The owners on the forum at dpreview.com are rabidly enthusiastic, but
the examples I have seen and reviews seem to indicate that the image
you get is only a little different from any other DSLR. Better in some
ways and worse in others. It is going to have to be way, way better to
make me buy a Sigma camera.
I don't think that the Kodak cameras are as limited as you seem to
indicate, especially the latest ones. Landscape photographers like them
too. I don't think you could call it a press camera or family snap
taker though.
The new Fujifilm S3 Pro with its high dynamic range sensor is
intriguing though.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Oct 13, 2004, at 8:36 AM, Skip Williams wrote:
>
> From my wanderings, people using the Sigma cameras report very
> "film-like" results with smooth tonal transitions, etc. But the
> hardware implementation leaves something to be desired, as I remember.
> There were lots of complaints about usability, range of ISO's, file
> formats, etc. I also remember that a large percentage of users were
> either wedding or studio photographers, who can control their
> environment much more than many other types of photographers. That's
> very similar to the pigeonhole that the Kodak cameras are in, where
> they're very good in the studio at low ISOs, but mediocre elsewhere.
>
> In the end, it's an interesting technology and very elegant. But it's
> not for me. I've stuck my neck out far enough with the E-System right
> now.
>
> Skip
>
>
> ----- Original Message ---------------
>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Foveon X3
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:14:51 -0400
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>> Exactly! The ads suggest the Foveon chip is capable of amazing
>> performance,
>> but test reports have not reflected that at all.
>>
>> John Hermanson
>> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>> 21 South Lane,
>> Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
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>> _________________________________
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:22 AM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Foveon X3
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Read the reviews of the Sigma SD9 and SD10.
>>>
>>> Theory = Good
>>> Results = Bad
>>>
>>> Tom
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gareth.J.Martin" <g.j.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "om" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:05 AM
>>> Subject: [OM] Foveon X3
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>> I was just reading some of the more recent posts and a few
>>>> mentioned the Foveon X3 chip. I've heard of it but didn't know what
>>>> it
>>>> is so i had a good read of their website. Foveon seem to make some
>>>> major
>>>> claims about how their chip is like film and produces results
>>>> comparable
>>>> to film. I can seem how the chip could be much better than an
>>>> ordinary
>>>> CCD or CMOS chip but am a little dubious. Has anyone any experience
>>>> in
>>>> using the Foveon X3 chip and if so does it produce better, more
>>>> emulsion-like quality images? What about capturing highlights and
>>>> lowlights too? Sorry, just curious! Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Gareth.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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