[LRflex] Re: Breaking rumor - Sigma
- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 14:12:35 +0200
Le 25 mai 11 à 14:01, Gary E a écrit :
>
> Person walks up to two people taking pics and the conversation goes
> like this:
> Person: Hey, what are you two shooting with?
>
> Sigma: I'm using the latest Sigma SD-1 that cost me a bundle, and
> it's got the Foveon sensor which no one else has. But I had to buy
> some new Sigma glass as it's only offered in SA mount.
>
> Person: Oh, Sigma, I see... And how about you?
>
> Leica: I didn't bring my DSLR out today, but I've got my old M8 with
> me. Pretty compact and the output quality is great especially with
> my 35 Summicron.
>
> Person: Wow, Leica eh? Can I take a look? I hear they cost a lot
> but guess you have to pay for the best...
>
> The sad thing I see is that the sensor is their own. They don't
> have to be at the mercy of Sony or Kodak for availability. They had
> so many years to perfect a body and or the sensor. In those same
> years, other manufacturers would have moved on through 2 series at
> the very least. If they were originally lens manufacturers and
> didn't have as much body development experience, then hire some
> competent software & hardware developers. I find it hard to believe
> that they didn't get any farther than where they're at now; not even
> FF? I suspect owner or management had made some bad business
> decisions or thought that their Foveon sensor technology couldn't be
> touched by anyone else so they had nothing to worry about. If you
> want to charge high, then you have to brand or market your gear as
> such; not as 2nd party lenses.
>
>
They're first party lenses for their own stuff I read.
And we're still waiting for more pixes to be seen.
Wait and see.
An aside: I never buy or bought a camera for other people to talk
about it or worse ... about me; I'm very conservative with
selfishness. ;-)
Best
Philippe
> -Gary
>
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