09-02-2012, 06:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2012, 06:30 AM by Brightcolours.)
[quote name='nandadevieast' timestamp='1346562643' post='19917']
mst, looks supremely interesting to me because of small size and great lens, and the focal length is ideal too.
will do some work with one, and report, as soon as i can get one.
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Confused by your wishes by now... Before, you totally ruled out a Canon in an earlier thread because you said you wanted to go full frame, and you wanted the 36mp from the D800 and the 22mp from the 5D mk III was not good enough according to you, if I remember correctly. You came from a Panasonic compact digital.
Now you are considering a single lens compact which is cumbersome and slow, with a lower resolution, a BIG software problem, and seriously hampered high ISO performance. With a lens which is not very wide, but also not very "normal".
Sigma loves to be weird about the resolution.... This is a 15mp camera, not a 45mp one. It has a slight advantage in resolution compared to a sensor with bayer CFA, but not huge. And the lack of AA-filter makes the images appear sharper, but that is mostly fake detail due to the square borders of pixels.
I do get the "small size" part. Not totally sure if the lens is "great". The focal length to me doesn't seem really ideal for too many situations.
And then of course I do not like the AA-less sensor which will alias and bring moire problems.
It would be a fun little camera next to a more versatile camera system, if it did not have so many drawbacks. I would like one if it was not so expensive, had better computing power and firmware, and had better RAW conversion software available. And an appropriate AA-filter.
Without IS and a sensor that only shines at its lower ISO settings, for landscapes a tripod will be a must when light is lower.
mst, looks supremely interesting to me because of small size and great lens, and the focal length is ideal too.
will do some work with one, and report, as soon as i can get one.
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Confused by your wishes by now... Before, you totally ruled out a Canon in an earlier thread because you said you wanted to go full frame, and you wanted the 36mp from the D800 and the 22mp from the 5D mk III was not good enough according to you, if I remember correctly. You came from a Panasonic compact digital.
Now you are considering a single lens compact which is cumbersome and slow, with a lower resolution, a BIG software problem, and seriously hampered high ISO performance. With a lens which is not very wide, but also not very "normal".
Sigma loves to be weird about the resolution.... This is a 15mp camera, not a 45mp one. It has a slight advantage in resolution compared to a sensor with bayer CFA, but not huge. And the lack of AA-filter makes the images appear sharper, but that is mostly fake detail due to the square borders of pixels.
I do get the "small size" part. Not totally sure if the lens is "great". The focal length to me doesn't seem really ideal for too many situations.
And then of course I do not like the AA-less sensor which will alias and bring moire problems.
It would be a fun little camera next to a more versatile camera system, if it did not have so many drawbacks. I would like one if it was not so expensive, had better computing power and firmware, and had better RAW conversion software available. And an appropriate AA-filter.
Without IS and a sensor that only shines at its lower ISO settings, for landscapes a tripod will be a must when light is lower.