Comments on: Sigma DP1 movie clip

By: Brian Mosley

Brian Mosley — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:01:33 +0000

Hi Carl,

thanks for putting this up – really love the video and sound quality!

I’m currently struggling with the choice between Ricoh GX100 and the upcoming DP1… here’s my pros/cons & I’d appreciate any advice based on your experience with the DP1?

Sigma DP1 vs Ricoh GX100

Sensor size :
DP1 wins on Dynamic Range, clean low ISO images, high ISO B&W, movie mode!
GX100 wins on high DOF, high ISO colour(?), macro performance

Camera ergonomics :
GX100 wins on size, handling, speed… mature and polished product

Lens :
GX100 wins on flexibility and speed of lens
DP1 wins on sharpness of lens (?)

Plus, I can buy a GX100 today for less than half the price of a Sigma DP1 which won’t be available for another 2 or 3 weeks…

Have I missed anything?

I know there must be many people struggling with this choice – I’d really appreciate your honest opinion.

Kind Regards

Brian

By: Larry Carter

Larry Carter — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:33:24 +0000

Good stuff. I had to buy one.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:13:32 +0000

Wow, she’s a really good singer. I could listen to a lot more of that.

A bunch of video professionals have been wishing for a Foveon sensor in a video camera. This clip shows the potential.

–Jeremy

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:09:59 +0000

Nice. Given the FUD when it was announced it is nice to see how good it looks and sounds. Yes, higher resolution would be nice (and will eventually come) but for websites this works well. You are correct about the sound as well (and you sister does have a nice voice).

Thanks for sharing.

Pete

By: spalbird

spalbird — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:05:13 +0000

Beautiful sister, beautiful voice and sounds very good here. When upsizing sound should noch be affected IMHO…

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By: JPSabo

JPSabo — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:54:39 +0000

I downloaded the clip to my MacPro. I don’t have the full version of Quicktime, but I was able to copy a frame from the .avi and paste it into a photo editor. It’s actually quite acceptable as a snapshot. It resized nicely, too.

Thanks for the posting.

By: Bengt Werner

Bengt Werner — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:51:50 +0000

A fantastic good quality of moviecljp on a such a small compact camera. Your sister do a great job here.

Bengt Werner

By: Erik Magnuson

Erik Magnuson — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:48:12 +0000

I thinks it’s the nice shallow DOF that gives this such a movie like feel. And the lack of compression. It resizes to 640×480 on my screen very well – just a little soft (which also is more movie like.) Alas, I’ll have to point this out to Sandy the next time she want to talk about 28mm FOV and portraits.

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By: Chris (ThePanda)

Chris (ThePanda) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:35:54 +0000

Wow that is amazing quality! Last camera I had that did 320×200 was my camera phone and it wasn’t too great.

Have you tried up-sizing it yet?

BTW you sister has a lovely voice.

By: Mike Gerstner

Mike Gerstner — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:15:35 +0000

very nice, thanks for sharing. The hight point is definitely not the video quality, but the beautiful voice and face of your sister. Next time try and pick someting not so distracting. LOL

best, Mike

By: zato

zato — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:37:54 +0000

Forgot to add that the downloaded files from YouTube need to be re-named to whatever.flv. And you need Perian in the QT ext folder.

By: zato

zato — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:33:27 +0000

Very good, Carl! Your sis sings very well too. As you note, the sound is quite natural, even when you pull back. Maybe just a little too muck high freq, Picture is excellent. (Viewed on a mac with Mplayer (best for avi’s). Note to Mac people: The easiest way to D/L is drag to select the url, then copy, then go to Safari>window>download. Paste. Then look on the desktop. For Vids on YouTube, go to Safari>Window>Activity, and find the .flv file. It will usually be the largest file in the list. Usually 2-12 MB. Select to copy, and paste in the Download window.

By: Filip U.

Filip U. — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:41:39 +0000

Interesting feeling to the picture. It’s kinda like film and not at the same time. Now if only Sigma could increase the resolution on the Movie format now that would be awesome!