Sigma SD10 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-50mm & 55-200mm Lenses

Sigma SD10 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-50mm & 55-200mm Lenses
Manufacturer: Sigma Corporation
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The Sigma SD10 10MP Digital SLR Camera captures 3layers (RGB) of color at a maximum resolution of 2268x1512, compared to the usual one layer of color per pixel which completely blocks out the other two. Features 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 zoom and 55-200mm F4-5.6 telephoto zoom lenses; 1.8" TFT LCD screen; Microdrive or CompactFlash memory card (memory card sold separately) for storing images; FireWire and USB ports and more. Adapter included.

Average customer rating:

Excellent camera. Megapixels explained.
Pro Camera
A JAPANESE WORK OF ART!!!!!!!
This camera is past it's prime
Possibly the best Digital SLR Camera ever !

Sigma SD10 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-50mm & 55-200mm Lenses

Manufacturer: Sigma Corporation
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

10-megapixel sensor captures three layers (RGB) of color at a maximum resolution of 2268 x 1512
Includes both 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 zoom and 50-200mm F4-5.6 telephoto zoom lenses
Image sensor dust protector; 1.8-inch TFT LCD screen; 2.5 frame-per-second burst mode up to 30 frames
Store images on either Microdrive or CompactFlash memory card (memory card not included)
Powered by 4 AA batteries (not included, NiMH recommended) or by AC adapter (included); FireWire and USB ports

ASIN: B0000YWJGY

Product Description

Digital photos have never looked quite as good as those taken on film. Until now. Only the SIGMA SD10 digital single-lens reflex camera makes this major breakthrough. The FOVEON X3 direct image sensor with 10.2 million pixels efficiently reproduces color more accurately, and offers sharper resolution, pixel for pixel, than any conventional CCD or CMOS image sensor. So you can capture more of your vision in a truer light. Go ahead. Get more creative. The SIGMA SD10 puts the advantage of higher technology right in your hands.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent camera. Megapixels explained........2007-01-23

Typical digital cameras have what is called a Bayer sensor. The Sigma has a Foveon sensor. Here is an explanation that may help. With my Sigma SD10 I am able to print crystal clear 11 x 14 prints..can't do that with a 3 mega pixel camera. That is what some want to say the SD10 is because of the 3 layered Foveon Sensor! The pictures and color clarity of the prints are gorgeous.

EXPLANATION:

8mps (Bayer) sensors only have 2m Red and 2m Blue sensors, (and even only 4m Green).
Compared to 4.5 Red and 4.5 Blue sensors and 4.5m Green sensors in the Foveon. So a Foveon exceeds the conventional 8mps even in green, and more than doubles the resolution in Red / Blue.

Even a 10mps Bayer only has 2.5m Red and 2.5 Blue sensors.

It is interesting to observe that it would actually take a 18mps Bayer to have the same number of Red & Blue sensors as the 4.5 (x3) Foveon.

So the FACT is that every time you hear someone say that Foveon is "lying" .... remember that Bayer also have been lying all the time since 2/3 of their output is (educated) GUESSES from various interpolation schemes.

Foveon does no "interpolation", no "guesses".

This is why the SD10 still rates so highly even compared to 10 mega pixel sensor camera which are really no higher than 5 mega pixel green and are still lower in red and blue mega pixels than the foveon. Go Figure.

As soon as the Sigma SD14 is released I am going to purchase it.

Pro Camera.......2006-06-22

A few things about this camera: I have been using it in pro work for almost two years, and it is just that, a pro camera. It is bare bones. No toys that you will find on many larger names. I, personaly, don't miss those toys (maybe I would like a small popup fill flash every now and then...) so long as you don't mind or are already hauling a full bag of toys along with you. I have the TTL flash made for the camera by Sigma, and its 'ok' with some post editing. Good reach and power, but will sometimes not talk to camera and need to restarted.

Because of it being a stripped down body, I have had better battery life and easy use of the few functions that the camera does have. I shoot this camera on location and in the studio with an IR strobe setup on all manual with great results.

I am still using the kit lenses and for my work, they cover 95% of my shots, and I have other cameras with specialty lenses if needed. Then lenses are not great quality, and I do have a spot or two that seems to be on the CCD. Clone tool.

The files that come out of the camera need work. As do all digital cameras, but this more then others I use. Now, again, I don't mind, because the results you get after the editing and the power you have with the x3f files is great. This is the first time I have ever used any software other then PS to edit my work, the Sigma PhotoPro that ships with the camera is a great piece of software.

There has been talk of it, and I cant wait for the new camera in this line, I will buy the frist one into my camera shop and still shoot the SD10.

