Sigma trio espied at PMA, COO expresses interest in supporting 'mirrorless camera systems'

Still no word on price, but Sigma's recently-announced DP2s, DP1x, and SD15 cameras were on hand at PMA, just out of reach of our greasy hands. A shame, really, but at least we managed to at least stand in the trinity's presence, right? Perhaps more interesting comes from the mouth of Chief Operating Officer Kazuto Yamaki, who in an interview with Digital Photography Review predicts that zoom lenses are in the future for mirrorless camera systems -- which, for those not hip to his jive, apparently include Olympus' and Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds shooters, Samsung's "hybrid DSLR" NX10, and quite possibly Sony's new Alpha compact concept. Color us intrigued, but as Yamaki noted, it's all a matter of whether or not the market picks up. Let's hope -- those cameras featured above? Closer shots below.

Sigma DP2s, DP1x, and SD15 hands-on

[Ryhei Posted Feb 22nd 2010 10:26PM]

By "zoom" does he mean telephoto?
There are already zoom (non-prime) lenses for micro 4/3.

[horchata Posted Feb 22nd 2010 10:48PM]

@Ryhei

Yeah, he probably meant more zoom lenses (in the telephoto range). Otherwise, the statement makes no sense- as you've mentioned, there are already zoom lenses in the wide and mid ranges for current mirrorless formats.

[Bad Beaver Posted Feb 23rd 2010 1:37AM]

Hmm, want!

And hell yeah, gimme a DP3 with 50mm!

[Aurmont Posted Feb 23rd 2010 1:53AM]

What does mirrorless mean?

[Punch Rockgroin Posted Feb 23rd 2010 2:05AM]

@Aurmont That it does not have the mirror that lets you see what the lens sees through the viewfinder. SLR/DSLRs have mirrors, which is clever, because you see exactly what the lens does.

I like the look of the DP1x but thinking about my experience with sigma lenses and the pretty poor quality of images that sigma cameras have delivered in the path I'm not convinced. Maybe they've changed.

[Punch Rockgroin Posted Feb 23rd 2010 2:06AM]

@Punch Rockgroin gah, *past.

[M C Posted Feb 24th 2010 1:30AM]

@Aurmont

To make it very clear: SLR = Single Lens reflex which means 1 lens, a mirror, and a viewfinder. You can't have an SLR of any variety with no mirror.

[kadajawi Posted Feb 23rd 2010 6:20AM]

Gotta love that mode dial on the SD15. P, A, S, M. Hopefully it can't write JPEGs either, like the old Sigmas. Really a shame that no one uses their cameras. I'd rather have a dial that lets me chose the shutter speed though, I miss that.

[shreyas Posted Feb 24th 2010 3:59AM]

Those compact cameras looks so hot.