Comments on: Sigma DP2 Raw pack II

By: Show pictures taken with a 3 layer sensor

Show pictures taken with a 3 layer sensor — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:59:30 +0000

[...] quality of Foveon. If you have a fast internet connection, Carl Rytterfalk has a pack of RAW files available for download. You can then edit and play with them with Sigma Photo Pro. Have fun! Some other Foveon examples: [...]

By: Sigma DP2 Samples: Digital Photography Notes

Sigma DP2 Samples: Digital Photography Notes — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:31:43 +0000

[...] Sigma DP2 Raw Pack II [...]

By: Jeremy G-Smith

Jeremy G-Smith — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:39:44 +0000

I just started my journey in manual cameras with the recent purchase of a DP2, Carl, your pics are an inspiration for me to pursue this great camera to its fullest. I am wondering is there a Dp2 community website/forum?
And any idea when Picasa will support the X3F sigma files?

By: alex r

alex r — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:05:27 +0000

Many thanks for the raws. I tryed out the Sigma Software and i love it. I works like the rawshooter very smoothly and quick on my computer. You can really enjoy developing the picutres. Now i hope to get on my self. I just wait till the price gets more stabile or get one in london next week.

Have fun! An i have to visit Sweeden with my old Saab!

By: rapu

rapu — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:33:50 +0000

Hallo
vielen Dank für die Testbilder der DP2. Tolle Bilder mit denen ich gut die Qualität der Kamera, die Möglichkeiten mit Blende 2.8 und der Tiefenschärfe beurteilen kann. Durch das Angebot der RAW Dateien kann ich auch die Sigma Software ausprobieren und bin echt begeistert.

Vielen vielen Dank Carl

Grüße aus Deutschland,
rapu

Thanks for RAW File

By: jan

jan — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:32:44 +0000

I know how it comes. The colorshift it is caused by reproduction in the size ‘large’. If you choose for the size ‘original’ then it looks like as I meant. Usually are all my pictures at pbase 800 pixels on the long side, but this photo from Carl is 900 pixels. Excuse me for this confusion.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:24:26 +0000

Thansk Carl. These look great.
One comment: Portrait Colour Mode… the option less tried. :-)
(I think the ability to de-yellow faces is fantastic!)

By: jan

jan — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:53:22 +0000

Very frustrated. My NEC Spectraview 2690 monitor is with X-Rite hardware color calibrated and I use the for sRGB suitable webbrowsers Apple Safari and Firefox.
I have never problems with different colors between, for example, Photoshop, print and internet.

Please, remove the link, in the comment above, Carl. This is terrible & not the result of the Sigma DP2.

By: jan

jan — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:19:02 +0000

Very strange, JUST AFTER uploading all the blue colors sRGB picture looks very greenish.

By: Sigma DP2 Raw pack II | Carl Rytterfalk Fotografi

Sigma DP2 Raw pack II | Carl Rytterfalk Fotografi — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:43:19 +0000

[...] Original post: Sigma DP2 Raw pack II | Carl Rytterfalk Fotografi [...]

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:46:25 +0000

Jeff, thanks a lot for the info!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:47:29 +0000

Though this somewhat negates my X3F_Utilities updates, Google’s new Picasa beta 3 app for Mac OS X supports X3F (not DP2′s version though).

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:14:18 +0000

Abonstu, after a couple of hundred of raw dealings your speed in spp will probably go from minutes to seconds. You soon know what to set the camera on (wb / color mode / bracketing) in order to get a fast and nice work flow with beautiful images as a result.

Dpreview’s Andy don’t shoot Sigmas for a living and I’m sure with more experience he’ll soon get much improved results.. I have high hopes for the real review.

Also remember what you’re saying compared to what photography looked like 30 years ago. Pretty amazing how we think about time! :)

By: Carl Rytterfalk

Carl Rytterfalk — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:02:38 +0000

Erik, first, very very cool email address! Respect!

Second about dpreview’s dp2 gallery, I’m pretty convinced that it’s more than just light. Shutter speeds are mostly ok but still you have no consistent quality of sharpness / focus. The rest such as colors might be more a dull day thing little time spent in spp.

And that’s pretty much why I made this raw pack as an direct reply to Andy’s gallery. He’s not bad, but camera he used is. (at least that’s what I think and hope). you do find both a bike and leaf shot even thou leaf was done at f4,5 and wind destroyed a bit .. :)

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:30:11 +0000

abonstu, simply snapping away in harsh day light, blindly trusting the matrix meter, will seldom result in attractive pictures. And if you want optimal image quality, RAW is the way to go. That goes for any dslr too. That said, the major difference between these pics and the ones on dpreview is the light. Makes all the difference.