Digital BW, The Print

Sigma may be cheap, but their lenses are damn near as sharp as Nikkor
and Canon. Not made as well, Not heavy metal, but they are sharp. my
75-300 APO will easily stand up against the Canon or Nikkor of the same
focal length.

Jerry



toomagenta@... wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2/24/2002 1:46:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> frank@... writes:
> 
> >  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.
> 
> Maybe Nikon is the one that blew it. Who is going to go out and spend
> thousands of dollars when we all know some good camera company is going to
> come out with the foveon soon? I wish it was Nikon, since all my 35 is
> already nikon.
> But as has been pointed out, a totally new system, designed completely for
> digital, and at this point ,foveon digital , has to be developed. New lenses,
> bodies , everything. And you are right , it yhas to be from a top camera
> company.
> I didn't know the sigma was so krappy, thanks for that info.
> Guess I'll have to wait and see what develops.What I have now will last until
> a professional foveon comes out.
> George J Kunze
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