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Mar 15, 2017
Brilliant image quality
Brilliant image quality for the price point. Prints sharp at A2 size when shot using a tripod.
Oct 12, 2016
Panasonic GX1. The serious photographers MFT camera
A real photographers tool with easy control over all parameters. Needs the LVF2 to realise its full potential. Very well built - to last a long time. The ideal compact interchangeable lens compact camera
Jul 10, 2015
A professional tool with superb colour rendition at a basement price
2 of 2 found this helpful The colour gamut of the Foveon sensor on the Sigma SD1 Merrill is simply superb.
The well known weaknesses of slow write speeds and noise at ISO 400 and above remain. However this is a serious camera and those weaknesses make the photograpjher slow a down and think and in many cases use a tripod. This makes for betterand more thoughtful photogtaphy. The detail from the SD1 encroaches but cannot eclipse medium format and certainly matches full frame Bayer sensors. The camera is simple and easy to use avoiding much of the confusion of menus and external controls that plague many other digital cameras. Infrared use is a HUGE bonus for IR photographers like myself - essentially doubling up as two systems in one. BRILLIANT.
The camera came bundled with the Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens. I was expecting a kit lens. This is no kit lens but a professional quality wide to standard zoom and is superb in every way. I suspect Sigma took quality control here seriously, matching their flagship SD1 with the very best samples of bundled lenses. That would make sense for marketing their flagship DSLR.
Given the launch price was 10,000 USD, and I bought this NEW for just over 1000 USD I woul ddescribe this asthe photographic steal of my life.