Sigma Digital SLR Cameras.

Thinking about buying the Sigma DSLR. Either the SD9 or the SD10.

Is the SD10 worth the extra money? What would be the best lens to start out with.



Oh yeah, does anyone know when that Foveon point and shoot will be available?



Thanks.



Biff Mullins

"Biff Mullins" wrote in message
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Thinking about buying the Sigma DSLR. Either the SD9 or the SD10.
Is the SD10 worth the extra money? What would be the best lens to
start out with.

Oh yeah, does anyone know when that Foveon point and shoot will be
available?

If you need higher ISO settings, the SD10 is the better choice. If
you shoot at lower ISO settings as I do (I'm just a causal
photographer) than the SD9 is just fine. IMO the 50mm EX lens is a
great starting point with either camera.

Peter A. Stavrakoglou wrote:
"Biff Mullins" wrote in message
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Thinking about buying the Sigma DSLR. Either the SD9 or the SD10.
Is the SD10 worth the extra money? What would be the best lens to

start out with.

Oh yeah, does anyone know when that Foveon point and shoot will be

available?

If you need higher ISO settings, the SD10 is the better choice. If
you shoot at lower ISO settings as I do (I'm just a causal
photographer) than the SD9 is just fine. IMO the 50mm EX lens is a
great starting point with either camera.



Peter, always lovely to see you, but why is this xposted to alt.config?

BTW, come on by & visit us once in a while, OK?

(Sorry, I owe ya an email or 3).

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"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote in message t...
"Biff Mullins" wrote in message
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Thinking about buying the Sigma DSLR. Either the SD9 or the SD10.
Is the SD10 worth the extra money? What would be the best lens to
start out with.

Oh yeah, does anyone know when that Foveon point and shoot will be
available?

If you need higher ISO settings, the SD10 is the better choice. If
you shoot at lower ISO settings as I do (I'm just a causal
photographer) than the SD9 is just fine. IMO the 50mm EX lens is a
great starting point with either camera.

I don't know of anyone who knows anything about digital who shoots
above the lowest ISO setting.

Georgette Preddy wrote:



I don't know of anyone who knows anything about digital who shoots
above the lowest ISO setting.

Which simply proves that you know no one who knows anything about
digital. We already have concluded that you are in that category, Giorgio.

"Phil Wheeler" wrote in message
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Georgette Preddy wrote:

I don't know of anyone who knows anything about digital who shoots
above the lowest ISO setting.

Which simply proves that you know no one who knows anything about
digital. We already have concluded that you are in that category,
Giorgio.

Notice the implicature in GP's statement. Advertisers will often go the
"play dumb" route, with statements like: "we know of no other product as
good as ours."

With the Sigma SLRs you'd better not try to shoot at higher ISOs. It's one
reason that the Sigma SLRs are solidly in the sub-amateur category, EXCEPT,
for landscapes and studio portraits. No one would buy one for any sort of
action photography or low light photographt, where higher ISO settings are
necessary.

GP knows no one who knows anything about digital--including himself.

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"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote in message t...
"Biff Mullins" wrote in message
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Thinking about buying the Sigma DSLR. Either the SD9 or the SD10.
Is the SD10 worth the extra money? What would be the best lens to
start out with.

Oh yeah, does anyone know when that Foveon point and shoot will be
available?

If you need higher ISO settings, the SD10 is the better choice. If
you shoot at lower ISO settings as I do (I'm just a causal
photographer) than the SD9 is just fine. IMO the 50mm EX lens is a
great starting point with either camera.

I don't know of anyone who knows anything about digital who shoots
above the lowest ISO setting.

You shoot at higher ISOs for the same reason you grab 400 or 800 ISO
film, to shoot fast action or in low light. The tradeoffs are very much
the same too.

Marc

"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote in message t...
"Biff Mullins" wrote in message
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Thinking about buying the Sigma DSLR. Either the SD9 or the SD10.
Is the SD10 worth the extra money? What would be the best lens to
start out with.

Oh yeah, does anyone know when that Foveon point and shoot will be
available?

If you need higher ISO settings, the SD10 is the better choice.

Agreed. The SD10 is the lowest noise DLSR out there today by a huge
margin. Its sensor pixels are a whopping 33% larger than the full
frame, $8,000 Canon 1Ds. That really shows in the noise tests where
the 90's-vintage Canon CMOS really gets clobbered by National
Semiconductor's latest design...

http://www.pbase.com/image/31155134/original

"Biff Mullins" wrote in message
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Thinking about buying the Sigma DSLR. Either the SD9 or the SD10.


Don't waste your money.

Before you look for a Sigma DSLR, have a look at the scathing review on

www.dcresource.com about it.

Personally, I feel that the Sigma is a capable camera let down by the poor
Sigma lenses and the restrictive image file format.

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)