02-23-2016, 09:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-23-2016, 10:26 PM by Brightcolours.)
I must be seeing a different product than you...
The DP series hardly got 100 images per charge, so adding 2 more will still not reach entry level DSLR battery life.
The DP Quattro series is small-ish (just weirdly wide), with a lens that can be small because of the short distance of optics to sensor.
The new SDs are not small at all. They can't have similarly small lenses as the DP series either, due to the flange distance that is the same as the DSLRs. It is wider than my FF DSLR, it is thicker than my FF DSLR. It is just 1.5cm less high than my FF DSLR. It is only 145 grams less heavy than my FF DSLR (and that is without that battery grip you mention). And then it can only be used with heavy Sigma FF DSLR lenses.
Seems like this Sigma SinoDaur is already way behind the pack before it is released, with its mediocre noise performance, very low DR, no weight and size advantage over DSLRs, no flange distance advantage over any camera so no small lens advantage. And going by the history of Sigma, slow and in many ways awkward firmware. And being chained to their RAW conversion?
I am sure this camera has some nice points. I am also sure that overall it will have to be just a niche player. Not drinking the Sigma Kool Aid....
The DP series hardly got 100 images per charge, so adding 2 more will still not reach entry level DSLR battery life.
The DP Quattro series is small-ish (just weirdly wide), with a lens that can be small because of the short distance of optics to sensor.
The new SDs are not small at all. They can't have similarly small lenses as the DP series either, due to the flange distance that is the same as the DSLRs. It is wider than my FF DSLR, it is thicker than my FF DSLR. It is just 1.5cm less high than my FF DSLR. It is only 145 grams less heavy than my FF DSLR (and that is without that battery grip you mention). And then it can only be used with heavy Sigma FF DSLR lenses.
Seems like this Sigma SinoDaur is already way behind the pack before it is released, with its mediocre noise performance, very low DR, no weight and size advantage over DSLRs, no flange distance advantage over any camera so no small lens advantage. And going by the history of Sigma, slow and in many ways awkward firmware. And being chained to their RAW conversion?
I am sure this camera has some nice points. I am also sure that overall it will have to be just a niche player. Not drinking the Sigma Kool Aid....