Sigma SD-1 prices--through the roof!!!

[KmH]

So is it really 46MP, or is it 15 and some change?

Their web site says: http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/sd1-dslr-sigma

46 megapixel (4,800 x 3,200 x 3 layers)

So that's 15.36 MP-3x, and it's an APS-C size image sensor.

$9,700.00 MSRP (body only)

There are no specifications for the SD-1 shown on the web site, that I can find. For $9700 MSRP it looks like you get just one CF card slot , and you do not get a built in grip with vertical controls

 

[2WheelPhoto]

it'll be 3x's as hip to have one of these in the bag as a spare cam

 

[o hey tyler]

it'll be 3x's as hip to have one of these in the bag as a spare cam

As well as 3x more expensive than a 5D Mark II or D700, without a full frame sensor. :lmao:

 

[Overread14 2]

it'll be 3x's as hip to have one of these in the bag as a spare cam

They'd get a lot more sales if they made their camera in multiple mount types - they already use canon, nikon etc... if they equipped their camera with a choice of mounts on purchase (or shipped it with a "universal" adaptor setup) then chances are many after the novelty or specific use camera would cash in on the body since they could use their existing lenses with it.

Sadly whilst Sigma do have some good glass they are competing against people who already have a DSLR and glass and trying to either encourage them to take up a second line of gear or swap over - and I just don't know if they have that pull outside of very specialist interest groups.

 

[KmH]

They'd get a lot more sales if they made their camera in multiple mount types - they already use canon, nikon etc...

It would be tough to accomdate the different rear lens element to image sensor distances.

 

[Derrel]

They'd get a lot more sales if they made their camera in multiple mount types - they already use canon, nikon etc...

It would be tough to accomdate the different rear lens element to image sensor distances.

Not to mention the different focusing directions, the different focusing motor systems in use, and the different lens diaphragm actuation and control methods among the differing brands...Canon lens apertures are actuated electronically....Nikon's are actuated mechanically....some brands have lenses that stay at their maximum aperture when removed from the camera, while other brand lenses close down to minimum aperture when removed...it's not just an easy-peasy deal to create a camera that could be adapted to multiple brands of lenses.

 

[o hey tyler]

I understand why the price is so high, it's so that they can make back the money that Nikon is suing them for.