Digital BW, The Print

All that you say may be true BUT a sigma body should be able to accept any
manufacturers lens which in effect makes the camera body Optics neutral.

----- Original Message -----
From: "culturalvisions" <frank@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 6:43 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: New 6+mp Nikon D100


> Are far as missed opportunity is concerned, I think Foveon blew it by
> letting Sigma be the first with their technology.  Who is going out
> and buying into the Sigma system?  Sure, the lenses are fine, but you
> need to use the truly crappy Sigma body.  Hunt's Photo in
> Massachusetts stopped carrying the bodies because there were so many
> problems with them.  A $3000 investment in an inferior system is no
> investment at all.  Sure, the future may be Foveon, but it has to be
> based on a strong track record (Nikon, Canon), to get pro
> photographers to buy into it.
>
> Frank
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., toomagenta@a... wrote:
> > In a message dated 2/23/2002 8:51:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > tomoc@y... writes:
> >
> >
> > > Nikon has announced that they would announce some new camera at
> > > PMA... hard to tell if this is the only one, but this one is not
> > > available in stores yet.
> > >
> >
> > Nikon news also has a 2mp coolpix announced today. That's it. The
> D100 and
> > the coolpix 2500. What will really be intriguing will be the Sigma
> with the
> > Foveon chip. If the reports are accurate, that is where my money
> will be
> > going. I think Nikon blew it by not going with the Foveon. Too bad.
> > george J Kunze
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have be
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