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Posted
March 3, 2008 
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The Sigma DP1 has finally been released! Unfortunately, with a quoted list price of $1090 (although B&H is carrying it for $799), it takes more of a primary position, rather than the go-anywhere companion to a DSLR that I was hoping for. And the sample gallery isn’t really as impressive as I was hoping either.
So here’s to a disappointed hopeful.
I forget… Why did we like this camera again? Is it just the Foveon sensor?
I’d much prefer the GE (?) cameras you mention that’ll do ISO3200.
Heck, Nikon should take the D3 sensor, scale it down but keep its ISO range, and put it in a little P&S. And play “Sympathy for the Devil” in commercials for it. (Sorry, Kyle’s playing it now and it’s catchy.) When I’m at ISO1600, f/1.8, and I’m still getting 1/15 shutter speeds inside, I have to wonder what types of pictures ‘normal people’ are getting…
I liked it mainly because of the sensor size — it has a APC-sized sensor in a P&S; AFAIK, the first of it’s kind. As I’m sure you know (and have experienced), the larger sensors have much better image quality.