Yup, good review, good video. Highlight issues would worry me if I were in the market for such a camera though, even if you can push the shadows. So what's your new haircut like?
Sigma should just give up all pretense that these are serious compacts. They aren't. Serious compacts are small, take anywhere all-rounders. Sure the DPs are small and take anywhere, but they aren't all-rounders. They can't compete with the Sony RX100s, the Fujis, the Panasonic, and the like.
The DPs are field cameras meant to capture carefully-composed scenes with stunning fidelity. And for this they are nearly unmatched. So Sigma, give up the vestigial grip, give up the low profile. Give us a brick with a sturdy tripod socket, an all-day battery, a 5" rear tiltable, hoodable, high res, high gamut, touchscreen LCD, and an image processing pipeline that will spit out JPGs and TIF files in a jiffy so we can review our work in the field.
I'll be the first in line.
That actually makes quite a lot of sense - except if you want to do some intense hiking before you get to the scene you want to capture. Then, every gram and cubic centimeter is one too many. Although the all-day battery would be nice, as well as the other features you mentioned... choices, choices!
If the Merrill is "unusable" above iso 200 then this review is unusable as well. Why so many "crap", "garbage" and unsubstantiated statements such as "rather like 20MP". And how about focusing on what the camera does and is good at, rather than ranting about what it is not. For landscapes or stills nothing in the 35 mm format can touch the Merrill imo. And the only relevant question would have been whether the Quattro even surpasses the Merrill for this use.
The objective of the Quattro was to maintain the stellar Foveon image quality and address the many limitations of the camera. These are the battery life, AF, and interface. We address that when used properly, the Quattro still produces spectacular images (though not quite as sharp as the Merrill). If we just talk about what the camera is good at, it's not much of a review is it?
retow;193073the interface of the DP Merrill is among the most straight forward of any camera I tried said:I have also found it to be very straight forward. The Q button effective.
I also use a Ricoh GR which is applauded as being very well laid out but the Sigma is clarity probably because of the junk that is left out.
I ended the quote with the word 'compromise' because I think you hit the nail on the head there in terms of argument (but not conclusion). A compromise, by definition, includes pros and cons. To inform potential buyers about what kind of compromise this camera (or any camera) is, the cons have to be named just like the pros.I beg to differ as I buy cameras because of what they can do best and not to find flaws.In the end it`s always about compromises (...)
I ended the quote with the word 'compromise' because I think you hit the nail on the head there in terms of argument (but not conclusion). A compromise, by definition, includes pros and cons. To inform potential buyers about what kind of compromise this camera (or any camera) is, the cons have to be named just like the pros.