These have just plummeted in price in the UK.

I am tempted.

Can I quickly confirm that QU supports them. There is some chat around V 119 - but the chat wanders a bit...

Tony

Thanks Fred,

Indeed. What I felt was odd that DP3M was not mentioned.

I'd have thought they had the same sensor.

I know the 3 was the latest addition to the range. Maybe that is why it is not listed?

Tony

Sorry. I just checked with my own files, and you are correct, but these images from the Sigma 2 Merrill and 3 Merrill are just incompatible with what David Coffin released as the decoder for them.

There are obvious colored bars/margins on the images too.
Mike said he will pass it along to Mr. Coffin as he usually does when someone finds a problem, but asks that the user might also email Mr. Coffin too.

White Balance in the Raw decoder is inoperative.
I tried setting the White Balance in the Editor and had limited success, but the greens are gray.
So that's the story... Most certainly, if he reads Mike's reports and customer reports, he will fix it in the next release!

Fred

This is the best one from a 3 Merrill
Using the Editor in Qimage:
The rest I tried are far worse, but remember, we have no way of knowing what the real colors are.
Look at the trees.  Look at the bricks

Just thought some folks might be interested in what we were looking at.

Fred

Thanks for looking Fred,

I've looked at the SD1 RAW files as well. And a pre 'm' version of the DP2.

My feeling is that DCRaw can't handle any of those big Sigma files. It will be interesting to hear what Mr Coffin has to say.

With the present prices of these DPxM's which I seem to remember launched at 10,000 USD and then re-launched at 2,000 USD they will be selling well at the 500 we are being asked for in the UK. And then there is another range in the pipeline.

Michael Riechmann is calling it " Medium Format Image Quality In a Pocket Sized Camera?". Not that he is the master of understatement but it may have a grain of truth.

It is being suggested elsewhere that Adobe will never (!) support the file system so that locks out Lightroom and PS.

I can work at the moment using the Sigma converter, but it would be better to have QU working on the original RAW rather than a third party TIF.

Tony

Indeed,

A local who has both the Ricoh GR and the Sigmas had just said:-

"I doubt Adobe are even going to support the XRF format, I assume it must be
quite complex if it is literally combining three layers (if not done in
camera). On the other hand the new DPq models are gaining a lot of interest
around the world so maybe, just maybe..."

Tony

Quite so Fred,

In which case I convert my Sigma RAWs with their software into TIFs and then let QU handle the sharpening and any other tweaks.

SPP handles white balance, highlight recovery and fill - plus other elements, but they are probably better done using QU that I am now more familiar with.

Tony