Comments on: Sigma Unveils Latest Compact Camera in the DP3 Merrill

By: GokhanCukurova

GokhanCukurova — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:48:00 +0000

75mm? LMAO here.
Someone is comparing this camera to RX1 or even a medium format digital. God help me understand some ppl.

By: Dirk Beichert

Dirk Beichert — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:54:00 +0000

It’s really funny to read the first posts… However, having owned a DP1s I found out about its pros and cons the hard way. It is a diva – and I suppose the DP3 Merrill will be as well.

Yes, the sensor really captures 46 million pixels. No, the resulting image file will not have 46 million pixels. It will have a third of that number, but with superb sharpness and amazingly clean and accurate color.

The movie recording mode should really be up to par with current 30$ smartphones… 720p at minimum. On my DP1s, even the VGA mode was close to unusable… so why bother…

In low light conditions the DP1s (with an f4 lens) was terribly slow (even the s-model should have been “faster” than its predecessor). Indoors the camera was utterly useless. The included tiny flash didn’t make things better. So I really would hope that the DP3 Merrill is a lot better here and this would make this thing a real screamer.

Portrait focal length at f2,8 with a prime lens (and Sigma really knows how to do lenses) and the great sensor would really be tempting for me… the price point will however be a challenge. The little sisters DP1 and DP2 Merrill retail at 1.100 Euros – and I don’t expect the DP3 to be any cheaper…

Quite a lot of money for a camera that I would only use for things like street photography…

By: Mihai Radulescu

Mihai Radulescu — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:59:00 +0000

Well, the DP2 certainly had a leaf shutter and synced with the flash at any shutter speed (up to its maximum of 1/2000 !)

By: Bryan Leighty

Bryan Leighty — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:27:00 +0000

Michael – where do you see this having a leaf shutter? I did an extensive google search and see nothing about that. On sigma’s site it has full tech write up and nothing about leaf….

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:41:00 +0000

This camera is NUTS. So awesome. I don’t think many understand the type of file it produces and what type of photographer would use this camera. It’s not for wedding shooters for family photogs. This is for someone in a controlled environment for a long period of time that requires AMAZING image quality but doesn’t want to invest into medium format to get it. It’s right on par with the d800e but it has one trick that the d800e does not have……….a leaf shutter. There is nothing else in the market that has this type of image quality, at this price, with a leaf shutter. Don’t even bother mentioning the rx1 because its not even close when it comes to image quality.

I hope this helps with understanding.

http://theiropinion.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-i-did-it-1-photography-series-by.html

By: Chuck Navarro

Chuck Navarro — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:14:00 +0000

I saw that too! Why even bother? lol

By: Davor Desancic

Davor Desancic — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:55:00 +0000

WOW it even has VGA recording mode!

By: mortimer121

mortimer121 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:35:00 +0000

i don´t know why you as self claimed “experts” still support the wrong claim that this is a 46MP sensor.

compared to a bayer sensor with 46 MP the foveon would have less spatial resolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foveon_X3_sensor