SD14 Las Vegas HDR

Here’s a daytime shot from the trip to Vegas. A 3 AEB capture with a Sigma SD14 merged to HDR in Photoshop CS3 and tonemapped with CS3. A larger version is linked below this blog sized image.

LARGER SIZED VERSION LINKED HERE:
http://www.digitalcoastimage.com/vegas/sd14-hdr.html

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The Sigma SD15 will be shipping within  a month.  I’m very excited about this new release. The Sigma SD15 is basically a Sigma SD14 with a new processor that has a much larger buffer and a new 5 AEB capture mode which makes the SD15 a serious contender for HDR capture given it is retailing at $895. I have not yet tested the SD15 and don’t know if the new processor makes it better shooting in certain shooting conditions, but for daylight shooting the SD14 is an amazing tool with a very large dynamic range (sensor).  Also, the SD14 – SD15 is a non-bayer pattern sensor which records RGB on every pixel.  It makes an AMAZING camera for those who like to convert to Black and White.  Lastly, the software that comes with the camera has a slider in it that acts like none-other application I’ve used. It is essentially a built in tone mapper of sorts which makes editing single shots extremely useful for utilizing the sensor’s capabilities. (warning: Apple has no support for processing sigma raw files through iPhoto or Aperture 3)

I’ll review the SD15 once I get mine (I pre-ordered mine when it was first available for pre-order).

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Another quick HDR capture I chose to tonemap via Photomatix Pro
(Those two images will likely be the last I run through Photomatix Pro for some time. I’m just not thrilled with the way it handles color and has more than subtle hue shifts that cause saturation/hue issues)
http://www.digitalcoastimage.com/vegas/test-50mm.html

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