Sigma DP-1

[intosite]

Where did you get the adpater hood and for how much? I might be going to Japan in 2 weeks time, thinking of buying one of these adpaters to take some occassional closeups. Just wished that a 40mm equivalent was around,

i got the hood off ebay, for about $40sgd inclusive of shipping. I don't know locally which shops have them in stock. You can try calling Sigma, and ask them for it.

It's pretty cheap in japan, 2000yen, about $28 sgd. The batts are cheap there too.

Hey if you don't mind, mind helping me get a spare batt?

Cheers

 

[intosite]

Please see the following link for comparison between Fuji F31fd, Sigma DP1, Olympus E-420 and Canon 5D.

http://www.seriouscompacts.com/2008/04/dp1-shootout-pt-4a-high-iso-performance.html

what is ur comments??

Yeah, for iso800, the colors are very washed out. Feels like they are about 80% desaturated. And if i tried to increase the saturation in SPP, they come out orangey and with aweful color blotches...

 

[Parchiao]

i got the hood off ebay, for about $40sgd inclusive of shipping. I don't know locally which shops have them in stock. You can try calling Sigma, and ask them for it.

It's pretty cheap in japan, 2000yen, about $28 sgd. The batts are cheap there too.

Hey if you don't mind, mind helping me get a spare batt?

Cheers

Sure, but we confirm by next weekend? I am targetting to at least drop by at mapcamera.

 

[intosite]

Sure, but we confirm by next weekend? I am targetting to at least drop by at mapcamera.

Yeah sure thing.

you can check out the prices here,
http://amazon.jp/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?__m...&field-keywords=sigma+dp1&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

dunno if i want to get the power adapter, which is also less than 2000yen... don't think SG will have it that cheap...

Cheers

 

[tomcat]

I bought both the adapter hood and spare battery from Parisilk Holland Village for $38 each.

 

[tomcat]

Please see the following link for comparison between Fuji F31fd, Sigma DP1, Olympus E-420 and Canon 5D.

http://www.seriouscompacts.com/2008/04/dp1-shootout-pt-4a-high-iso-performance.html

what is ur comments??

the dp-1 colour is washed out for more of the sample photos?:dunno:

Yeah, for iso800, the colors are very washed out. Feels like they are about 80% desaturated. And if i tried to increase the saturation in SPP, they come out orangey and with aweful color blotches...

Comparisons at high ISO do not really interest me at all as I do not shoot at high ISO unless my life really depended on it. Image quality is of paramount importance to me and no matter how good the camera perform at high ISOs, the image quality cannot be better than at ISO 100 anyway. If high ISO performance is the deal breaker, then I would stick to full-framed Canon or Nikon DSLRs.

I'm more interested in how the DP1 would compare under the same situation as the Olympus E3 since I have both and will be using both for travel landscape photography and since nobody has done such a comparison, I did one to satisfy my own curiosity as posted here.
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=372416

 

[monstruo]

I'll love to get to hood and battery as well... can i join in. Just went to this abandon condo to try out this new babe.. argh. feeling it

 

[Parchiao]

Do you reckon one of those +10 macro filters of would a +5 filter be a better option?

 

[Parchiao]

i got the hood off ebay, for about $40sgd inclusive of shipping. I don't know locally which shops have them in stock. You can try calling Sigma, and ask them for it.

It's pretty cheap in japan, 2000yen, about $28 sgd. The batts are cheap there too.

Hey if you don't mind, mind helping me get a spare batt?

Cheers

Trip to Japan burned, will be going Hong Kong. I can still try asking to see if the battery is available. Give me the maximum you are willing to pay.

 

[intosite]

Trip to Japan burned, will be going Hong Kong. I can still try asking to see if the battery is available. Give me the maximum you are willing to pay.

$30 is the max. Anymore doesn't make sense for me, cause parisilk is just opposite my office, so with transportation will work out to be the same..

 

[metalgear]

the colour washout/desat issue at high ISO - how bad is it and is it recoverable in PS3 ?

wanted to get this for low-light shooting but its seems its strength is in the bright end (SLR like dynamic range/contrast control).

