adamz said:
yeah, but the question is: when it's going to be on the market - if ever :)

I hear you here - didn't it take the SD15 2 years to be released from the initial announcement?

***For everyone who is not familiar with Sigma Foveon sensors:
3 layers (RGB) - each layer captures the single color then the image from each is compressed to make the final image. (Hence the 46mp - 15x3 ish)

aslightdelay said:
Yeah, and if you did that, I can promise you there'd be 50 people who'd complain that they don't like the control layout and can't possibly wait another day 'til the Hubble Mk. 2 ("I can't do a 100% crop of Andromeda! What is this crap?") so they're jumping ship to Canon. :P

Man, the remote shutter release wires cost so much!

Oh, I see. See, I'm still using my "Lomo" telescope in my backyard, so...

Wel.. see... the hubble really wasnt a "Pro Grade" system, it was more of an Enthusiest, or Amature if you will. It was actually somewhat crippled. It doesent even have MLU. And that is something a "serious" or more "Advanced" astrophotographer demands.

Jack the Ripper said:
not to mention the hassy digital backs run what, $15,000.00 on the low end? Im sure if we are just going to pull out extreme niche cameras i can start touting the virtues of the Hubble.

lol

Yeah, and if you did that, I can promise you there'd be 50 people who'd complain that they don't like the control layout and can't possibly wait another day 'til the Hubble Mk. 2 ("I can't do a 100% crop of Andromeda! What is this crap?") so they're jumping ship to Canon. :P

PB PM said:
More than one or two apparently, since Hasselblad has made 40+ MP cameras for a few years now, with the newest digital back being 80MP IIRC.

yeah, and the sensor is twice the size of a FX sensor, so you can pack that many pixels without worrying about damaging the image quality. Pack 40mp onto a crop sensor and it is going to look like crap above ISO 400. lol...

Those are mainly used in high fasion where huge MP cameras count so they can get the newest flavor of the month model looking perfect on the new cosmo issue. lol

not to mention the hassy digital backs run what, $15,000.00 on the low end? Im sure if we are just going to pull out extreme niche cameras i can start touting the virtues of the Hubble.

lol

The SD15 has been out for a month or so now, and I did see one review on The Photography Blog, and a quick google search found one or two others.

What ever happened to the SD15 anyway? How come we haven't seen any product reviews?

Sure, stand in line guys for the next 10 years or so for this to come out.

More than one or two apparently, since Hasselblad has made 40+ MP cameras for a few years now, with the newest digital back being 80MP IIRC.

Who needs 46 MP???? Nikon really nailed it with the d7000. It looks much better than a lot of the new offerings

yeah, but the question is: when it's going to be on the market - if ever :)

yeah, but the question is: when it's going to be on the market - if ever :)

I am not a pixel whore, but it seems that the effective resolution is 15mp. So nice marketing bs from Sigma on that front. Maybe if they would start selling them with nikon mounts, I would consider seeing what's the fuss about these fevon sensors until then, thank you, but no thank you.

it's really just 15.3 megapixels
no bayer interpolation of course

That's one crazy camera, and APS-C? Sigma better start making some better lenses if they want images from that high resolution sensor to be even worth taking. IMO the enter SD line of cameras is a bit underwhelming considering that only Sigma makes lenses for them, even if the sensor is good.

Sigma just announced their SD1 DSLR with a 46mp Foveon APS-C CMOS sensor (15.3mp X 3 layers) and dual processors! It also has a metal body and is weather sealed. Price is expected to be around that of the D300S and canon 7D.

http://www.sigma-sd.com/SD1/

>>Website is not active yet<<

Pentax also announced the K-5 which has a 16.2mp sensor, 11point AF, 7fps, metal body, auto HDR mode, 100% viewfinder, and 1080 HD video. Price is also expected to be around the D300S/ 7D $1800 point.

Even compared to these new cameras the D7000 is still more appealing!