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Sigma SD1 / SD1 Merrill Firmware Update
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Sigma has released a firmware update for the Sigma SD1 and Sigma SD1 Merrill digital SLR cameras. The new version improves the accuracy of the auto focus system and the flash exposure control, and fixes bugs. You can download the update from the website below.
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Sigma unleashes 46 megapixel compact
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Sigma has announced updates of two compact digital compact cameras, both featuring a 46 million pixel APS-C size image sensor.
The new Sigma DP1 Merrill and Sigma DP2 Merrill feature a Foveon X3 direct image sensor that was originally developed by the late Dick Merrill. The cameras are named after him in his honour.
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Sigma Founder Dies at 78
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Sigma has announced the passing of Sigma Corporation’s founder and CEO Michihiro Yamaki. He died of liver cancer on 18th January at the age of 78. In 1961, Yamaki developed the first-ever rear attached lens converter and founded Sigma to commercialise the product. At that time, most photo enthusiasts believed that a lens converter could only be attached to the front of a camera lens and the 27-year-old optical engineer turned conventional optical theory on its head. In the next five decades, Yamaki grew the family-owned organisation into a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of lenses, cameras and flashes. The company is now known as the largest, independent SLR ...
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Sigma SD1 “Wood Edition”
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Sigma Deutschland has announced a limited edition Sigma SD1 that comes in a removable, hand-made wooden housing. “Over 60 hours of milling, sawing, grinding and polishing are needed to allow one of the finest and rarest woods of the world blend with the SD1,” the company says, calling the Sigma SD1 Wood Edition a “luxurious Christmas gift for photo enthusiasts”. To place an order for the €9,999 camera (without a lens), contact Sigma Deutschland directly. Not only do you have to dig deep in your pocket - you need to hurry up too, as there are only ten copies available for purchase.
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Sigma SD1 Firmware Update 1.03
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Sigma has issued a firmware update for the Sigma SD1 digital SLR camera. Version 1.03 improves auto white balance accuracy, image quality at ISO 3200 and ISO 6400, the accuracy of evaluative exposure metering and flash output control, and fixes bugs. The firmware update can be downloaded from the website below.
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Sigma SD1 Firmware 1.02
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Sigma has issued a firmware update for the Sigma SD1 digital SLR camera. According to the company, version 1.02 does the following:
Corrects various bugs to achieve more stable operation.
Corrects the phenomenon of camera freeze when in Custom White Balance Mode.
Improves image quality at high sensitivity (ISO 3200, ISO 6400), only for raw image files.
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Sigma DP1x & DP2x Firmware Updates
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Sigma has released firmware upgrades for the Sigma DP1x and DP2x large-sensor compact cameras. Both models gain the ability to record images in “raw!JPEG” mode, and both firmware updates add a new AF area mode that allows users to position the AF point more freely within the frame. Additionally, you can now change the size of the focus point. The DP1x update also adds a Capture Priority Mode and the ability to magnify into the frame while in AF mode.
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Nikon Sues Sigma
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Nikon today filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sigma over the manufacture and sale of stabilised lenses. Reuters reports that Nikon is seeking 12.6 billion yen in damages, claiming that Sigma...
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Sigma announces SD1 pricing and availability
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Sigma announces SD1 pricing and availability: Sigma has announced details of the pricing of its SD1 APS-C 15x3MP DSLR, saying it is aiming at users currently shooting medium format. The camera, based ...
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Sigma DP2x - US Price and Launch Date
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Sigma have announced pricing and availability for the new DP2x compact camera. The successor to Sigma’s DP2 and DP2s cameras will be available for purchase in late April for the MSRP of $800.
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Sigma posts firmware update for SD15
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Sigma has released a function enhancing firmware update for its SD15 digital SLR. Firmware v1.01 adds a second Quick Set (Qs2) option for additional access to commonly used functions. It also adds a K...
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Sigma and Foveon discuss the forthcoming SD1
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One of the few real surprises at Photokina 2010 was Sigma's announcement of its forthcoming SD1 DSLR, and that at its heart would be a new Foveon sensor that would offer 15.4x3MP resolution rather tha...
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Sigma SD1: The 46 megapixel DSLR
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If you like a high megapixel count in your digital SLR then Sigma has got you covered.
It has just announced the launch of the Sigma SD1, a digital SLR camera that packs a 46 megapixel 24 x 16mm APS-C...
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Sigma SD1 has a 15.3MP sensor, weather-sealed magnesium alloy body, and no video mode at all (update: eyes-on!)
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It'd be too easy to describe this as "one for the purists," but it really rather is. The Sigma SD1 eschews any pretenses of being a video camera and gets right on with the business of taking gorgeous ...
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Sigma introduced 150mm F2.8 Macro with optical stabilisation
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Sigma has introduced the APO Macro 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM lens with optical image stabilization. It inherits many of the features of its predecessor, the 150mm F2.8 EX DG HSM, including Sigma's Hyper...
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