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Bruges/Brugge

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Last weekend I decided that I needed to get a way for a while so I jumped on the Eurostar headed to Brussels and went to check out Bruges.

I decided that I wanted to travel light and so I didn't want to carry my whole kit bag around and needed a pocket camera instead - I ended up getting a Sigma DP1 for the trip and I have decided that this will definitely be staying with me, it's an amazing camera for a pocket camera!

Anyway here are some pics and links to full size:
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I'll stop there as I don't want to bore people but there are more on flickr if you are interested. And as for the DP1 - I will be keeping this and potentially selling on my Fuji S5 and Zeiss 25mm lens (I use my Nikon d300 for everything other than wide angel landscapes now) because the image quality is very close - if anything the DP1 seems slightly more detailed - and it's far more portable which means I will have it with me a lot more.

Thanks for looking,

James
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Hi James,
Second one is very nice. Thanks for posting.
kindest regards,

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I like the first one...

can you tell us some more about the Sigma camera, what about the high ISO performance, and the limitation of the fixed focal length ?
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Hi Guy

I've got a Dp1 and I think Pam has as well....I've long been a foveon fan....I often think of it as micro medium format, lovely crisp detail. Anyway I digress not an interchangeable lens so you are stuck with a 28mm F4 but thats not a bad thing as the lens is very good. High iso performance for a pocket camera is very good but its never been a strong point of cameras with the foveon sensor so dont expect miracles. It can be very slow shot to shot and and little niggles like ergonomics can frustrate you until you get home and look at the images and then you remind yourself why you own one.

I take Mondays off normally....we've worked all day today....but I've just put the battery on charge for my DP1 for some shots for when I'm wandering about tomorrow relaxing....I wouldnt dream of picking up a Dslr when I'm chilling:-)
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Sorry Guy,

I've not been on the forum a lot lately, but I do really like the DP1, it's a great little camera for what it does, it fits in a pocket and it works with my SB800 too, I really like it :) I've got some more pictures on my flickr from this weekend from in a cave :)

It has good high ISO performance for a compact but nowhere near the level of a modern Nikon DSLR - however used at 800 black and white is still fine, in fact you can push it a bit and under expose to get the equivalent of 1600 and its still great for B&W.
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Also with respect to the fixed focal length - I've only had 4 lenses for my D300 for the last 18 months or so, the Zeiss Distagon 28mm, Voigtlander Nokton 58mm, Nikkor Micro 105mm VR and the 70-300mm VR so fixed focal length isn't really an issue for me - having autofocus is almost a luxury!

I was actually thinking of selling it though as although the picture quality is amazing for a pocketable camera it is just not very convenient - but it does make you think about what you are doing. I am hoping that Nikon release a Panasonic/Olympus competitor this year, that would have been ideal with a pancake lens on the front - or it will push down the price of the Panasonic and Olympus to a more affordable level.

In summary it's a great camera but not a convenient camera - it is very specialist and I love having the manual control, better high(ish) iso performance and stunning image quality in the right conditions, I also think that the DR sits somewhere between my D300 and my Fuji.
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