Coastal Traveler - Summer 2008 - (Page 18) coastal shooter Sigma DP-1 $899 for the Sigma DP-1 with a fixed 28mm equivalent lens. Sigma is best known for its third party lenses, and judging from this camera, should stick to what it knows. www.sigmaphoto.com Never have I been so disappointed in a camera. This is probably because I don’t usually have a lot of expectation. Digital cameras have not improved very much since they became popular in 2003. Compact cameras have tiny little sensors with tiny little pixels that work fine in bright light, but turn nasty at dusk, like werewolves. So when Sigma announced the DP-1, a compact camera with a massive sensor ten times larger than its peers, I got excited. Following the Gladwellian model, I told all my friends. I implored people to wait until its release. I admired photos of its classic rangefinder looks, with its old-school accessory viewfinder and hooded lens. So I had a lot of expectation. The first time I shot with the camera I thought it must be defective. It took long seconds to focus and then, like some premillennial relic, took more seconds to fire. And then, once it fired, it took about five seconds before I could take another shot. It was the most frustrating camera I have ever used, and all the more frustrating for its failed promise. The Sigma DP-1 is the worst execution of the best idea in cameras. Cameras need larger sensors, but they also need to work. 18 coastaltraveler summer http://www.sigmaphoto.com
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