Here is my initial write up about using the camera for a few days before I had to send it back to Sigma. An interesting camera, since I had not used the Merrills I had nothing to base the experience on other than reading about the previous cameras. So in some ways it is similar from what I have read about them. It has a lot of resolution compared to what I have been using. I might rent a Merrill now and see what the differences are and if they matter to me. I am on the fence about ordering one. It has some potential and some drawbacks.
http://www.aps-photo.com/2014/07/sigma-dp2-quattro-high-resolution-niche-camera/
Alan
Hi Alan, nice review, thank you for taking the time to report your findings.
The cactus crop has some fantastic colors and tones. I am surprised the lens showed so well at F/16.
A couple comments, first, the cable release, I think they are going to come out with one, it plugs into the USB, at least that was what was stated previously. Second, regarding the 9 focus points, unless they changed the operation from the Merrills, you can actually go into another focus mode that allows you to scroll the focus point inside a larger box. This is accessed by first going into focus point selection, then pressing the "monitor" button to toggle the alternate mode. I hope they retained this feature, or better yet, expanded it to a larger frame. Third, the SPP might have an option to stop carrying over prior settings in the preferences, at least that is the way in SPP5.5.x, so set it to "Apply X3F settings" as opposed to "Apply previous settings"
