{"id":125901,"date":"2026-01-08T19:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=125901"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:41:16","slug":"sigma-sd10-and-product-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/sigma-sd10-and-product-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigma SD10 and Product Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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I have several of these unique rendering DSLRs.\u00a0 I’ve written about my special and historic SD14 many times<\/a>, the SD15, and the SD10<\/a> 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.\u00a0 By viewing the resulting images, hopefully everyone can see the rendering and detail that is different than my normal Nikon pop+vibrant product shots.\u00a0 Things look more “real” in all their ability to capture details in a different way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Product Shots taken with the Sigma SD10:<\/p>\n

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I really like the SD10 and its color rendering.\u00a0 It’s always been so clean with a neutral color that honestly reminds me of 35mm slide film.<\/p>\n

I shot all these photos with a Sigma 18-55mm kit lens.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I figured for useless junk shots inside it would probably be fine.\u00a0 I actually like the haze and bloom it causes in highlights.<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0 Not very practical for my real events, but again this Sigma Foveon X3 is seriously the closest thing to mimicking a type of film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[151,7],"tags":[304,293,321],"class_list":{"0":"post-125901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-photography","8":"category-photos","9":"tag-foveon","10":"tag-photo-gear","11":"tag-sigma","13":"post-with-thumbnail","14":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sigma-SD10-Product-Shots2026-01_01_Boon-Vong.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-wKF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45093,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/black-and-white-conversions-from-sigma-foveon-cameras\/","url_meta":{"origin":125901,"position":0},"title":"Black and White Conversions from Sigma Foveon Cameras","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"January 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I gathered some random raw files I shot last year from my Sigma cameras and did some black and white conversions.\u00a0 Some from color, and some from infrared.\u00a0 You lose a bit of the drama in converting the near IR photos, but I mostly wanted to see if it's unique\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sigma_Foveon_Black_and_White_015_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sigma_Foveon_Black_and_White_015_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sigma_Foveon_Black_and_White_015_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sigma_Foveon_Black_and_White_015_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sigma_Foveon_Black_and_White_015_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sigma_Foveon_Black_and_White_015_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54100,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/sigma-sd15-photos-and-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":125901,"position":1},"title":"Sigma SD15 Photos and Thoughts","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"May 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Short: A Sigma with probably the best and most vibrant colors of all the Sigma DSLRs, with the responsiveness and reliability that was missing from the earlier SD14--BUT, it's also a Sigma camera with probably the craziest highlight blowing potential in all exposure modes and picture settings and hints\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gear and Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Gear and Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/gear\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sigma_SD15_Photos_Review_2022_05_22_152_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sigma_SD15_Photos_Review_2022_05_22_152_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sigma_SD15_Photos_Review_2022_05_22_152_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sigma_SD15_Photos_Review_2022_05_22_152_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sigma_SD15_Photos_Review_2022_05_22_152_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44133,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/suwanee-classic-car-show-november-7-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":125901,"position":2},"title":"Suwanee Classic Car Show – November 7, 2021","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"November 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This past sunday was the annual classic car show in Suwanee Town center (www.suwanee.com). 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