Digital Camera News and Reviews

Sigma DP2

Photography Blog has reviewed the Foveon camera Sigma DP2.

Some key features for the Sigma DP2:
-14 megapixel Foveon sensor
-2.5″ LCD screen
-41mm f/2.8 lens
-ISO sensitivity from 50 to 1600
-weight 260 grams

Photography Blog ends up giving the Sigma DP2 a “Recommended” rating as the camera is able to take pictures of very good quality. The DP2 also scores high on design and ease of use, but it does not get the highest score because there are other cameras out there that give the Sigma DP2 a lot of competition. Examples of these cameras are the Micro Four Thirds cameras from Panasonic and Olympus.
Kudos to Sigma for taking a chance and producing a compact camera where image quality is in focus.
Read the full review of the Sigma DP2 camera here.

Sigma DP2

Sigma has updated the Photo Pro software to version 3.5.2 for Windows and version 3.3 for Mac that is used for editing images. The update improve processing of highlight areas in RAW files and adds the “ProPhotoRGB” color space. In the Windows version Sigma has added exposure warning for RGB channels in the histogram.

For the DP2 version you can get the latest version of Sigma Photo Pro here.

For the DP1 version you can get the latest version of Sigma Photo Pro here.

For the DSLR (SD9, SD10 and SD14) version you can get the latest version of Sigma Photo Pro here.

Sigma DP2

Sigma has released new firmware for their Sigma DP2 compact camera with a large Foveon sensor. Firmware version 1.02 improves the autofocus and makes it possible to access magnified live view with a button press in manual focus mode.

Some key features for the Sigma DP2:
-14 megapixel Foveon sensor
-2.5″ LCD screen
-41mm f/2.8 lens
-ISO sensitivity from 50 to 1600
-weight 260 grams

You can download and read more about the new firmware at the Sigma website.

Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM Macro

Lets Go Digital has done a field test with Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM Macro lens on a full frame camera body. The test was done with a Canon EOS 5D Mark 2 full frame camera. This Sigma lens is available for many different mounts including Canon, Nikon, Four Thirds (Olympus and Panasonic) and Sigma mounts. I have considered buying this lens for my Olympus E-500 DSLR as I love macro photography so it will be interesting to see what the reviewer thinks about the lens.

Lets Go Digital ends up giving the Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM Macro lens a very good review as the lens takes very sharp pictures, especially from aperture 4. The auto focus is pretty fast, but it produces a bit of vignetting on a full frame camera.
Seems like an excellent macro lens if you need to long range to capture skittish bugs.
Read the full review of the Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM Macro here.