Sigma SPP and Firmware released today

[Alan Smallbone]

Just an FYI for those Sigma users:

Sigma has released their newest version of SPP, 6.1, initial testing on my pc is that it runs a lot faster. Updates to tonal changes happen much faster.

http://www.sigma-global.com/en/download/cameras/sigma-photo-pro/

Also new firmware for DP2 Quattro
http://www.sigma-global.com/en/download/cameras/firmware/

Alan

[dumainew]

Alan,
Thank you for this heads up.
Much appreciated.
Do you know when the new Quattro viewfinder will (really) be available ?
Richard

[Alan Smallbone]

The rumor I have heard is that maybe tomorrow, Oct. 24, but I have no idea, that is a guess. I am interested in it too.

Alan

[Ligament]

My first thought when hearing of any SPP release is:

"I wonder how horrible this version is"

I can honestly say I have never thought that about any other piece of software, ever.

[Chrisso26]

Bucking the trend, I'm happily using it. I like the simplicity. The same goes for the cameras actually.
It does crash. I launched 6.1 last night and had a crash within 5 minutes.
I also never load more than about 10 to 12 images at a time. Doing that, SPP is fairly zippy and easy to use.

[Alan Smallbone]

I have yet to see it crash, I wonder if the crashes are all Mac based? I have been loading dp2q and dp3m files, some with 50-60 image in a directory and it works fine. I have gone through a lot of them and taken a good close look.  So far I am happy, working fine.

Alan

[Chrisso26]

Yes, I'm on a Mac.
Usually Pro-Photo freezes and won't quit when I exit the program.
Processing an image it seems to be reasonably stable, but it has crashed on me a couple of times.

[dumainew]

Just tried to install new firmware. But it wouldn't work. Couldn't unzip file on my mac. Tech support informed there was a problem. Suggested I try again next week. The Quattro adventure continues !