Interesting to see the acquisition of Foveon Inc by Sigma. Any guesses as to what this might lead to re future product developments? A full-frame Foveon sensor perhaps? ISO range and performance revised? Enhanced Photo-Pro software? It will be interesting to see how this pans out - no doubt we all have our particular wish-lists. A matter of Great Expectations?

Freddie,I think you have hit a good point here,I personally believe the only way for foveon/sigma to go is now full frame(the pevious sd10 body was just made for it!)
The quality with the foveon sensor,say 18mpixels,would blow away all competition!!
tony

Hasselblad's 39MPixel medium format H3DII-39MS creates a true colour image by taking 4 images, moving the CFA filter across/down/across one pixel so each one has RGB.

If Foveon were to produce a sensor of similar size, it would be useful for flash portraiture and still life; Hasselblad's can only be used for still life IIRC.

(They also make single-capture models with CFA captures and demosaiced images).

I want a full-frame 35mm sensor capable of 400 ISO comfortably, personally. For flash-based fashion and portraiture, that's plenty.

I'd love to see a full frame sensor. I think the technology is great and the image quality it produces is first class. Hopefully this will mean Sigma can get new designs brought out quicker - maybe even a 20MP full frame snesor! Thant would be nice!

Well, it seems like we are all thinking along similar lines. Certainly, a full frame 'SD16' or similar would be a force to be reckoned with and might enable Sigma to pull out something of a lead in this area.

I would imagine that both landscape and portrait photographers could put such a tool to very good use and, of course, there are some quite nice Sigma lenses ready made for such an instrument - although it might also inspire some interesting R&D in optics as well. There are also, no doubt, various specialist areas of photography (scientific etc.) where a full-frame foveon might redefine the affordable baseline.

I wonder if anyone at Sigma is reading this thread...

Kind regards to all,

JA

20Mp, full frame, and lots of buffer space. The SD15's suggested specifications do seem to indicate a "realignment" of the current SD - SDHC storage, DP-line processing system.

Wonder if that means Sigma might produce a FF "professional" body...

If they did and it was sub Alpha 900 price... around £1700 - that would be a real shock to the market, because enough pros ARE aware of what the Foveon sensor is capable of that they'd be inclined to give it a go.

It'd have to be quick, though. Not announced, then 18 months before it's launched.