Sigma (Click here) now shows the next DP3 Quattro with a 50mm f/2.8 lens. There is yet no other info on the site.
Sigma (Click here) now shows the next DP3 Quattro with a 50mm f/2.8 lens. There is yet no other info on the site.
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Is this a mirrorless camera?
It’s a beer bottle opener.
I really don’t see why Sigma is selling the same camera over and over again with different permanently mounted lens options. There sensor is smaller then APSC and just a little bit bigger then M43. They are members of the M43 consortium, because they manufacture at least 3 prime M34 lenses, so they have the right to use the M34 mount. If they are worried about losing money on the lens they could package it with there already existing M34 primes. There management team is just not giving them good advice and they are not getting market penetration as an outcome, even though they have good and unique technology. They have about five more years before patent expiration. So they can lead now, or let others show them how it’s done five years from now.
I am saying this even though I don’t own one peace of M34 gear. Even if they made such a camera with limited features people with existing M43 lenses would buy it. It would be like using different digital film and gives a different take on the seen.
No, it is APS-C sized sensor, 23.5 x 15.7 mm. They haven’t sold the 1.7x crop sensor for a long time (like 4 years), SD15 maybe last camera with the 20.7 x 13.8 mm sensor?
They probably figure someone will buy one of these in their favorite focal length and go along with their SLR.
You realize that all the DP lenses are the same or similar to the m4/3 and Sony E mounter versions of the lenses? So you get those interchangeable lenses because they developed them for these cameras and maybe tweaked the design accordingly. I suppose I don’t know who they developed them for first, but the point is the designs are fairly similar between the 19, 30, and 60mm interchangeable lenses and the 19, 30, and 50 fixed lenses for the fixed lens cameras.
I’ll take your word on the sensor size (I noticed it on a chart somewhere and assumed), and yes I have seen that they have the same lenses in Sony E-mount. The only problem is if they started making Sony E-mount cameras, Sony would have something to say about it. As where M4/3 is an open standard. I do wish M4/3 could have been planned a little bit bigger, to take advantage of advancements in silicon manufacturing, but it’s too late now. The other reason I think they could make bigger sales with M4/3 is that the lens line-up is better then Sony’s APSC lineup maybe they could come to a deal with Sony too or Canon for that matter (but unlikely) as to save then from scaling down the sensor or cropping the image made by an M4/3 lens on a APSC sensor. Proprietary standards and patent wars are one factor the Mayflower people have stated is bringing down the camera market, but that’s a different post. I would like to see the foveon technology get going with more wide spread appeal without having to wait for patent expiration.
M4/3 is not an open standard. It is covered by patents which must be licensed and documentation is provided only under NDA.