A JAPANESE WORK OF ART!!!!!!!.......2005-12-28

I WANT TO WRITE A REVIEW ABOUT THIS CAMERA BECAUSE I BUY IT A FEW DAYS AGO AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THE REASONS OF THIS PURCASE.
FIRST OF ALL I WENT TO THE MARKETS AND I SEE ALL THE D-SLRS WITH THE PRICE BETWEEN 900-1500EUROS,AND I SAW AT FIRST, THE MOST CAMERAS WHERE MADE IN (THAILAND,CHINA BUT NOT JAPAN)AND ITS VERY IMPORTAND TO BE MADE IN JAPAN BECAUSE SIGMA SD 10 IS.BECAUSE WHEN I GIVE 1400EUROS TO BUY A SERIOUS CAMERA AN SLR I DEMANT TO BE MADE IN JAPAN.SECOND, ALL THE SLRS IN THIS PRICE ARE SMALLER AND LIGHTER MAYBE THE MOST EXPENSIVE MODELS OF NIKON AND CANON ARE BIGGER AND HEAVYER BUT I DONT HAVE 4000 AND UP EUROS TO GIVE!THE PICTURES IN SUNLIGHT ARE GREAT WITH FOVEON SENSOR AND THE CAMERA IT SELF VERY EASY TO USE.TAKE TO YOUR HANDS FOR EXABLE A NIKON D-70 AND SIGMA SD 10 AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE DIFERENCE!SORRY MY ENGLISH ARE NOT TO GOOD!

This camera is past it's prime.......2005-09-19

The review "A great camera with a few drawbacks, February 26, 2004 Reviewer: A customer (St. Paul, MN USA)" is exactly what I would have written a couple of years ago when I first bought this camera. In the right conditions, especially landscape and close up photography you can produce some really spectacular images. Indoor family snapshots with this camera are no better than average, but never-the-less adequate. Overall I got some great use out of the camera.

The problem is that the world has passed this camera by. Cameras in the same price range offer superior images in a broader range of conditions with none of Sigma's drawbacks. Besides those mentioned by the other viewer (poor low light performance, mediocre lenses if you buy the kit), the fit and finish of the camera isn't up to the standards of first tier manufacturers. Documentation is poor. The camera is highly susceptible to vibration, so it takes some practice to learn how to take sharp images without a tripod in less well lit situations. All those quirks could be forgiven if it were not for one fatal flaw: the image sensor is extraordinarily susceptible to dust and debris whether it finds its way inside the camera or results from small bits of the shutter mechanism. Sooner or later you will have this problem if you buy this camera. The aficionados who all hang out at the dpreview forum seem less bothered by this than I do -- they become experts at using sensor brushes and cloning out spots with Adobe Photoshop CS2. My problem was a little worst than usual and has been difficult to fix. It has taken 4 repair shops. #3 was the Sigma factory in NY -- nice folks, but totally incompetent.

Overall I liken this camera to a vintage British roadster. It has some distinctive qualities that keep the fan clubs alive, but the world has moved well past it. You can buy superior performing cameras in the same price range like the Canon 20D with none of the drawbacks. My one star isn't because I'm not happy with the great images I produced with this camera, it is because I have lost patience with it and moved on to the better products that are now available.

Possibly the best Digital SLR Camera ever !.......2004-12-25

I first read about Foveon X3 two years ago. Long before reading about the X3, I always wondered why we had to be content with 25% Red, 25% Blue and 50% Green on an Image Sensor -- why not 100% of all colours? However, business was booming for all Digital Camera companies despite the fact that there wasn't really a CCD that could be seriously taken till the X3 arrived on the market. I knew instantly, the SIGMA-Foveon joint venture would break through a newer kind of Digital Photography, so I decided to wait. I skipped SD9 when I realized Foveon was working on a combined 10MP X3 Chip.

The wait was worth every second! I ordered the SIGMA SD10 with the standard twin Lens Kits (18-50mm F3.5-5.6 and 55-200mm F4-5.6) and separately ordered a 18-50mm F2.8 EX DC Lens. I wish SIGMA had packaged the kit with at least one F2.8 large aperture Lens. Anyway, I will give my 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 to a friend who just bought a NIKON D70 with a NIKOR 18-70mm Lens.

I have not yet received my shipment from AMAZON, but have had the chance of using my friend's SD10, including the SIGMA Photo Pro software and some sample X3Fs and some of my own. The RAW format of SIGMA has some outstanding advantages over the JPEG type of files. With a RAW file, you will feel like as if you're truly dealing with a "Negative", whereas the JPEGs will feel like "Polaroid" shots -- equivalent to getting prints from a Camera. SIGMA should never revert to traditional file formats and stick to this great RAW format which allows the best possible artistry with digital negatives.

I know why NIKONs, CANONs and other brands won't want to use X3 -- they want to maximize their profits by using their proprietory CCDs no matter how badly they compare to a superior product. I think they are also complacent that their "devoted" customers will not change sides because of their famous names. But I can tell you, there would be a lot of migrations now towards the X3 and SIGMA -- those popular brands have already compromised their quality by not developing something equivalent to X3.

Well, I have used NIKON, CANON, Fuji and the rest --- but to tell you the truth, SIGMA is like a Rolls Royce of a Camera. They have only two Models, but they speak volume of quality and they are also the only sellers of X3 sensors at the moment.

So, if you want to experience something quite special and differnt than the rest, then SIGMA is the only option currently available --- I suggest, you give it a try to judge for yourself.

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