sigma archives (244 posts)
Sigma: new DP-Merrill reviews and ISO comps [30/2.8 gets raving reviews], September 30, 2012
To quickly and efficiently catch-up with the news, we are trying a slightly different format, it is the two minute offense... Sigma DP-Merrill get new reviews + DP1 Merrill reviewed at Luminous Landscape with bonus open-letter to the Sigma CEO...
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Lenses Trade Show Floor round-up: Zeiss, Samyang, Voigtlander, Schneider, Tamron, Sigma, September 19, 2012
And now we have a catch-all round-up, we feature the various lens manufacturers, some of which generated a lot of excitement (see new lens announcements)... Earlier on we posted the Sony and Leica round-up and the Olympus round-up and the...
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New Sigma lenses: 35mm f1.4 DG, 17-70/2.8 DC OS, 120-300/2.8 DG OS, September 17, 2012
As part of their new generation of USB-dockable lenses announced today, Sigma has revealed three new lenses that are USB-dockable and are the first three of a new generation of modernized Sigma lenses. For expediency, I will call them iSigma...
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Sigma modernizes lenses with new software and USB dock and new MTF system, September 17, 2012
Sigma is feeling the winds of change in Berlin, years later, but better late than never, as they decide to modernize and technologize their lens line-up. On the practical side of the changes, Sigma has developed new quality control measures...
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Shock-and-awe review: Sigma DP2 Merrill at Luminous, September 3, 2012
From a Curiosity Factor review, we now go to a Shock And Awe review. It is the Sigma DP2 Merrill reviewed at Luminous Landscape and the sub-title of the review reveals there will be fireworks: "Medium Format Image Quality In...
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Sigma prices APS-C DP1 Merrill (fixed lens camera) at $1000, September 3, 2012
If you are not a die-hard Foveon fan, you may have already forgotten the two new Sigma fixed-lens DP-series Merrils, the DP1 and DP2, announced in February 2012, with an APS-C sensor, "growing up" from the classic 1.7x Foveon sensor...
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Newsbytes: Samsung T-primes, RED Dragon fire, Panasonic X-Ray SD, etc, August 10, 2012
A number of newsy items have filled up the buffers, time to empty the buffers with a new edition of the Newsbytes! + Samyang announces Cinema T-versions of their 14mm, 21mm and 35mm primes via dpreview and LMdlP et al...
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Sigma prices DP2 Merrill Big-Sensor-Prime at $1000, June 28, 2012
Sigma has a price update, they have revealed the price of the DP2 Merrill (prime lens, APS-C Foveon sensor) to be $1000 in the US market and 950 euro in Europe, with a mid-July release estimate. Perhaps the popularity of...
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New Lens Announcement: Sigma 18-250mm Macro with TSC material (more compact, 25% lighter), June 15, 2012
Another rumor that was not unfounded! In a rare Friday announcement, Sigma has revealed a new lens, a new now-with-Macro version of their 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM superzoom SLR lens, with a new more compact design, thanks to the...
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Rumors: new Sigma 18-250mm OS with Macro capability, June 13, 2012
Update June-15-2012 at 4:50am NYC time This new Sigma lens has now been Officially Announced by Sigma... The earlier rumor is after the jump... ORIGINAL POST (the rumor) The superzoom trend continues in the world of DSLR/iLC lenses, with a...
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Impact review: Sigma SD1 (both) at dpreview, April 10, 2012
Just after we closed today's edition of the Cameraholic Digest, a new impact review came out, a 20-pager of the Sigma SD1 and SD1 Merrill at dpreview. As usual, we won't leak the X3 light here, but if you are...
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Short interviews with various manufacturers at Focus 2012, March 11, 2012
Tech Radar has published a series of short interviews conducted at the 2012 Focus on Imaging trade show. You can find them at their Latest News page. They include Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma and Sony. There is some mild future...
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Sigma launches rewards program for SD1 full-price heroes, March 11, 2012
Sigma has launched details for their previously promised "rewards program" for the photographer(s) who purchased the SD1 DSLR at full price says dpreview. Besides the price and common sense, another sign that points that the number of SD1 full-price heroes...
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Cameraholic Digest: X-Pro1 RAW, 5D Mark III, E-M5 RAW, D4 robots, etc, March 6, 2012
We can't even take a lunch break without things piling up to the moon! Time for a new edition of the Cameraholic Digest, which uses a variation of the "trade show format" (updates by manufacturer instead of sensor-size)... Focus on...
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Cameraholic Digest: G1x, NEX-7, X-Pro1, X10, E-M5 RAW, etc, March 4, 2012
Time for a new edition of the "Cameraholic Digest", an on-going experiment on how to catch up with catching up without getting caught in a never-ending updating-trap! Compacts with RAW + Canon G1x Imatest test results at Lens Rentals +...
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