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Best Inexpensive & Lightweight camera for Best images

The image quality, micro-contrast and color contrast/saturation rivals Medium format. That's reason enough to own one of theses Foveon sensor cameras despite their faults.

The hardware used to take a photo is "stone age". Worst than the "Film" era. If they brought their ViewFinder up to speed and installed "Ibis", I believe it would be a Winner. Forget "High ISO" issues. This sensor is meant to be used like a Medium format camera.Read full review...

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Outstanding, distinctive, IQ - great for art and composition but not so great for P&S point 'n shooters!

This is a very different kind of camera and not one that I would ever consider for 'point and shoot' photography (i.e. quickie shots or flash photography and certainly not anything that is moving fast). I recommend that you do the research before you buy - there are several good articles and reviews ot there and, for nerds such as myself, some really interesting technical articles posted by Sigma on the Foveon Sensor and other technial aspects of the camera. There are a number of galleries to give you an idea of this camera's image capabilities.

The Foveon sensor is revolutionary has the renders colors with remarkable depth and clarity reminiscent of film; this is the reason I bought this camera. As many reviewers have noted, image production is fairly slow; when shooting in the Raw Mode (which I recommend) the camera takes its time processing the image. If you buy a used camera (as I did) check to be sure you have the latest firmware, as it did provide a boost in processing speed. Slow processing aside, you will be rewarded for your patience witht excellent IQ. The camera really excells at low ISO settings - I generally prefer 50 to 100 ISO, maybe 200, but never higher than 400. Also this little camera has a large APS sized sensor, which contributes to its outstanding IQ. Back in the day, I used to shoot 25 ISO film! At high ISO, you will get lots of noise with this camera - so think low ISO and long exposure for low light situations. I find that the mindset I have with this camera is more like shooting film than digital, i.e. I am really aware of a differnt thought process that when I am shooting with my Samsing or Canon digital cameras.

The controls on the DP1x are well thought out and can be accessed quickly. The 2 1/2 screen is fairly low res, certainly not like my Samsung OLED screen, but adequate for composing and quick review, which is all I really need on the camera. The build quality of the DP1x is superb - metal construction, nicely finished, solidly built, great feel. I like the minimalistic and compact design and find it easy to hold and carry about.

I bought this camera primarily for artistic photography, including landscape and street shooting, and think it really excels in these areas. The 16.5mm lens is sharp, albeit not very fast at f4, but is an excellent choice for this type of photography. There is bundled raw software (Digma Pro); the current Version 6 is available to download and is improved over previous versions.

The DP1x was released in 2010; I purchased my camera used (and well cared for) but new models are still available on the market at a reasonable price. The newer, Updated models, designated as Sigma Merrill are much pricier but, obviously more evolved. I found the DP1x to be a great starting point for my venture into the Foveon sensor and have been entirley satisfied with my choice. . Read full review...

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Excellent camera but requires some patience

The DP1 is a back to basic superb camera, with a fixed lens and an outstanding sensor give incredible photo quality as final result. With ISO 50 the images are simply stunning. The camera isn't for everyone and requires some photographic experience as well as patience, but you will be rewarded with the final result.

The DP1 is small and fits very comfortably in the hand and isn't intrusive. Easy to carry around, light and packs stunning image quality.Read full review...

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Do your research

By current standards, this camera is very slow without any outstanding fast specs. However, the colors produced by the sensor are lovely, and the back focus wheel is an ingenious implementation of manual focus. Just do your research and look at sample images from a variety of shooters. Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: 2012esparza

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Major Disapointament..

I Picked Up This Camera On Ebay Based On Reviews..Ignorant Me should Of Gotten The Warranty,But Since My Past Experiences Went Well With Previous Camera Purchases I Passed & That Was A Mistake..So Lets Get Started..The Build Quality Is Very Nice Very Good Finish.Light.Those Are The Only Positives I Have On This Camera.Most Said This camera Was Slow & That's True To The Point Of Fustration..When It Worked It Was A Charm..The Fixed Focal Lens Was The LEAST Of My Problems..I Only Was Able To Take Like Maybe 40 Photos Tops before The camera CRAPPED OUT..Thank Goodness I Had Another Camera With Me Or This Trip Would Of Been A dISASTER..I Would Of Never Gotten Those GREAT Sunset Shots On My Rincon P.R. Vacation..When I Took The Camera Back Home It Just Froze up & After A While I Heard A Rattle Inside...The Lens Is Stuck In The Out Position & It's Not Worth Reparing because It Will Most Likely Cost What I got The Camera For Which Was A Good Deal Until lights Out..It's An Anchor Now & A Reminder To Myself To Always Use My Instincts When Buying A Point & Shoot..Replaced With A Fuji X-10 Now A much Better Camera..Read full review...

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It gives me film photography feeling in digital world.

If you were film photographer, this is the digital version for film photography.

When we were in film photography period, our film has only ONE ISO, ONE white balance (daytime or night time), either color or white. But in today's digital photography, you can choose different white balance, ISO, ...etc in ONE camera. It is very convenient for us. However, most digital cameras using CCD or CMOS. these CCD and CMOS has only ONE layer, and each pixel has to translate a real light to RGB three parameter.

But the Simga DP series are different. Their CMOS has THREE layers. One layer for Red, one layer for Green, One layer for Blue. That means, each spot of real light has THREE layers CMOS (so called X3) to translate the light to camera. Thus, the color in Sigma DP is THICKER than other CCD and CMOS digital cameras, further more, the detail in these pictures captured from Sigma DP is more then any other CCD and CMOS cameras.

The Sigma DP1X has beautiful smooth color and clear detail. This is a camera for any photographer who is serious in color and detail.

In addition, the RAW software, Sigma Photo Pro, has wonderful features to develop your RAW from DP1X.Read full review...

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