Still doing inventory and waiting for winter to really be over. Here in Georgia we always have a few weeks of 60-70 degree weather in January that is inevitably followed by a few more months of cold temperatures.
As these cameras of mine (and me) get older and older there’s a realization that they aren’t ever going to make these types of technology ever again.
Some of that early tech are the Sigma DSLRs, the ones featuring the unique Foveon X3 sensor. These cameras came out in the early 2000s and ended about 2010.
I have several of these unique rendering DSLRs. I’ve written about my special and historic SD14 many times, the SD15, and the SD10 before, but in doing all this inventory I thought about actually using the SD10 to take photos of some of my gear for posterity. Sure it “only” has 3 Megapixels, but that’s plenty for my blog. By viewing the resulting images, hopefully everyone can see the rendering and detail that is different than my normal Nikon pop+vibrant product shots. Things look more “real” in all their ability to capture details in a different way.
Product Shots taken with the Sigma SD10:
I really like the SD10 and its color rendering. It’s always been so clean with a neutral color that honestly reminds me of 35mm slide film.
I shot all these photos with a Sigma 18-55mm kit lens. I forgot about this lens as well and relegated it to the unused shelf because when I got it I noticed the lens had some really oily/greasy elements on the inside. I figured for useless junk shots inside it would probably be fine. I actually like the haze and bloom it causes in highlights.
The final form of this setup is pretty outrageous, with the battery grip with 8 AA batteries and the towering speedlight with another 4 AAs in it. Not very practical for my real events, but again this Sigma Foveon X3 is seriously the closest thing to mimicking a type of film.
