Sigma DSLR

Do you know Dick Merrill ? Probably not but of you follow the imaging industry news, you know Foveon 3-layer low-pass filter and alliasing free sensor, the Foveon X3. Dick Merrill, who died in 2008, was a serious photographer and an engineer. He imagined the analog-like CMOS sensor technology that Foveon has developed. Since then, [...]

No, the SD1 is not a cheap camera. Launched at a disputed high price tag of €7,000, the 46 megapixels Foveon X3 sensor based DSLR will be available in a wooden finish, announced Sigma Germany today. Quite ugly… the wooden parts are removable. The SD1 Wood Edition will be produced in an exclusively limited quantity [...]