Oldschool
Meh. Been shooting a few days with QSD and 30mm f1.4 Art lens provided with kit. I shoot less than 1000 photos a week. Keen DSLR and u-43 user. Heres quick rundown— Build quality is superb for both camera and lens. There is nothing "plasticky" about the camera, which is built of metal with solid chassis and tough impact resistent grip. The battery compartment is secure and well constructed. Grip is tacky. Camera is weight forward and not balanced. This is not a compact camera and I find myself using hand to support lens. The EVF is abysmal and the worst I have seen on any modern camera in the last 2 or 3 years. I do like position as I am left eye dominant. Menus are intuitive, well thought out. Weird placement of sliders and buttons are ok. Takes a bit to get used to on/off slider on lens mount. I like the review button in lower left corner. Nice heft. Feels like a durable product. My camera runs hot on the left side opposite the battery. The battery gets depleted from 100% to 85% almost immediately (50 shots). Autofocus is slow. Comparable to an Olypus EP1 slow. Not for sports or wildlife. Image output can be extraordinary and there is definite learning curve in appreciating the Foveon sensor. There is a fine graininess upon close pixel peeping. I am wondering if my lens copy might be a lemon as there is stark chromatic aberration when shooting a dark object against a light background. Disappointing oddity and not a refinement of Foveon technology. Update- Camera overheats and locks up. I will try new firmwear update now available. The is quirky and unusual camera. I had a half dozen people come up to me asking about it. It does attract attention, which is a negative In my opinion. Update 9/18/16. Firmware UpdateVer.1.02. According to Sigmas website. It has improved the AF focusing speed and accuracy. It has corrected the phenomenon where Auto Bracketing or SFD Mode does not work properly when Custom Mode is selected. It has corrected the phenomenon that the camera sometimes cannot be turned off or go to sleep even when Power Switch or LOCK Switch are operated during image processing after shooting. It has corrected the phenomenon that the camera could freeze depending on the timing at which the monitor display changes to another display. It has corrected the phenomenon that images do not appear when looking into the viewfinder and turning Power Switch on, while LCD Monitor Display is set to Viewfinder Mode or LCD Off Mode and Monitor Select Switch is set to FINDER or AUTO. It has changed the specification to initially display selectable languages when all camera settings are reset to factory defaults with “Reset Settings”
