DP1x...when? How much? How fast?

[Rawfa]

The Dp1s has been announced for some time and people really didn´t see much of an improvement. The DP1x has been announced for some time and it is said to have the same speed as the DP2 (which is not much). I can see that the mini site is already up http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/camera/dp1x/index.htm . But there´s no word about price, availability, major actual improvements. I really love what the foveon sensor does, but with all the major guys coming up with compact powerhouse cameras it´s getting hard to invest money on a sigma camera. If they didn´t have my favorite sensor in all time I wouldn´t be giving this a second thought, but I absolutely adore the foveon sensor. I really wish Sigma would come up with something that could competitive.

 

[smokysun]

it looks like it will have the same layout back as the dp2. also, since buying the dp2s, i think they've improved the firmware, processing, etc. i'm with you, except i'm totally spoiled by the sensor/lens/size combination that i'm thinking of giving up most of my other cameras. we'll see. and the sigma 4 processor a jump up. it's like a mate, if you can live with the quirks the perks are worth it.

wayne
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