Luminous landscape je nekako podvukao crtu na sve ove forumske diskusije, i izvukao identican zakljucak kao i mi ovde.
Uspeli su (sigma) dovesti svoj proizvod do stadijuma kada ce i najvece budale biti sramota da kupe ovaj aparat ...
Rationalizing The IrrationalThe camera itself seems like a decent enough lower-mid range DSLR, with features and specs that are mostly comparable to cameras currently selling in the $900 – $1,400 range. The Pentax K5, Nikon D5100 and Canon 60D come to mind. But the SD1 has a Foveon X3 sensor, which purports to offer significant advantages over a similarly sized Bayer pattern sensor: higher apparent resolution and superior colour rendition.
This means that the SD1 can command a modest pricing premium. Conjecture, fueled by comments by some Sigma executives at trade shows and meetings during months prior to launch, hinted at $1,600 – $2,300 as the likely price point. Fine.
But then on May 20 the Manufacturer’s Retail Price was announced at US $9,700. Web discussion forums lit up like a tree at Christmas with irate Sigma aficionados expressing their astonishment and disappointment. They universally vented dismay as well as anger at the price. They had been betrayed by Sigma. At least that's how many expressed their feelings. Acquiring the camera of their dreams had been rendered Mission Impossible.
Knowledgeable industry executives that I spoke with over the following few days universally expressed astonishment as well as disbelief at the price. Like many on the forums, they thought that the price must be a typo, with a misplaced decimal point. But when assured that $9,700 wasn't a typo, to a man they had just one sentiment – major fail.
