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[QUOTE=mdmc]I think that you should stop trying to blow Sigma sunshine up our A$$E$ & start taking and posting pictures here, no matter what the camera!
I didn't just run out and buy a d70, I looked at all the available options and was waiting to see what minoltas camera would be like. The minolta turned out to be like $1500 and that was too much for me.
I did see images posted on the review section of this site that are breathtaking taken with the sd10, and took a serious look at it."
"Its a 3.1 MP camera"
I am afraid Mark you seem to be making the all too common mistake of comparing the SD10 to a 3mp Bayer sensored camera, which of course its not, and it does not behave as such.
To get a better idea how the Foveon X3 actually works and to compare it correctly to a Bayer sensor you should really look at it in the following way:
The Nikon D70 has a 6mp monochrome sensor. Over each photosite is an applied colour filter so to get a colour image the pixels must be interpolated using a complex algorithm which often has to fill in the blanks by guessing whats there.
There are twice as many green filtered photosites as there are red and blue or to put that numercally thats 3 million green photosites, 1.5 million red photosites and 1.5 million blue photosites.
The D70 has a 6mp image output size but its only has around 1.5mp "true colour" resolution often somewhat less.
In fact the only time it is possible to obtain a full 6mp resolution D70 image is in monochrome, where every photosite is counted.
The SD10, on the other hand has a 3.4mp x3 stacked photosite sensor.
Each photosite does not require an applied colour filter, the colour is determined by how deep into the silicon each colour can penetrate and the output of each photosite is read off seperately.
There are the same amount of photosites for each colour or to put that numerically thats 3.4 million green photosites, 3.4 million red photosites and 3.4 million blue photosites, making a total of 10.2 million seperate photosites. The SD10 has an 3.4mp image output size but it has 10.2mp of resolution data, in true colour.
In practice however it seems this is reduced to around 8mp of resolution data making the SD10 a direct competor with an 8mp Bayer sensored DSLR, such as the 20D.
...And you will recall, earlier on I mentioned that the SD10 has been shown in tests, performed by users who own both cameras, to be a match for the 20D in terms of resolution.
"capable of making 9x13 prints"
Again, you are incorrect Mark, as you are attempting to directly compare the SD10 with a 3mp Bayer sensored camera.
The SD10 is easily capable of perfectly sharp A0 prints and there have even been occasions where SD10 images have been used on huge outdoor advertising boards!
In case you are unaware of the dimensions of an A0 print, thats 46.8" x 33.1" (118.9cm x 84.1cm).
Here is one such example:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...essage=7182672
"and cant shoot jpeg!"
True it does not take in-camera jpgs, only Raw files, but as you know RAW files offer much greater control of the final image, which is why RAW is widely used by Professional Photographers, plus you get no reduction in image quality as you get with jpgs.
"I know for a fact that I can set the d70 to basic large files, and get around 300 pics with adequate detail"
"adequate detail"?....That may be enough for you but I prefer to aim for maximum detail.
", and make a decent 12x 18 print. Ive never shot in RAW on purpose, the one time that i did by accedent i was just luky that it was set to raw + jpeg."
Perhaps you should try using RAW more often as you may be supprised by how much it can improve the image quality you can obtain.
Regards
Alf
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