I would appreciate some advice from Sigma owners.
Here's my dilemma..
I currently use a Samsung EX1 and am very pleased with the general quality of the images and versatility of the camera.
However, I am now taking more macro shots and the the EX1 uses it's widest 24 mm setting for macro work. This means getting very
close to the subject and sometimes distortion is inevitable.
Look at the steering wheel .
View attachment 87545
If I pull back and then crop the watch in this image is still pretty round
Both these jpegs were hand held using image stabilization which means that the first shot rated 800 iso and looks grainy..
I have been looking at Sigma offerings and would appreciate some guidance. I would keep the Samsung , so the Sigma doesn't need to be all that practical ( just as well by what Iv'e read :tongue
I initially considered the SD1 Merrill. This is currently on offer in the UK at £ 999.00 with 17 - 50 f2.8 EX DCOS HSM. Seems great value
But ------ also on offer in Europe is the SD15 + 18 -50 f2.8 - 4.5 DCOS with image stabilization for under £ 350.00
Or the DP3 Merrill with a fixed 70mm f 2.8 lens without any stabilization and costing the same £ 350.00
I know that the Merrill models have three times the pixels, but i will never be making life sized prints. The largest would be A4 sized 210 x 297 mm .
The images would be viewed either on a 24 inch monitor or a 9 " tablet.
The bigger SD camera's with zoom lenses are more versatile but don't have live LCD viewing. This might mean standing on my head to see the the view finder ?
The DP3 sports a rear screen, but that's hardly ideal for fine focusing.
I am given to understand that the raw software is pants on these camera's and you can't even crop images ?
If 3 identical images from each of these camera's were compared on a 24 inch monitor would there be a big quality difference ?
Questions questions - Any observations would be appreciated
Richard
Here's my dilemma..
I currently use a Samsung EX1 and am very pleased with the general quality of the images and versatility of the camera.
However, I am now taking more macro shots and the the EX1 uses it's widest 24 mm setting for macro work. This means getting very
close to the subject and sometimes distortion is inevitable.
Look at the steering wheel .
View attachment 87545
If I pull back and then crop the watch in this image is still pretty round
Join to see EXIF info for this image (if available)
Both these jpegs were hand held using image stabilization which means that the first shot rated 800 iso and looks grainy..
I have been looking at Sigma offerings and would appreciate some guidance. I would keep the Samsung , so the Sigma doesn't need to be all that practical ( just as well by what Iv'e read :tongue
I initially considered the SD1 Merrill. This is currently on offer in the UK at £ 999.00 with 17 - 50 f2.8 EX DCOS HSM. Seems great value
But ------ also on offer in Europe is the SD15 + 18 -50 f2.8 - 4.5 DCOS with image stabilization for under £ 350.00
Or the DP3 Merrill with a fixed 70mm f 2.8 lens without any stabilization and costing the same £ 350.00
I know that the Merrill models have three times the pixels, but i will never be making life sized prints. The largest would be A4 sized 210 x 297 mm .
The images would be viewed either on a 24 inch monitor or a 9 " tablet.
The bigger SD camera's with zoom lenses are more versatile but don't have live LCD viewing. This might mean standing on my head to see the the view finder ?
The DP3 sports a rear screen, but that's hardly ideal for fine focusing.
I am given to understand that the raw software is pants on these camera's and you can't even crop images ?
If 3 identical images from each of these camera's were compared on a 24 inch monitor would there be a big quality difference ?
Questions questions - Any observations would be appreciated
Richard