This is a review of the much-anticipated Sigma DP2 compact camera that was released in May, 2009.
I hope to make it clear in both broad strokes and in great detail why this camera is: revolutionary, a hopeful sign of things to come, a success, and a big steaming pile of compromises.
Please read on for the full review.
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It doesn’t even need a description, does it?
Based on aesthetics alone this camera has already won the hearts of many photographers. It’s small, it embraces the Micro 4/3rds sensor format and it just looks great in that old-school Leica/rangefinder-esque sort of way.
It’ll be coming in at a touch over $1,000 and there haven’t been any detailed specs released to the public as of yet. At this point though I don’t even care what it does or how it does it because there’s no denying that it’ll look great doing it.
Why is this camera so exciting, when we already have hundreds of digital compacts to choose from? There are 2 reasons: First and foremost, the sensor has over 10 times the surface area as that of a traditional point & shoot, which should yield far better low-light performance and noise characteristics. And second, we have yet to see an affordable (sorry Leica) compact with interchangeable lenses.
Somewhere, a team of product managers and engineers is listening to our wishes…
