On Bayer sensors they have a nice smooth look but no high frequency detail on Foveon they have great high frequency detail with an ugly smoothed low frequency color noise reduction pattern. If you shoot at 50 ISO you can reduce this but it increases banding, too. It ruins the tonality of rock textures in a way that's wholly unique. And despite its initial strong impression, I find that the Sigma has banding, slight aliasing, and a low frequency green/magenta pattern that looks a lot like heavy noise reduction, all unique to it. It has much less dynamic range than Portra has, or black and white film. Its look is most similar to 4x5 velvia scans without the same intense richness and wildly vibrant greens and of course less high frequency detail. The DP2 Merrill has more dynamic range than my favorite film stock (Velvia), but it has worse color rendering. I don't think anything digital surpasses 8X10 film or even 4x5 film (Velvia 50 and Portra 400 were my favorites), but I can't afford to spend a few hundred dollars (with scans) per shot anymore. It depends what film stock you're coming from and what your budget is. I got a good deal on a dp1x im going to test with. Now to find a cheap way to scan the negatives that still looks good. And just better cameras with optical viewfinders. I think, in 99 percent of work.shooting on film is a better idea. I dont think a camera with such limited dynamic range and low iso can handle this. The greatest challenge i want to test is magic hour and golden hour before magic hour. I think Merrills are putting out a nicer image than the Quattros. But speed, easy of use, flexibility and high iso are fair trade offs, of course. A Merrill in combination with its fixed lens is a winner in price image ratio, IF I want something small with the best look possible, and I can take my time, then Sigma is the way to go.īut Max, I dare you!:) Browsing through the Merrill pictures on Flickr reveals some breathtaking images. As much as I love the Sigma look, if size/weight isn't a factor, a Nikon D810 is close enough for me. If you don't see a difference between that and your GH5 then I'm fairly certain you'd find the Sigma camera a complete frustration. The question for you would be is full-frame good enough that you don't need that extra clarity of a Sigma? So, I suggest you borrow/rent a full-frame and try it out. 2) photographers who are super picky about printing and deplore bayer color artifacts. 1) The ones who come from film and are very fussy about color (though Foveon has trouble with red). That's a fact, take from it what you will Sigmas appeal to two types of photographer in my experience. But almost all serious "model" photographers use Nikon or Canon full-frame, if not medium format if they can afford it. You can take great photographs with any camera. Is there any other camera with Sigma's sensor technology?
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