{"id":3695,"date":"2011-08-03T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2011-08-02T20:56:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T03:56:23","slug":"sigma-dp1s-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"Sigma Dp1s compared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While I had access to the Sigma Dp1s I set up a quick comparison with my current digital cameras.\u00a0 The Nikon P7000 and the Pentax K-7.\u00a0 The image bellow is 100% crops from the same area.\u00a0 You can see that the DP1s produces a very clean detailed file but there is just no getting around the fact that it is much lower resolution.\u00a0 As for the K-7 image I shot the DA12-24 at 16mm to make it roughly equivalent in focal length.\u00a0 I do have better performing lenses but I thought I would make it as fair as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-3704\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3704\" title=\"Comparison_Sigma\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here\u00a0I&#8217;ve upscaled the DP1s file to the same size as the K-7 image using photoshop\u00a0to make a more directcomparison.\u00a0 So in my estimation the image resolution sits somewhere between the point and shoot P7000 and the DSLR K-7.\u00a0 The fixed 28mm equivelent F4.0 lens really is quite limiting but if that is what you want in a point and shoot this camera will work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-3705\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3705\" title=\"Comparison_Sigma_002\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma_002.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma_002-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Comparison_Sigma_002-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve read that the Dp1s makes a good landscape camera,<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-3703\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SDIM0152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3703\" title=\"SDIM0152\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SDIM0152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SDIM0152.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SDIM0152-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>but I find it hard to see, unless your printing at a relatively small size.\u00a0 The images that I did have printed seem to suggest a maximum printing size of around 11&#215;14.\u00a0 In the end I&#8217;m not so interested in whether Foveon is a better technology than Bayer filter sensors.\u00a0 It is a camera that does one thing at one focal length, and that&#8217;s OK, but the market has moved on with camera&#8217;s like the Fuji x100 while Sigma has made minor updates to the same products.\u00a0 As the DP series of cameras exists today it&#8217;s hard to make a valid case for purchasing one paritcularly with their high asking price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 While I had access to the Sigma Dp1s I set up a quick comparison with my current digital cameras.\u00a0 The Nikon P7000 and the Pentax K-7.\u00a0 The image bellow is 100% crops from the same area.\u00a0 You can see that the DP1s produces a very clean detailed file but there is just no getting 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