- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
I just bought a Dp2S , a store demo that has been sitting around unloved for 9 years!
I have no idea what i'm doing, lol. But currently downloading SPP 6.7.1 ......
I just bought a Dp2S , a store demo that has been sitting around unloved for 9 years!
I have no idea what i'm doing, lol. But currently downloading SPP 6.7.1 ......
Welcome to the weird & wonderful world of Sigma DP cameras... I used the original DP1s and DP2 - and I think I learned a lot using them...
I did get frustrated at some point and didn't upgrade to the Merrills nor the Quattros at the time. I didn't particularly like the increase in size nor the DP2's changed FOV (from 41mm to 45mm )
Since last year I own a DP2 Merrill and this year I bought a DP3 Merrill - so there we are
I still enjoy the minimalistic user interface of the cameras, I'm still blown away by the image quality, and I'm a little more forgiving with the Sigma Software...
(I would recommend though to download an older generation of SPP...
SPP 6.7.1 might be the fastest version, photos from the Merrill that I tested came out with pretty crunchy, crushed black levels... The same files in SPP 5.5.3 (the last SPP pre Quattro release) looked fine.
You can find older versions here (it's not an official Sigma website - but some resources a user compiled)
Archive - Sigma Photo Pro
Thank you, Tilman.
The camera is more or less new, and it came with SPP 4 on a disk in the box, perhaps I'm better off using that version? I thought the latest version might offer channel selection in monochrome and I saw a thread on here suggesting that high ISO performance is improved in mono if you get the right mix of the sensor layers? Lol, I think I have a lot to learn.
Hopefully the files "blow me away" like many others have found. The shop also have a DP1 on consignment. Who knows, I may end up with two! Lol.
but used at the right times and with the right mindset it can be good fun