SIGMA DP3 HANDS ON REVIEW
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- SIGMA are known for their production of quality lenses but did you know that they also produce some incredible cameras ?
Sigma DP 3 Quattro : best image quality for the best price?
Newly designed fixed 50mm F2.8 lens
Foveon X3 Direct Image Sensor
Exclusive fixed 50mm F2.8 lens (equivalent to a 75mm lens on a 35mm SLR camera)
Newly designed Foveon sensor
Great review!
To me, Sigma's Foveon sensors (although APS-C size) basically give you medium format quality for a fraction of the price.
If you treat it like a film camera loaded with ISO 100 film, it becomes so so so much fun.
Agreed .. I had lots of fun using this camera ... the colour rendition is so unique too .. thanks for watching
NO.
The detail is simply outstanding from these sensors. I have the sdQuattro.
Absolutely !! I only had this camera for a short while and was blown away by exactly that .. Thanks for watching
Great video Darren. Lovely overview of an interesting camera and unique technology with that sensor
Thanks Michael, glad you enjoyed it , looking forward to seeing what you can bring with your own one soon :-)
The quattro I don't consider a Foveon, The Merrill's were the best, true Foveons. The Quattro is a hybrid sensor made to make the camera more user friendly, a little better ISO.
If you look at an image from one, you can see the Bayer blur.
Indeed.. I also had the Quattro to test but never really got into it enough to make a review by the time I had to return it to sigma .. the biggest challenge is the processing of the images and finding a way to import them just like a “normal “ file .. thanks for watching
I totally agree. Have owned the Merrills. Also used the H version. The resolution stunning. Looking forward to the new one that's supposed to be coming in 2020 with the L mount. Images remind me of Kodachrome 25.
Thanks Gary.. it’s s very impressive piece of kit .. how do you process these files ?
@@DarrenJSpoonley Import in Sigma Photopro, after working on them, output in 16bit TIFF, import in Photoshop final adjustments, export in TIFF or JPG (sometimes I also check on the TIFFs using DXO Photolab 3)
Interesting camera and an interesting review. Thanks for point out its features and perhaps some of its weaknesses.
Thanks Tony, glad you enjoyed this one
The trouble I see currently is editing the images as there is no straightforward way to import them to edit
Hey Darren , amazing video and photos, also a sigma dp Quattro fans here. Really love the BGM you use!
Thanks very much for watching .. I also have the Quattro but yet to record a video around it
Good to see another Irish man with this camera. I have the sd Quattro as well. Pure camera.
It sure is :-) it’s a great camera .. the colour rendition still get me to this day ... I also have the Quattro bit have yer to give it a proper go yet unfortunately :-(
Thanks for watching , glad you enjoyed it
thank you for the review. Sadly the x3 sensor is no longer manufactured... Really hope Sigma has a range of full rame cameras with this type of sensor.
Yes I agree ! Hopefully they will ! Thanks for watching Delighted you enjoyed it
I was considering buying the DP1, nice review!
Thanks for watching .. do it :-) they are great
The Merrills are first processed in Sigmas program which at first was very unstable but has gotten better. Then we process them further in photoshop.
Thanks Gary, I’ve had to use a plug in for PS, but it only allows single imports and without a preview so I’m blindly importing .. must give that software a go
@@DarrenJSpoonley not sure if you plan to use a Foveon camera again.. But what I do is, I first only process the images I like the most in SPP. Yes, it's not a batch edit, but I basically finish my Quattro images in two stages. 1. SPP processing with Export to S-Hi(39MP) resolution TIFF files. Later, when I'm done with a few, I import those TIFF files into a dedicated Lightroom organized folder and from there on I choose where to export via LR Mobile. The other option for those who use the sdQuattro and sdQuattro H, is to shoot in DNG in camera and important those directly into your editor of choice.
On a side note the SD Quattro 4 seems interesting even with old vintage lenses and you get dng $600 might be worth it if you had the capacity right now. Like everyone says you got to think of it like a medium format .
I actually had the SD Quattro to play with at the same time .. never got around to making a video on it but it was a very good camera to play with
I own the Dp2 and it's amazin (if we fogot about the crappy ISO)
Agreed , great cameras in good light :-)
Still love the colour rendition overall
Thanks for watching
Can you turn off the noises and sounds to shoot silently? Thank you.
I believe so .. this might help further
www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/254588.pdf
Why the 50mm converts to 85? Isn't it a 1.5 crop sensor camera? That makes 75
Yes you’re correct
Nice video. It's certainly different looking camera and 39Mp for APS-C! How does it fair in low light? Kind regards, BG
Thanks a million .. not the greatest so far , needs the right light to perform at its best bit when it does the results are awesome
It's not the sensor that is slow, it's the processor.
You are absolutely correct !! Thanks for watching , hope you enjoyed it
Excellent camera made all the better with you concise and in-depth details! Bloody great image quality, I’d love a play with one.
Thank you kind Sir , it really is a great camera to play with
I already own the dp2 merril but I could trade it in for the dp3 Merrill .people kind of crap on the jpegs but they're actually not that bad and low iso how are people doing with the firmware updates did you find a big difference. The latest Sigma program is downloadable and it's way better than the original still takes a little bit of a methodical sense of working with it. Also definitely use some Flash quite nice and opens up a whole another range of capabilities
Sadly I didn’t have it for too long .. I really liked the colour science and in the end I got the head around the sigma software .. food for the future tho as the entire eco system is quite unique but good .. thanks for your comment
75mm FF equivalent, not 85mm.
Correct :-)
Can it take video?
No
@@DarrenJSpoonley thank you for the quickest response. Loved it❤️
You got me at a good time :-)
Looks weird but nice photos
Indeed Darren.. its a powerful to be fair to it
Excellent work!
Thanks very much
Your audio is terrible, music is too loud and voice is indistinct.
Thanks for watching ! Pity you didn’t enjoy it