Sigma's compact DP1 gets some exposure

Stephen Shankland, Crave.CNET.com | Mar 12, 2007

Each pixel in a Foveon sensor can detect red, green and blue light, a different approach compared to most "Bayer pattern" sensors that have a checkerboard of pixels that only capture a single color. The Foveon sensors have been used earlier in Sigma's SLR cameras. The camera image has a resolution of 4.7-megapixels, but each pixel has all three colors; most cameras have only one color and extrapolate values for the others.

The DP1 also has a 2.5-inch display, a fixed 28mm lens, a hot shoe to mount an external flash and support for RAW images taken directly from the sensor without in-camera processing.

The camera is due to ship in the US this summer, Sigma said, but the company isn't releasing price details. At press time, the regional distributor for Sigma in Asia was unable to furnish further details either.

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