JEROME NOLAS:
What’s wrong with Sigma’s camera designs? Be specific?
What other company is shipping cameras with 3 layer sensors?
Do you think it Sigma’s fault that the buffers can’t keep up with the raw files, or is that a processing problem that can only be solved with time as processors and RAM become faster, cheaper and more capacious?
Some problems I can think of with the design of various Sigma DP cameras: The bodies are a bit slippery, and the batteries are too small.
Sigma saying that the first SD1 would retail for about $2000 and then launching it at $10,000 and Sigma claiming it could be used at ISO 1600 are not design flaws. That’s delusional marketing.
Now, I wish this new Quattro had an f/2.0 lens–to me that’s a design flaw.
Also I think you’ve confused your concept of “ugly” with bad design. And why imply that the SD1 and DP Merrills are ugly?
So in fact Sigma designs excellent cameras within budget and tech considerations, while now doing something new.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.