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Sigma’s dp2 Quattro Camera Will Launch in August for $999

Chris Gampat
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06/12/2014
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Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sigma dp and 50mm f1.4 product images first impressions (4 of 12)ISO 16001-40 sec at f - 4.0

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sigma dp and 50mm f1.4 product images first impressions (4 of 12)ISO 16001-40 sec at f - 4.0

When we first got to play with Sigma’s dp2 Quattro camera, we admitted that they’re some strange looking monstrosities with lots of power at the core. And from what Sigma is announcing today, you’ll be paying a high price for medium format image quality in the palm of your hand (or in this case two hands because the camera are quite massive.) The Sigma dp2 Quattro camera will sell for $999 when they launch in August here in the US.

The dp2 Quattro has a fixed 30mm f2.8 lens–which translates to 45mm due to the APS-C sensor. This further translates into a full frame depth of field equivalency of f4.2 when shooting wide open. In a case like that, you’ll almost find no reason to stop the lens down.

But the biggest draw to the camera is the new Quattro sensor. According to Sigma, “The Quattro sensor is a three-layered, panchromatic silicon chip whose green-sensitive middle and red-sensitive bottom layers each have 4.9 MP and record only color/chrominance information.” They further state that the top blue layer captures chrominance and resolution/luminance information with 19.6 MP, which they claim translates into greater detail capture and resolution capabilities that are higher than the Merrill DP camera line.

Sigma’s Foveon sensors were able to render some of the best colors that we’ve seen along with a ton of resolution–but where they always fell flat is with high ISO output, incompatibility with Adobe Lightroom, and autofocusing speed. But this time around, Sigma is claiming one to two stops of ISO improvement. We will hold our final thoughts for the final review. So stay tuned–in the meanwhile check out our first impressions.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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