It's been only a few days....

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...but my SD10 has already given me a picture of the day at Scoopt.com!
Which comes to show that it is not at all impossible to do photojournalism with this camera, as some may say.

http://www.scoopt.com/gallery/picday.asp

Until next time,

Luis

More Foveon magic...

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Hello again,

I am still putting my Sigma SD10 through its paces and quite frankly it's been a great experience, I can't put the camera down. I snap all the way and having in mind what the sensor can do makes me see things differently. At the end of this day, I downloaded the photos to the computer, let Sigma Photo Pro do it's work, inputted my settings and then I had a shock...from this supposedly 3.4MP sensor as some class it, I can output an A2 size print!! There was a slight misfocus on my part but it is still a very printable and sharp picture.

My only niggle throughout my testing is that the Sigma 70-300 Macro Super lens I have, is too soft at the long end or at least my copy is (meaning that full face candid portraits even though good, were soft). That means next on my shopping list will be the 70-300 APO DG, which I have on my Minolta and it is a top performance entry level telephoto lens. The Aspherical HF lenses in fact behave very adequately and that Foveon quality still shines through.


Here's the A2 printable photo (scalled down for web). Please point your browsers to http://foveon-factor.blogspot.com for this photo and more, or click on the link on the right hand side.

Until next time,


Luis

New to The Viewfinder....

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...the Sigma SD10. This unusual camera uses three layered RGB filters on its sensor, offering true colour in a single pixel location, unlike the usual Bayer sensors. I got my hands on one after scouring the market and realising there is no chance of getting one new, so I got this little quirky and misunderstood camera 2nd hand with a good array of lenses. This camera only shoots RAW and the files need to be converted by its software before you can use them. I took it for some test drives to see how it would fit me and my shooting needs...well, the results speak for themselves:

I was so very pleased with the shooting experience ( I had tried one of these before, but never for a whole day) that I decided to open a section on The Viewfinder, dedicated to the camera and the Foveon sensor (the sensor in the camera). As far as I have owned the camera now (for three days), I haven't seen a lot of the problems that some have pointed out in the camera, apart from the issues of noise at high ISO (but even that has proven to be somewhat due to the way some convert their images). The camera is responsive enough to take actions shots, even though its frame rate may not be to par, but then again, the old school of sports photographers using film back in the 50s-70s did not have frame rates (hell look back enough there weren't even motordrives in those cameras), so it is down to the photographers skill to capture what they want, regardless.

In any case, make sure you point your browsers to the new section, for the above pictures and more at http://foveon-factor.blogspot.com/ or use the link on the right hand side of the blog.

Until next time,


Luis

New Viewfinder Section...

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The Viewfinder has opened "The Foveon Factor" , a section dedicated to the Foveon camera.
Point your browsers to http://foveon-factor.blogspot.com/ or click the link above.


Until next time,


Luis