Sigma, SD15 delayed. Does anyone care?
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From: SMS on 28 May 2010 17:56 On 28/05/10 2:40 PM, nospam wrote: > 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. Well that's a good place for them to be, all reassuring themselves of how great Sigma's D-SLRs are, and not bothering anyone here.
From: Ben Dover on 29 May 2010 04:28 On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:40:14 -0700, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >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. Sounds just like the insecure behavior of the DSLRmafia. Got a mirror handy?
From: Robert Coe on 29 May 2010 10:24 On Thu, 27 May 2010 16:04:02 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: : On 27/05/10 2:11 PM, RichA wrote: : > : > Sigma's SD15 DSLR hit by further delay : > Thursday 27th May 2010 : > : > Sigma has once again delayed the launch of its long-awaited SD15 DSLR, : : Who's waiting for it? Why *does* Sigma stay in the camera business? They seem to have largely lived down the quality problems that once plagued their line of lenses. Some of them are now highly regarded. Wouldn't it be more profitable to just concentrate on lenses from now on? Tamron and Tokina don't bother dabbling in the camera market, do they? Bob
From: SMS on 29 May 2010 11:39 On 29/05/10 7:24 AM, Robert Coe wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010 16:04:02 -0700, SMS<scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: > : On 27/05/10 2:11 PM, RichA wrote: > :> > :> Sigma's SD15 DSLR hit by further delay > :> Thursday 27th May 2010 > :> > :> Sigma has once again delayed the launch of its long-awaited SD15 DSLR, > : > : Who's waiting for it? > > Why *does* Sigma stay in the camera business? They seem to have largely lived > down the quality problems that once plagued their line of lenses. Some of them > are now highly regarded. Wouldn't it be more profitable to just concentrate on > lenses from now on? Tamron and Tokina don't bother dabbling in the camera > market, do they? Maybe there's a reason for what they do that goes beyond what anyone here can understand. I.e. maybe Japan's tax code has some loophole for camera manufacturers that does not extend to lens manufacturers.
From: David J. Littleboy on 29 May 2010 13:02
"SMS" <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote in message news:4c01353e$0$1643$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > On 29/05/10 7:24 AM, Robert Coe wrote: >> On Thu, 27 May 2010 16:04:02 -0700, SMS<scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> >> wrote: >> : On 27/05/10 2:11 PM, RichA wrote: >> :> >> :> Sigma's SD15 DSLR hit by further delay >> :> Thursday 27th May 2010 >> :> >> :> Sigma has once again delayed the launch of its long-awaited SD15 >> DSLR, >> : >> : Who's waiting for it? >> >> Why *does* Sigma stay in the camera business? They seem to have largely >> lived >> down the quality problems that once plagued their line of lenses. Some of >> them >> are now highly regarded. Wouldn't it be more profitable to just >> concentrate on >> lenses from now on? Tamron and Tokina don't bother dabbling in the camera >> market, do they? > > Maybe there's a reason for what they do that goes beyond what anyone here > can understand. I.e. maybe Japan's tax code has some loophole for camera > manufacturers that does not extend to lens manufacturers. I doubt that. I suspect that Sigma thinks they need to be in the camera business for bragging rights to not being just a lens mfr., presumably a mindset left over from the film days. I liked their film cameras: solidly built, sensible feature sets. They seemed a lot better than the low-end Canons and Nikons at similar prices. Of course, neither I nor anyone else ever bought a Sigma film camera... -- David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |