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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 05:59:41 No.2890732 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2890753 >>2890789 >>2890793 >>2890806 >>2890814

just when i thought i had my shit sorted regarding the DP2 Merrill, i go looking for sample images and got this.

what the fuck am i doing shooting medium format film when this camera exists? holy fuck. this is digital done right.

also Sigma Merrill Thread.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 07:37:31 No.2890753 Report

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>>2890732
we already told you.
you wouldn't listen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 09:49:01 No.2890789 Report

Quoted By: >>2890801 >>2890803

>>2890732
yeah, the true foveon sensor from the merrill is amazing, shame they replaced it with a lesser version with the quattro. I still prefer shooting film though, shooting squares with a waist level finder is so fun.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 10:10:50 No.2890793 Report

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>>2890732
What am I supposed to be looking at here?

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 11:18:39 No.2890801 Report

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>>2890789
>they replaced it with a lesser version with the quattro

I never heard that.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 11:20:39 No.2890803 Report

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>>2890789
>shooting squares with a waist level finder is so fun

This. I don't shoot 6x6 for quality purposes; I shoot it for the enjoyment of using the camera.

There are numerous digital cameras that will give you fantastic image quality that is comparable if you're keeping images to web size and small (less than 16") prints.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 11:31:26 No.2890806 Report

Quoted By: >>2890807 >>2890808

>>2890732
how is the Merrill in low light? As long as iso 1600 is usable then its probably enough for my purposes.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 11:36:35 No.2890807 Report

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>>2890806
It's pretty much not usable past ISO 200, 1600 is absolutely out of the question.

It's very much a fairweather camera. When the stars align it's absolutely superb, the rest of the time it's cumbersome and shit

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 11:46:30 No.2890808 Report

Quoted By: >>2890818

>>2890801
yeah, unlike the merrill and previous foveon cameras which have blue/green/red sensors of same resolution, the quattro has much smaller resolution green/red sensors and interpolates color information. I don't think it makes much of a difference though, just slightly less color accuracy and sharpness.

>>2890806
lmao, unless you're shooting b&w, you probably don't want to shoot over 200.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 12:12:48 No.2890814 Report

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>>2890732
those tones are disgusting

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 12:34:34 No.2890818 Report

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>>2890808
>just slightly less color accuracy and sharpness

Well then what's the point?

Why would they do that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 12:39:23 No.2890819 Report

Quoted By: >>2890833

>>2890818
The Quattro is more usable at slightly higher ISOs and is supposed to be generally less finicky. They wanted to make it less of a special snowflake pain in the ass to use, but in doing so they gave up a bit of image quality which sort of defeats the purpose of even bothering with a foveon camera in the first place.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Jul 2016 13:27:47 No.2890833 Report

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>>2890819
What do you think of the Canon's Foveon patent?

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