I was recently given some stirling advise by forum members when I was looking for
a 2nd / 3rd camera to back up my small sensor Samsung EX1 for close up and still work.
After much thought I decided against a DP Merrill for the time being, as I often picture watches
and ultra high definition super sharp images of finger marks and dust particles made me veer towards
an older ( Classic) DP2. I managed to pick one up with less than 500 shutter actuations that included
a VF21 viewfinder , Sigma close up lens , Sigma polarizing filter Richard Franiec grip and spare batteries all for half the price of
a Merrill. Someone had given up very quickly on this neglected camera and ' put it to bed '.
When it arrived it could easily have passed for new - not a single mark on it.
Having read what a handful DP's could be, I was pleasantly surprised at the initial results. Some of the image's were eye popping on a 24 " monitor
when the raw files finally settled down. Trouble is that by time Photobucket and forum downsizing takes place they tend to look a lot more diluted.
Only had time to reel off a few so far but hope to give it a bit more exercise in the next month.
First shoot in the garden reveals what looks like a young dark haired girl sitting on a swing reading a book at arms length ( Sigma instruction manual ? ).
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Friendly but shy neighbours cat popped in to say hello but she refused to look into the lens
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I think the garage needs staining
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The view finder didn't show something was growing here - the RAW file saw it !
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Later that evening an interesting sky whilst the sun was setting and it's strength allowed a 1/ 250 sec hand held shot.
I quite like this little machine !
Richard
