Sigma's been making (small) waves with their introduction of a line of compacts and DSLRs with the unique Foveon sensor, which lack both the ubiquitous
Bayer filter and any sort of antialiasing filter.
The 46MP figure Sigma touts on the latest sensors is a little misleading; the pictures it produces are 16MP, but each pixel in the picture has it's own red, green, and blue pixel on the sensor. This is what makes the Foveon different.
The list includes:
- DP1: 18mm fixed-lens compact with 14MP sensor
- DP2: 30mm fixed-lens compact with 14MP sensor
- DP1 Merrill: 18mm fixed-lens compact with 46MP sensor
- DP2 Merrill: 30mm fixed-lens compact with 46MP sensor
- DP3 Merrill: 50mm macro fixed-lens compact with 46MP sensor
edit: Sigma's entire line of DSLRs, which began in 2002, feature Foveon sensors. The most recent ones are:
- SD14: DSLR with 1st-gen 14MP sensor, using Sigma's own SA lens mount.
- SD15: Same as SD14, but with updated image processing engine
- SD1: DSLR with 46MP sensor, using Sigma's own SA lens mount.
- SD1 Merrill: Re-launch of SD1 with reduced price. Identical to SD1.
Along with the filters, Sigma has also left out decent batteries, HD video, low-light capabilities, stabilization of any kind, decent JPEGS, and RAW files which can be processed by something besides Sigma's PITA software, but all we care about is the pictures, right? Right!
So let's post them!
Mine is a DP2 Merrill, with the 30mm lens and the second-generation Foveon sensor.
Because it's an APS-C sensor, shallow DOF is no problem:
Careful, it's kinda sharp!
The 30mm lens doesn't distort the picture; that fence post on the left really is bent.
To really show you what this sensor can do, here's a 100% crop of that last picture, which was already somewhat cropped. No, I did not sharpen it.
So, I'm hoping a few others have bought one of these awesome cameras, and have a few pictures to share. Anyone?
Last edited by scratchpaddy; 04-07-2013 at 02:07 PM.