I just don't get these "we made a cheaper DSLR but failed to make it smaller...again..." products. Where did Sigma DP1 go? Did it vanish? Or did it never exist in the first place? Neither. Which proves that...
A compact digital photo camera can have DSLR-sized matrix and remain in the body of a compact digicam, providing a very good image quality.
Why don't camera makers finally get it that not everyone thinks "digicompact" should mean "crappy image quality" and "huge chassis of camera" doesn't equal "I'm going to get one because its COOL!!!"
Cheap DSLR doesn't make you a pro photographer. Expensive compact doesn't do that either but its smaller and easier to carry around xD
Add a big lens onto these smaller DSRLs and then tell me you'd like them too make it smaller, the XTI is already to small for lots of people and I see many getting the v-grip just to make it comfortable to hold.
http://www.sigma-dp1.com/ Can it get any better? Yes! It can! Make a good UI and good controls with some "auto" modes for the noobs of us! I never had any problems with my camera grip. The Canon Ixus 90Ti. The small compact camera without any "holder" or anything. Its not about having a "grip", its about camera being a small device without the need of larger lens.
But that sigma better learn optical zoom is a must... I'm waiting for DP2 and if it cures its "child diseases", I'll get one. Or two...
With a much larger sensor in DSLRs, you also need much larger lenses and focal lengths to have a large enough image circle to cover the sensor/film plane. The Sigma DP1 probably has a fixed focal length because the lens needs to cover more area and a zoom would make it non-compact. The engineers said the lens was the hardest part of designing the DP1.
Sure your IXUS has no problem with no grip, but imagine a compact at that size, no grip, attatched to a lens with a focal length greater than 300mm. No not equivalent, actual 300mm focal length. Not feasible.
Compacts do have great quality, after all it's the photographer, not the camera. But simply stuffing a DSLR's components into a compact has a lot of drawbacks. Lenses are too heavy and unbalanced, image processing is slower, framerates are slower. A lot of a DSLR's bulk has more important components than you think. Compacts have their place and SLRs have theirs. It's just what you choose to use.
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I just don't get these "we made a cheaper DSLR but failed to make it smaller...again..." products.
Where did Sigma DP1 go? Did it vanish? Or did it never exist in the first place? Neither. Which proves that...
A compact digital photo camera can have DSLR-sized matrix and remain in the body of a compact digicam, providing a very good image quality.
Why don't camera makers finally get it that not everyone thinks "digicompact" should mean "crappy image quality" and "huge chassis of camera" doesn't equal "I'm going to get one because its COOL!!!"
Cheap DSLR doesn't make you a pro photographer. Expensive compact doesn't do that either but its smaller and easier to carry around xD
Thats just my small small opinion.
Add a big lens onto these smaller DSRLs and then tell me you'd like them too make it smaller, the XTI is already to small for lots of people and I see many getting the v-grip just to make it comfortable to hold.
http://www.sigma-dp1.com/
Can it get any better?
Yes! It can! Make a good UI and good controls with some "auto" modes for the noobs of us!
I never had any problems with my camera grip. The Canon Ixus 90Ti. The small compact camera without any "holder" or anything. Its not about having a "grip", its about camera being a small device without the need of larger lens.
But that sigma better learn optical zoom is a must... I'm waiting for DP2 and if it cures its "child diseases", I'll get one. Or two...
With a much larger sensor in DSLRs, you also need much larger lenses and focal lengths to have a large enough image circle to cover the sensor/film plane. The Sigma DP1 probably has a fixed focal length because the lens needs to cover more area and a zoom would make it non-compact. The engineers said the lens was the hardest part of designing the DP1.
Sure your IXUS has no problem with no grip, but imagine a compact at that size, no grip, attatched to a lens with a focal length greater than 300mm. No not equivalent, actual 300mm focal length. Not feasible.
Compacts do have great quality, after all it's the photographer, not the camera. But simply stuffing a DSLR's components into a compact has a lot of drawbacks. Lenses are too heavy and unbalanced, image processing is slower, framerates are slower. A lot of a DSLR's bulk has more important components than you think. Compacts have their place and SLRs have theirs. It's just what you choose to use.