SD14 users?

[drakon09]

no la, should be no link to noise, i think? what i meant is that it should get more dynamic range due to the foveon versus bayer thing? don't really understand the intrinsics of the tech though, but was always interested whether this was really so

The Foveon's advantage is that there's no colour loss and no interpolation needed as per Bayer sensors. As such, the anti-aliasing filter can be eliminated, thus theoretically increasing sharpness and detail level.

The disadvantage is that there's a lot more data to process, so it's either you keep the pixel count small or increase the processing power - which then lead to other problems such as the need for better heat sinking and decreased battery life.

Dynamic range should not be affected in any way i.e. no more, no less.

 

[wind30]

saw price at Tangs shopping ctr... maybe at IT show can get cheaper. the set bundled with SD14, sigma flash, 18-200mm OS, tripod & sigma photo backpack. total $2260... i think. hope this help all the Sigma bros out there, cheers

great info. The last time I went the SD14 was stlll above $3k body only...

 

[tomcat]

great info. The last time I went the SD14 was stlll above $3k body only...

Will be getting the SD-14 and 18-50mm EX f/2.8 Macro for ~$2,100 (w/GST). OK or not?
Seems that there are 2 types of 18-50mm f/2.8 lenses - one with macro (more ex) and the other without. :dunno:

 

[wind30]

Will be getting the SD-14 and 18-50mm EX f/2.8 Macro for ~$2,100 (w/GST). OK or not?
Seems that there are 2 types of 18-50mm f/2.8 lenses - one with macro (more ex) and the other without. :dunno:

where you getting it from? Tangs? My price for the SD14 and 10-20mm is somewhere there also.

 

[reddy]

SD 14 great Cam for still life - protrait etc but not for fast action sports. Is easy to convert for IR and back( DIY ).


cheers

 

[tomcat]

where you getting it from? Tangs? My price for the SD14 and 10-20mm is somewhere there also.

No. Got it from Parisilk. Tangs wanted $2,399 for this combo.
Came with Sigma camera bag, tripod and 2G Ultra II CF card as well.

 

[wind30]

No. Got it from Parisilk. Tangs wanted $2,399 for this combo.
Came with Sigma camera bag, tripod and 2G Ultra II CF card as well.

"got it" ?

test shots now your turn to post for me. You have the E-3 right? I am thinking about getting the E-3 or the SD14, but in the end I got the SD14 due to the price. what do you think about the E-3 vs the SD14?

 

[tomcat]

"got it" ?

test shots now your turn to post for me. You have the E-3 right? I am thinking about getting the E-3 or the SD14, but in the end I got the SD14 due to the price. what do you think about the E-3 vs the SD14?

Collected it this evening. Since it's night now, I can only shoot with flash. These are a few test-pics of my cats...

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From what I can, the flash exposure is quite good with the SD-14.
Also, the images are S H A R P !!!
When viewed at 100%, the per pixel sharpness is the best I have ever seen from a DSLR and I have used many.
What's unfortunate is that although Sigma claimed that the SD-14 is a 14Mp DSLR, the native resolution in RAW is only 2,640 x 1,760 pixels or ~4.6Mp and will convert to similarly sized jpeg or TIFF files.

 

[zenman49]

nice shots there.:thumbsup: some more pls.... like to see how skin tones of sd14.

btw what lens u using?

 

[whoelse]

SD14? This one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sigma-SD14-Digi...hZ004QQcategoryZ30020QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sigma-SD14-Digi...ryZ30020QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Catema have some nice Sigma stuff for sales especially older gear like the 18-50 f2.8 EX non macro version.
They are a reputable camera store in US http://secure.cameta.com/index.cfm
Somehow they ship international but quite careful with country like Malaysia and Singapore (why?)
I did purchase things from them with some email and payment matter. Got the item ship without problem.

 

[wind30]

sharp but seems almost all your cat shots are very sharp one. Can't really tell much of a difference.

Going to collect mine set later finally. Hope everything is fine.

 

[tomcat]

nice shots there.:thumbsup: some more pls.... like to see how skin tones of sd14.

btw what lens u using?

The lens is the 18-50mm f/2.8 EX Macro.

 

[headfonz]

to me the cat pics look like scans, very different kind of quality compared to tomcat's E3 cat shots.

hope the SD14 price drops more, i'm considering it as an IR camera.

 

[tomcat]

sharp but seems almost all your cat shots are very sharp one. Can't really tell much of a difference.

Going to collect mine set later finally. Hope everything is fine.

The difference is very obvious when the images are viewed at 100%. Then again the max size of the image files from the SD-14 is only 4.6Mp while the other DSLRs I have are up to 10Mp in size. Don't need any unsharpening at all.

Could also be partially due to the lens as the 18-50mm f/2.8 is reputedly one of the best zoom lens in Sigma's arsenal of lenses.

The dynamic range of the SD-14 is very good as there were minimal blowing out of highlights in such close range flash shots.

 

[tomcat]

to me the cat pics look like scans, very different kind of quality compared to tomcat's E3 cat shots.

hope the SD14 price drops more, i'm considering it as an IR camera.

Is that good or bad to look like scans?
I bought it also because it is the only DSLR (apart from SD-9 & SD-10) that can be used as an IR camera as well.

 

[wind30]

sigh... I went down for the 2nd time to sigma only to find that the "new" SD14 they replaced for me has serious focusing issues with the 10-20mm lens. The "new" SD14 looks kind of "old" and had a lower serial number (1006xxx) than the original one I sent in (1007xxx). After I complained, they took out another SD14 with a serial number (1010xxx) which the lady said was the newest batch. That body also has a slight focusing error with the lens so I had to leave the body with the lens with sigma again.

I have bought like 7 DSLRs and none of them is so problematic.....

 

[tomcat]

sigh... I went down for the 2nd time to sigma only to find that the "new" SD14 they replaced for me has serious focusing issues with the 10-20mm lens. The "new" SD14 looks kind of "old" and had a lower serial number (1006xxx) than the original one I sent in (1007xxx). After I complained, they took out another SD14 with a serial number (1010xxx) which the lady said was the newest batch. That body also has a slight focusing error with the lens so I had to leave the body with the lens with sigma again.

I have bought like 7 DSLRs and none of them is so problematic.....

Aiyoh.... mine must be very old stock then.... (1003xxx).
Maybe the problem is with that particular lens and not with the camera bodies.... :think:

 

[wind30]

problem was the technician was not there. Last time I brought my sigma 30mm f1.4 for calibration, it was very painless and the tech guy was quite friendly and even explained how he calibrated, etc.

as long as nothing wrong with your body, I guess it is ok. I was going to take the replacement body until I found that it cannot focus with the lens.

hows the focusing of your lens at 50mm f2.8?

 

[tomcat]

No problem focusing with the lens on my camera. (touch wood)

 

[NMSS_2]

is the warranty international for sigma? can i bring in some sigma stuffs from overseas and have them look at it for free if there is some issues?