Thursday, October 11, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
DP-1 Merrill, DP-2 Merrill & DP-X?
No, there is no DP-X yet, just a wish –
wishing Sigma would eventually bring out a DP camera with interchangeable lens
and of course, with better image engine that can write fast, and hopefully a
file format that is friendlier. And much
improved battery.
I have been using original DP-1 and DP-2 since
they came out and later also the DP-2 Merrill and the latest DP-1 Merrill,
without question, with the latest offering the DP series camera has finally
capable of challenging the best, and best some of the bests, in pure image
quality, although getting there is not without bumps. The biggest issue is obviously
the software that is designated to develop the beautiful, detail packed, and
very large X3F file – around 51.8mb, compares to 76mb for the NEF file
generated from Nikon D800E, as a comparison.
The DP Merrill series camera is roughly the
size of a SONY NEX-7, a little thicker
body but without the hand-grip, electronic view-finer and flash – not like a
SONY RX-100 that is true pocket camera, it is still very travel friendly, and
with visibly better image quality a low to moderate ISO range. It is an OK camera with amazingly good image quality;
it is for the one capable of making an image than someone simply snap an image.
Firmware update to address some of its
shortcomings will be welcome, popular 3rd party raw-developing software
support will be much appreciated.
Image taken with Sigma DP-1 Merrill. Original image cropped to show the detail.
Nanfang’ao, Yilan, Taiwan, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
The new dawn
This image took in the peaceful, fishing
harbor of north west Taiwan, Nanfangao南方澳, right on the day break. I was
using a new Sigma
DP-1 Merrill for this image, the X3 sensor captured the serenity and
harmonized colors of this little fishing harbor faithfully while rendering the
lights, the minute detail of the houses, and the tranquil water surface awaken
by the moving finishing boats shot after shot.
I use Sigma’s original DP-1 and DP-2 and was
impressed with its abilities in reproduce beautiful colors of nature although
wishing its image size should have been larger.
With new DP-1 Merrill and DP-2 Merrill, this wish came true. The unique X3 sensor and the fact of lacking
low-pass-filter enable the sensor capable of reading what a good lens capable
of resolving, making the DP Merrill camera capable of challenging the state of
the art DSLRS of any size, as of October, 2012.
Nanfangao, Yilan, Taiwan, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
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