DP2m VS RX1

So... what does this tell us?  I dunno, possibly that I should hire a photographer to perform these tests.

ANYWAYS.... enquiring minds want to know how the sigma dp2m stands up against the sony RX1.  

DP2M accidently Vivid

RX1 OK

This might show that.

RX1

DP2M

sony

sigma

my first picture with the DP1

I didn't really know what I had when I took my first picture with the DP1. Later, when I looked at the image on the computer, the colors and the quality of the photo really took my breath away. This is a JPG, processed through picasa, so it's hardly an accurate representation, but in the original, I could see people around the pond behind the Glessner museum, and the empty units in the new construction.

It was really amazing. What's more, is I felt that it captured what I had come to despise about the south loop. The ersatz bank of prefab townhomes flanked on all sides by ugly new construction and rehabbed warehouses typifies the Disney-esque bleakness of my original Chicago neighborhood.


I paid 400 for mine on Ebay, and it had a nasty dent on it, which I hate.

Well double Fudge trubs for me.

Sorry to flake on the side-by-side comparison.  Something very unexpected happened.  Actually a number of unexpected things.

First, I switched CF cards, which both had the Latest Sigma and Kodak firmware updates on them.  That basically bricked both of my digital SLR.  :)  Who knew?  I didn't try to update either camera, which made it all the more strange.  Second thing that happened was that a buddy of mine swapped a few of my old cameras for his two week old Canon EOS 5d Mark II.

I'm having trouble using any other camera at this time.  But I have a blog, and with a blog comes certain responsibilities.  So today I will fix my Sigma SD14 by reinstalling the correct firmware, and then I will compare it with the 5D Mark ii.  Even though it will be a grossly unfair comparison, since the Canon boasts 2 times the Sigma's pixel approximation, I can at least keep the Blog show alive.

Maybe I will use RAW 2 format with the Canon, which should be a lot closer in size and quality.

I could really use an SD1 right about now.  Too bad I'll have to wait another few years to use one, since they haven't been released yet.

What I really need is a Pentax 645d, which has been finally made available to the American market.  I know what you are thinking now, you're thinking we all need a canon 5d and a Pentax 645d, and jeez why do you need it, so you can brick it with  the wrong firmware?

I say I need it, because I am thinking of a specific project, which is to photograph my thousands of miniature sculptures.  I will include some recent experiments here now.

Top: Jefferson and the Stars, 2002, 1.3"x.5", nickel alloy
Below: By the Rod of Hypocrites, 2009, .3' x 4.6" , copper

There we go!  can you see that?  Okay.  I would like to tell you the history of these sculptures, but I am out of time for today.  My goal is to make giant enlargements and 3D renditions of this work for galleries and possibly for virtual digital environments. The top image was taken with my Sigma.  The image below (dig the misaligned stitching?)  was made using a Lumix point and shoot.

Alrighty then... I'll be back later with the images.