FOVEON X3®
Direct Image Sensor : a
new digital technolgy by SIGMA for most professional
digital cameras.
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| The FOVEON X3®
direct image sensor comprises three layers of pixel sensors
embedded in silicon. |
Silicon absorbs
different colors, or wavelengths, of light at different depth,
so each layer captures a different color among R(red), G(green)
and B(blue). Full color is directly captured at each pixel location. |
Only the FOVEON
X3® image sensor captures 100% of the R(red), G(green), and
B (blue) light at every pixel location. |
Conventional
image sensor technology diagram :
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| A conventional
image sensor features color filters applied to a single layer
of pixel sensors in a tiled mosaic pattern. |
The filters let
only one wavelength of light - R(red), G (green), or B(blue)
- pass through to any given pixel location.
The pixel location records only that one color,so the other
information at that site is lost. |
As a result,
conventional mosaic image sensors capture only 25% of the R(red)
25% of the B (blue), and 50% of the G(green) light. |
The SD10 comes with
SIGMA Photo Pro2.0 software
for changing the look of recorded RAW data image files. It is easy
to make adjustments (white balance, exposure, color balance, and
contrast, for example) or otherwise manipulate RAW data,without
compromising image quality or definition.
all SIGMA cameras
are Auto Focus , and all the AUTO/MANUAL
lenses are available for SD 10 & SD 9.
Most important specifications:
SPECIFICATIONS |
SD
10 |
SD 9 |
| storage
media |
compact
flash, microdrive |
compact
flash, IBM microdrive |
| image
sensor |
FOVEON
X3 direct image sensor |
FOVEON
X3 CMOS |
| number
of pixels |
10.2
Million |
3.54
million x3 full color pixels |
| capture
file size |
(1)
HI:2268×1512 pixelsx3layers (Appr. 8MB)
(2) MED:1512x1008 pixelsx3layers (Appr. 4MB)
(3) LOW:1134x756 pixelsx3layers (Appr. 2MB) |
(1)
HI:2268×1512 pixels (Appr. 8MB)
(2) MED:1512x1008 pixels (Appr. 4MB)
(3) LOW:1134x756 pixels (Appr. 2MB) |
| ISO
Sensitivity |
ISO
100, 200, 400, 800 Extended mode: 1600 |
ISO
100, 200, 400 |
| exposure
compensation |
+/-3Ev
(in 1/3 steps) |
+/-3Ev
(in 1/2 steps) |
| shutter
speed |
1/6000
to 15sec.(ISO 100,200), 1/6000. to 4 sec. (ISO 400,800) |
1/6000
to 15sec.(ISO 100), 1/6000. to 1 sec. (ISO 200, 400) |
| LCD
monitor |
1.8"
Color TFT LCD with 130,000 dot low-temp poly silicon, coverage
area: 100%, backlight: White LED |
1.8"
Color TFT LCD with 130,000 dot low-temp poly silicon, coverage
area: 100%, backlight: White LED |
| Dimensions |
152mm/6"
(W) x 120mm/4.7"(H) x 79mm/3.1" (D) |
152mm/5.9"
(W) x 120mm/4.7"(H) x 79mm/3.1" (D) |
| weight |
Weight:
785g/27.7oz |
Weight:
805g/28.3oz |
| MADE
IN JAPAN |
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