http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/ Engadget Comments for Sigma SD15 nabs a lofty price and near-term release date, at long last http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://vimeo.com/11679798]]>Jun 13th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 14th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jul 1st 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/to try to make the lenses better!]]>Jun 13th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/They have very good lenses. I think the issues is more with quality control.]]>Jun 13th 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Sigma 50mm f1.4 is the best of this kind right now on the market.]]>Jun 13th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/
The Foveon sensor is the main attraction but I kind of agree. I can understand why someone would buy their DPx point and shoots but I can't understand why someone would choose this over a canon or nikon SLR in the same range. I understand the Foveon sensor has it's attraction but it's still the same sensor in their DPx series, and that hasn't changed in years. If it were actually a true and improved 14mp Foveon sensor, then I could totally understand and probably want it for myself, but it's not. I don't see any real benefit over the latest nikon or canon sensors. I use a canon slr myself so maybe someone can clue me in on some other reasons why someone would get this?

I also wouldn't say their lenses are awful though but they're good hobbyist lenses at a good price. one of my first slr lenses was the sigma 24-70 2.8 lens. it's no L or G lens but It's quite nice too.

you guys can't really argue the quality of lenses by their 50mm primes. 50mm primes are the easiest to make. I don't think anyone has ever made a bad 50mm in at least 40 years.]]>Jun 13th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/
I agree though that I don't see any real reason to get this camera given that there are SLRs out there which actually have more than that many individual individual red, green, and blue pixels... and, if you like, you can still use Sigma lenses on those cameras.]]>Jun 13th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/
that sounds pretty sweet and being smaller then the canon is definitely a plus. the older sigma I had also weighed like a brick -- that's why i prefer smaller and lighter prime lenses now.

@xxxsam

I can agree with that. There are a ton of cheap, really bad lenses out there from canon and nikon and most that are worth buying are pretty expensive. This is actually why I bought a canon slr over a nikon or some other, mainly because I really enjoy using alternative lenses. I have a great old Minolta Rokker 58mm 1.2 that I bought for $350 and converted myself and an old $100 Olympus Zuiko 24mm 2.8 that is the almost the size of a pancake lens that's awesome.

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Yep, Sigma's higher line with HSM usually compare well with the Canons, and usually end up cheaper, but the problem with them has always been the QA. 3rd party lenses almost always seem to have more issues vs canon or nikon. then again, I just buy from amazon so I can return a bad one. I just got the 30mm f1.4 for my 7d and its fantastic.

This isnt the justin mann from columbus is it?]]>Jun 13th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/585342-REG/Sigma_C24900_SD15_14_Megapixel_SLR.html]]>Jun 13th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/
Basically I wanted to like this technology, because the Bayer stuff is always a hack. And five years ago it was pretty awesome but they haven't actually improved it in those five years and now... If you really want a 'pure' colour image, you should probably be able to get better results by designing a sensor using existing technology/silicon (RGGB pattern) with a diffuser of some kind over each group of four pixels (so those groups are spatially treated as a single pixel).]]>Jun 13th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/
Even if they sell a few of these cameras, it can't be very profitable.]]>Jun 13th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Well they are primarily a lens manufacturer. At least they make their own products instead of certain other companies who put their name on someone else's product. Kodak, Hitachi, rumour has it Nikon with their compacts. ]]>Jun 13th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/
Pretty much everything comes from a factory in China now. Sigma lenses are the rare exception, so yeah, kudos for that. My point though was with the cameras, whether it was worthwhile...]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/sigma-sd15-nabs-a-lofty-price-and-near-term-release-date-at-lon/Jun 13th 2010 4:45PM