Sometimes and that’s probably most of the time, I don’t add any sharpening at all. (I’m not a huge fan of sharpening artifacts such as darker halos around objects often seen in digital photography) – in the hand shot I know I applied some smart sharpen in Photoshop. And tat I did only in a pre selected feathered area. That way you can control sharpening so it only applies where you want it to.

awesome pictures with the dp 2. i am wondering how you sharpen your pictures….can you tell us the little trick ? or the software you are using ?

thanks a lot for the great blog. and sorry for my bad english.

from germany

dierk

This is an interesting little camera, and it is great to see what you’re accomplishing with it.

Wolfgang Kuechle: CS4 latest versions process XF3 for the DP1. I also would like to know if this is the the same for the DP2.

Is the XF3 file format of the DP2 the same as that of DP1? It’s an important question for me, since I want to process the files in Lightroom and Photoshop and I don’t want to wait for an upgrade.

Regards,
Wolfgang

As soon i knew about the f2.8 41 mm dp2 i wanted to
see it´s bokeh!!!!

Thanks a lot Carl!!!

Sweet dreams are made of great bokeh and small cameras.

Enzo

If you use the thumb wheel to focus (see pictures of camera to understand) then there is more or less no lag – shutter response is instant. A good thing about the thumb wheel is that it has distance marked so if you turn off display and decide to shoot on 1m, just roll it and you’re good to go with whatever viewfinder you have. There is plenty of brands – old and new that fits and works with sigmas DP cameras.

The Foveon sensor certainly gives fine results in your hands. My questions are about viewfinders and shutter response.

I like to shoot in the documentary style – people especially. I like to look through an optical viewfinder. Have you tried the add-on finder for the Sigma DP1/2? Can you rely on autofocus when you do? Is framing a problem?

And how fast does the camera take the photo after the shutter is depressed? Is it almost instantaneous after having depressed it halfway in advance of finally plunging it to take the exposure?

Keep up the good work … Stuart

My DP2 has arrived in Ireland but I have not yet got delivery. It was great to have an opportunity to play with your photos and they are indeed great. I have a DP1 but I am delighted to see that the “Reds” have been fixed. Lovely to be able to get a great Bokeh out of the DP2 lens.

Keep up the good work,

Cheers,

John cox

…인 척했지만 정말 잘봤습니다.

시그마 DP2가 배송 시작했다고 하네.. 여기서는 샘플 사진 볼 수 있음. 예전부터 왜 M8 쓰나 회의가 끊이질 않는데, 팔아치우고 DSLR + DP2로 옮겨볼까? (엠파리의 간결한 매력은 포기하기 힘든데, …

Thank you for informations, i will try to print a bigger!
DP2 can be a nice camera for street photography!

Best regards,

Srecko Krasan
Tivat, Montenegro

First i like to say,your web site is great.
I am impressed with Sigma DP2 camera particularly with sharpness.I am interested to see raw file from that camera and just curious how big can i print when translated in Tiff file?
I hopeyou will be willing to help me!

Best regards and have a good light,

Srecko Krasan
Tivat, Montenegro

My favorite “Raw Developer” has no native support yet for DP2 and there you can fine tune noise reduction to your own taste.

very interesting fist look of the new sigma compact camera. Years for years i was waiting for a camera, to replace my Rollei 35 T and now, perhaps i have found it.

Good look to you.

titus

Could you give us a sense of the usability of ISO400-800 in general with the DP2? To me a good ISO640 coupled with 2.8 should give decent exposure times for most general lower light situations

Regards,
Holger