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Anonymous
someone remind me why this is failure again?

something about the sensor and the lens?
>> Anonymous
its a failure because of price and the lens. I think a 30-50 would have been preferable.

I think its a great concept though. Hopefully someone could implement a system, it would work really great with Pentax limiteds.
>> Anonymous
are the lens interchangeable
>> Anonymous
>>132747
sensor is noisier than the usual APS-C and even 4/3 sensors.
lens is wide and slow.
no IS.
price is OVER 900.

>>132748
To use Pentax lenses, the camera must be at least 5 cm thick, which kinda kills the whole idea.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
Lens is a 28mm-equiv f/4.0. Way too wide, way too slow, especially since the sensor's high-ISO ability is iffy.

Sensor is a ~4.7 megapixel Foveon. Sigma's marketing department will tell you that that's equivalent to a 14 megapixel bayer-interpolated sensor, but that's bunk--it's a 4.7 megapixel sensor that just has better color rendition than a 4.7MP bayer sensor. If you shoot with a bayer sensor and reduce the resolution by half, you get exactly the same color fidelity (and still a third more resolution). And if you shoot in black and white with a bayer sensor, you get all of your pixels. Foveon is a dumb idea.

Cost is $1000. $500 would be cheap enough to overlook the sensor and lens deficiencies. But for $1000, I could get a much more useful camera (albeit also a much larger camera)
>> Anonymous
when ac takes the time to post in a gear thread, you know /p/ is slowing down

is that why you posted the naked chicks thread
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>132869
Naked chicks are their own reward.