Sigma, SD15 delayed. Does anyone care?
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From: nospam on 28 May 2010 14:16 In article <2s6vv55jp9jmuooa2v5fm3ocdofh8dudqj(a)4ax.com>, Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Sigma has once again delayed the launch of its long-awaited SD15 DSLR, > >Amateur Photographer understands. > > What's the holdup? It isn't as though there is a new sensor or > anything - it's the same old sensor as in the SD14. same sensor but different image processing chip, new shutter and other changes, none of which fix the fatal flaws in the chip itself. it's going to fail in a lot more ways than the sd14 did.
From: SMS on 28 May 2010 14:51 On 28/05/10 11:16 AM, nospam wrote: > In article<2s6vv55jp9jmuooa2v5fm3ocdofh8dudqj(a)4ax.com>, Bruce > <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Sigma has once again delayed the launch of its long-awaited SD15 DSLR, >>> Amateur Photographer understands. >> >> What's the holdup? It isn't as though there is a new sensor or >> anything - it's the same old sensor as in the SD14. > > same sensor but different image processing chip, new shutter and other > changes, none of which fix the fatal flaws in the chip itself. it's > going to fail in a lot more ways than the sd14 did. Lens profits must be really good if they have enough money to spend on this.
From: nospam on 28 May 2010 16:38 In article <4c0010d5$0$1649$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: > >>> Sigma has once again delayed the launch of its long-awaited SD15 DSLR, > >>> Amateur Photographer understands. > >> > >> What's the holdup? It isn't as though there is a new sensor or > >> anything - it's the same old sensor as in the SD14. > > > > same sensor but different image processing chip, new shutter and other > > changes, none of which fix the fatal flaws in the chip itself. it's > > going to fail in a lot more ways than the sd14 did. > > Lens profits must be really good if they have enough money to spend on this. apparently so. some of the recent sigma lenses aren't all that cheap either. and in a few months after pitiful sales, the price of the sd15 will be slashed and the inventory dumped, just like the sd14. many of the fanbois don't even think it's enough of an improvement to upgrade and if they're not going to buy it, who is? strange business model.
From: SMS on 28 May 2010 16:54 On 28/05/10 1:38 PM, nospam wrote: > strange business model. Are there really Sigma fanbois (plural)? There was one here a while back, but that's about it.
From: nospam on 28 May 2010 17:40
In article <4c002da6$0$1650$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: > Are there really Sigma fanbois (plural)? There was one here a while > back, but that's about it. yes, and they congregate in the sigma dpreview forum. any time anyone dares to say something negative there, they blast them to hell. they've earned the nickname, sigmafia. |