Compact camera with dSLR sensor!

[barnettgs]

Yep, Sigma has done it! It's called DP1 and it has probably opened up a new market.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013108sigmadp1.asp

The DP1 has a sensor around the size of those found in most DLSRs - although it is greatly different in terms of design - and aims to offer equivalent image-quality and specification in a compact format.

With dSLR sensor like that, it will easily kill off the rest of compact cameras with very tiny sensor which is about 7-12 times smaller!

 

[divine`]

14.06 million effective pixels (4.69 million x 3)



Does it have an R, a G and a B sensor or something?

Image size is only 4,646,400px though, so 4.7MP images.

 

[robmiller]

14.06 million effective pixels (4.69 million x 3)



Does it have an R, a G and a B sensor or something?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foveon_X3_sensor

 

[Invasion]

Already posted this morning http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17835900

Does look rather good on paper I really would like one of these!

 

[SDK^]

Yep, Sigma has done it! It's called DP1 and it has probably opened up a new market.

With dSLR sensor like that, it will easily kill off the rest of compact cameras with very tiny sensor which is about 7-12 times smaller!

Not really a new market
Sony released the R1 in 2005 which was a fixed lens 'bridge' camera with an APS-C sensor - Bigger than the sensor in that Sigma camera.

Info here : http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscr1/

 

[barnettgs]

Not really a new market
Sony released the R1 in 2005 which was a fixed lens 'bridge' camera with an APS-C sensor - Bigger than the sensor in that Sigma camera.

Info here : http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscr1/

It's big, not a compact camera. Its size is similar to dSLR.

What you are getting here is a compact camera.