Sigma SD14 14.1-megapixel DSLR
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Electronics | By: John
Posted on: June 18, 2007 | 51 Comments
The Foveon 3-layer image sensor on the Sigma SD14 14.1-megapixel DSLR has got people talking since last year, but now Popular Photography have done a hands on review of the digital camera and are not impressed.
The strong points of the Sigma SD14 camera were its image quality and color accuracy, but the reviewers found the cam took 8 to 10 seconds to clear its buffer after shooting just 6 pictures in burst mode, the slow image processor produced blocky JPEG images at higher ISOs and they summed up by saying your better spending the $1,600 it costs for the Sigma SD14 on another camera.
The Foveon sensor looks promising but lacks at this time the benefits Sigma and Foveon promised “fundamentally better technology“.
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I can’t believe people are still arguing about this junk camera. What’s there to argue about? It’s obviously junk that only a few thousand idiots buy.
Gourmet food, Matson? Like the crap on your website? Stop embarrassing yourself.
What goes around comes around. Simple law of karma. being nice, courteous and polite isn’t in your dictionary, to it seems. I used to shoot Hasselblad, Linhof, Contax, Konica Hexar, etc.: the best. Now I shoot Sigma. Why? It’s the best camera for my purposes in good hands. According to you, I am an idiot. You are quite rude, I must add. I wonder how rudeness mixes with your business.
BTW, I am sure that you believe that your camera is not “junk” but on your website I wonder about lots washed out highlights (flowers, bridal gowns, etc.)
Sigma doesn’t wash out highlights, if properly used
E.g. http://www.pbase.com/janus/image/63138695
http://www.pbase.com/janus/image/25286609 (original non-lpeg version has no washouts at all)
Please open your mind. This is my last post. I am not happy being called an idiot.
BTW, we Sigma users have no trouble proudly posting our images really large: let it show, let it show, let it show!
You are a walking oxymoron by our own confession: “The best image I ever shot was with an SD9…”
And then you say that “unfortunately” you lost the images in a “fit of rage”…
“Fit of rage”? That’s not good for your health. Go get some vallium, or see a doctor.
If an SD9 is prehistoric, what do you call film cameras? What was Ansel Adams shooting with?
Why do I keep responding??? I must surely be an foolish idiot indeed.
Rich:
You “accidently” deleted “one of the best images you ever made” in a “fit of rage”?
Every copy of the image? Even the one or two saved back-ups that anyone with more then five minutes of digital photography experience has?
Wow. And you call US idiots.
Oh, and by the way, unless you reformatted your hard drives, or filled it with new information, that image still exists on your drive. It can easily be recovered.
But I’m sure you knew that already, right?
…su-u-u-ure you did.
Many professional photographers like myself are using the Sd14 for their
work with success. I like the camera and have produced some very remarkable images with Sigma dslrs. My photographs continue to command
industry top dollars and are being collected by serious art collectors here in the us and overseas. Calling Sigma users derogatory names is just masked
jealousy. When you are successful like me, maybe you won’t feel the need
to bash others in such a heartless manner. Goodluck with your photography and please use whatever camera makes you feel like a real photographer.
As long as my photographs continue to sell , I’ll keep using Sigma digital slrs and the new Sd14 and laugh at nasty comments like yours all the way to the
bank.
Rich,
What did i do that make u think i m a moron or idiot? If u don’t like Sigma, please sell it or drop it. U can say it is junk, but u CANNOT said people are idiot or moron.
Also, show us pictures that Sigma can’t produce equivalent or better quality before saying Sigma is junk. If u can’t u are just lying.
I doubt that u never take serious pictures.
– Peoples said George Bush is a moron, but he is a President of US. Who’s lying?
Note readers that Rich Morgan is not a real person, it is a non de plume used to spread negativity about the camera. Why would he do this? Beats us, but it has literally been a work of years for him. Very odd. Note that despite the negativity you never get any personal information on Rich to back up his assertions…
As for myself, so that you can tell I am a real person I invite you to look at my pbase site:
http://www.pbase.com/kgelner
Which also has a number of full-size SD-14 images to enjoy.
Too bad he uses the name of an otherwise real photographer who has a website on his own with that name; this is outright slander and this guy ought to be prosecuted.
His bile and vile is so bad that it actually helps Sigma’s cause quite a lot! People can see how ridiculous his tongue really is! What a joke!
I have a website too: http://www.pbase.com/janus
I see the fanboys can’t take the criticism and had to resort to recruiting help from more fans from dpreview. Hilarious.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1027&message=24037791
Ardi’s pix are nice but nothing that any other camera can’t do. Prepare to be blown away for a tiny picture of leaves? Not only was I not blown away, but I was actually laughing! 800×544 pixel image? HAH.
If the camera was so good, why does it keep getting crappy reviews? Why do a lot of pix have blotches? Why is the camera so bloody slow? Why do sales suck?
They can’t answer questions like those without insults. Truth hurts.
Read what they wrote. Manual focus and an extra light meter is the way to go. Lin says the camera doesn’t tolerate fools. Matson calls people lemmings. The insults began before Rich stepped in.
Sam:
FYI, an 800 pixel wide image is a net posting standard size.
And the SD14 has gotten both bad, and good reviews. I haven’t seen any blotchy photos from the new Sigma, unless the shooter wasn’t careful. I’ve shot over 10,000 images with the SD14 so far, and have only used manual focus about 20 times. The AF works fine. I shoot action sports, and have yet to have a problem with FPS with the Sigma.
Maybe if you’d post some of your stuff, we’ll have something to compare with our SD14 images?