Much like the Sigma SD1 Merrill ($500.00 at Amazon), the DP1 uses a Foveon X3 image sensor. This design uses three layers to record information, each one sensitive to a different color channel.

Speaking of photography and death (see below), SIgma is insisting its long-delayed DP1 camera is alive and kicking in the womb. The camera maker issued a statement late last week assuring the world ...

RONKONKOMA, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sigma Corporation of America (www.sigmaphoto.com), a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider for some of the world's most impressive lines of ...

Luminous Landscape has posted a review of the strange and enticing Sigma DP1. The high-end compact camera promises a lot, from its large, DSLR sized Fovean image sensor to its fixed 28mm lens, it ...

Sigma has announced a refresh to its DP1 and DP2 compact cameras, adding the company’s flagship Foveon X3 sensor and the commemorative “Merrill” name to both. Sigma has announced a refresh to its DP1 ...

We were still wearing our winter jackets when Sigma announced its 19mm F2.8 toutin' (28mm equivalent) DP1 Merrill compact was getting a (pseudo) 46-megapixel sensor overhaul. Now, we finally get word ...

One of the grand annoyances with digital photography—a problem that was much less severe in the days of film photography—is that when it comes to image quality, tiny, portable point-and-shoot cameras ...

The Sigma dp1 Quattro ($999) is the second compact camera in the company's lineup to receive an update to the new body style and sensor that go along with the Quattro moniker. It's priced the same as ...

The Sigma DP1 Merrill is virtually identical to the DP2 Merrill that we reviewed a couple of weeks ago. Therefore most of the comments that we made about the DP2 apply equally to the DP1 - the latter ...

Sigma has announced the dp1 Quattro, which Sigma is calling a new generation of high image quality compact camera. The dp1 Quattro incorporates a new Foveon X3 direct image sensor. The dp1 Quattro has ...

Where the DP1 slows you down is burst recovery time. It can rattle off 7 shots before its buffer fills, but it will take a good deal of time to write those to the memory card—32.7 seconds for JPG, and ...