even what look like sensor "hot spots" that don't appear in the X3F (strangely, they show up in the JPEG though). There were also color differences between SPP and LR that I couldn't seem to reconcile, and both were off in different places from the benchmark camera colors. Overall I think DNG would be what I would choose to shoot 95% of the time if I bought a Quattro, but it was kind of disappointing that I still preferred SPP's output. If anyone has Lightroom NR/sharpness/color settings for Quattro DNGs that they like, I'd be interested to test them out.
And this day started so nicely, sun is shining, plans for new camera seemed pretty clear.... and now this... Pentax clouds over the horizon :ROTFL:bolted to a tripod, in a studio, for things that don't move, I suspect that a Pentax K1 with pixel-shift would come more than close.
Hell no! You have to choose between sandy (luma noise reduction zero) or posterisation (due to luma NR)The Merrills are top mono performers with low noise and outstanding tonal gradations. Have the new Sd Quattros cured the Quattro weakness in that regard?