 

[intosite]

the colour washout/desat issue at high ISO - how bad is it and is it recoverable in PS3 ?

wanted to get this for low-light shooting but its seems its strength is in the bright end (SLR like dynamic range/contrast control).

i think at the high iso, its pretty bad... if you want a b&w photo, its actually quite good at high iso...
what kind of low light shooting you like to do? Don't be mistaken, that the camera can do well in low light, just not with high iso... but if you looking to do street photographay of people with lots of motion, then it might not do..

cheers

 

[oeyvind]

Some pix on May Day with the DP1

http://www.pbase.com/oeyvind/dp1

 

[tomcat]

Some pix on May Day with the DP1

http://www.pbase.com/oeyvind/dp1

Another DP1 owner !
I like the city skyline and flyer shots.
Should post the full sized images so that we could see how good (or bad) the image quality from the DP1 really is.

 

[moos blues]

thanks for the enthusiastic thread so far guys....


its dripping with wallet killing kryptonite...




i really want to get one.

 

[metalgear]

i think at the high iso, its pretty bad... if you want a b&w photo, its actually quite good at high iso...
what kind of low light shooting you like to do? Don't be mistaken, that the camera can do well in low light, just not with high iso... but if you looking to do street photographay of people with lots of motion, then it might not do..

cheers

nothing too serious ... perhaps for indoor lighting without flash. problem with P&S noise is that it looks like noise...

my view is that in bright daylight the difference is going to be very narrow between DSLRs and very good compacts. sure there is a difference, but the bang for buck is going to be in the larger sensor and low-light shots that most P&S fail at.

i wonder how if the sigma DSLRs get away with better high iso shots than the DP-1. Surely they could have easily done better given their experience with dslrs.

 

[triotary]

This one is from RICOH

Click to see the image


this one is from Sigma


Click to see the image

 

[wxwayne]

Anyone know when this will be available in sg or if it is already available locally, where to get it? most pple i know get it from HK. Looks promising for street photography with its small size to be less conspicuous.

http://www.sigma-dp1.com/main.html

Sigma takes a bold step by introducing DP1, a compact digital camera that is fitted with the sensor as large as a DSLR with 1.5x crop (APS-C).

Although effectively a 14-megapixel camera, the final image output size is only 4-megapixel because the FOVEON X3 sensor is stacked on top of one another, each capturing one primary light colour. Plus, its lens is fixed at 28mm with f4 aperture. No other camera makers have manufactured a fixed-range digital compact camera in the past decade.
DP1 is really catered for the very avant garde market segmen- those who go for rangefinders kind of cameras.

The DP1 has all the functions of a full-spec digital SLR, packed into a compact camera with a built-in lens. The Soul of an slr in the body of a Compact - it says on the website.

 

[flipfreak]

it's available locally already. saw someone selling off his on the forum buy and sell section a few weeks back.

 

[calebk]

Anyone know when this will be available in sg or if it is already available locally, where to get it? most pple i know get it from HK. Looks promising for street photography with its small size to be less conspicuous.

http://www.sigma-dp1.com/main.html

Sigma takes a bold step by introducing DP1, a compact digital camera that is fitted with the sensor as large as a DSLR with 1.5x crop (APS-C).

Although effectively a 14-megapixel camera, the final image output size is only 4-megapixel because the FOVEON X3 sensor is stacked on top of one another, each capturing one primary light colour. Plus, its lens is fixed at 28mm with f4 aperture. No other camera makers have manufactured a fixed-range digital compact camera in the past decade.
DP1 is really catered for the very avant garde market segmen- those who go for rangefinders kind of cameras.

The DP1 has all the functions of a full-spec digital SLR, packed into a compact camera with a built-in lens. The Soul of an slr in the body of a Compact - it says on the website.

There is an existing thread on this camera, with tons of pics and user reviews. A simple search will bring it up.

Also, aren't Ricoh's GR Digital and GR II Digital both fixed focal compacts? Let's not forget I used to use a really old Casio compact that had a fixed 35mm (135 format equiv) f/3.5 lens.