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I've posted a few photos 4 months ago from this outing,so this photo is very similar but not the same,the light and colour here I like tonite. Think I'm getting dissatisfied or restless with my shooting,I need a change of some sort not just camera wise but style wise. Against seeming good judgement am entertaining purchase of a sigma merrill dp2. From all accounts a seemingly annoying camera in a number of ways,but with an image quality most anyone who uses the camera is impressed with. It's not a camera I was looking for, I did notice the unique image quality on a particular photo by this camera of someone I follow on flickr,and didn't forget that. On the other hand I did forget the camera. A few days ago I suddenly got thinking about it though. Now I feel ready to pull the trigger on a purchase. I thought about the cons of the camera realistically,and I am pretty sure theyre not significant enough to truly stop me from both buying and using it. Everytime I read a different review or watched a utube mention of it I heard the same thing:the camera sucks because of this...and this..and this...I get it,versatility is not this camera's forte. It has limitations,it is slow,good only from iso 100-400,super slow to write the image file info after you press the shutter (though apparently you can shoot again immediately)....oh yeah,there's also no viewfinder...the lcd screen is also supposedly not very accurate in what you're seeing,nor is the lcd presenting all that the camera is capturing...However.....that raved about image quality. One thing puzzles me. A couple of folks were adamant that in spite of image quality the camera's not insignificant shortcomings were too much for them to want to keep the camera. I understand using the camera for a time,perhaps a chunk of time where you enjoy and get used to the image quality and then let go of it having tasted the good fruit.What I don't understand is raving about image quality but then saying the camera is just to annoying to use and so sayonara. That I don't get,not really giving the camera a chance. Because serious annoyances or not,isn't photography ultimately about image quality??? Sure,don't get me wrong, I well enough get that versatility,user friendliness are also important factors, longterm important factors. Okay,accept the camera for what it is,forget about what it's not and what it's limitations are,and enjoy,while you want to,what it's limitations AREN'T....like say....IMAGE QUALITY PERHAPS? Don't get me wrong,I'm not saying these other shortcomings wouldn't bother me as well. I believe these are real shortcomings too. But,I don't get not even giving the camera a chance in your life. People are different.Different enough to explain to me just why anyone might say no to this camera in spite of their love of beautiful imagery. Anyway,I definitely need a change I realize. I also like oddball things, like this camera,I like the fact it has some serious weaknesses. But I'm also pretty sure I wouln't like it/them in the same way if the camera wasn't reputed for image quality. It would then be just a crappy camera,pure and simple.
DSCF3618 (1)
I've posted a few photos 4 months ago from this outing,so this photo is very similar but not the same,the light and colour here I like tonite. Think I'm getting dissatisfied or restless with my shooting,I need a change of some sort not just camera wise but style wise. Against seeming good judgement am entertaining purchase of a sigma merrill dp2. From all accounts a seemingly annoying camera in a number of ways,but with an image quality most anyone who uses the camera is impressed with. It's not a camera I was looking for, I did notice the unique image quality on a particular photo by this camera of someone I follow on flickr,and didn't forget that. On the other hand I did forget the camera. A few days ago I suddenly got thinking about it though. Now I feel ready to pull the trigger on a purchase. I thought about the cons of the camera realistically,and I am pretty sure theyre not significant enough to truly stop me from both buying and using it. Everytime I read a different review or watched a utube mention of it I heard the same thing:the camera sucks because of this...and this..and this...I get it,versatility is not this camera's forte. It has limitations,it is slow,good only from iso 100-400,super slow to write the image file info after you press the shutter (though apparently you can shoot again immediately)....oh yeah,there's also no viewfinder...the lcd screen is also supposedly not very accurate in what you're seeing,nor is the lcd presenting all that the camera is capturing...However.....that raved about image quality. One thing puzzles me. A couple of folks were adamant that in spite of image quality the camera's not insignificant shortcomings were too much for them to want to keep the camera. I understand using the camera for a time,perhaps a chunk of time where you enjoy and get used to the image quality and then let go of it having tasted the good fruit.What I don't understand is raving about image quality but then saying the camera is just to annoying to use and so sayonara. That I don't get,not really giving the camera a chance. Because serious annoyances or not,isn't photography ultimately about image quality??? Sure,don't get me wrong, I well enough get that versatility,user friendliness are also important factors, longterm important factors. Okay,accept the camera for what it is,forget about what it's not and what it's limitations are,and enjoy,while you want to,what it's limitations AREN'T....like say....IMAGE QUALITY PERHAPS? Don't get me wrong,I'm not saying these other shortcomings wouldn't bother me as well. I believe these are real shortcomings too. But,I don't get not even giving the camera a chance in your life. People are different.Different enough to explain to me just why anyone might say no to this camera in spite of their love of beautiful imagery. Anyway,I definitely need a change I realize. I also like oddball things, like this camera,I like the fact it has some serious weaknesses. But I'm also pretty sure I wouln't like it/them in the same way if the camera wasn't reputed for image quality. It would then be just a crappy camera,pure and simple.