• APS-C size Foveon X3 Full Colour Image Sensor.
• 3 layer sensor gives image quality equivalent to 39 Mega Pixels.
• New TRUE III processing engine.
• Ultra high quality 19mm f/2.8 lens (Equivalent to 28mm).
• Image quality comparable to a medium format camera but from a compact camera.

Product Description ------------------- For the new dp1 Quattro, we rethought and redesigned every aspect of the camera, including the sensor, engine, lens and body. While retaining its famous textural expression, the updated Foveon direct image sensor produces images that are more colourful, rich, deep, and faithful than ever before. Unique among image sensors, the Foveon direct image sensor is similar to traditional colour film in that its multiple layer captures all of the information that visible light transmits. Along with Sigma's proprietary image processing technology, this sensor produces incredible resolution, precise gradation, gorgeous colour with breath-taking realism and a 3D feel. In other words, full-bodied image quality. To a radical degree, the new-generation dp1 Quattro embodies Sigma's philosophy of creating cameras that produce works of art. Featuring the highest level of fundamental performance, this series unites artistic expression and daily experience as no other cameras can. Thanks to its optimised design featuring a fixed focal length lens and integrated body, the dp1 Quattro offers both sensor and lens performance at the highest level. The result is full-bodied image quality. The camera body offers a balanced shape, layout and weight distribution. Its complete and robust specification allows the photographer to concentrate fully on photography itself and leverage the camera's potential to produce outstanding images. In everyday life, the dp1 Quattro lets photographers find unexpected rtunities for experiencing emotion and enjoy photography and personal expression in exciting new ways. It is an outwardly simple yet extremely powerful embodiment of Sigma's philosophy of photography. The dp1 Quattro comprises a fast 19mm f/2.8 (28mm equivalent) wide-angle lens. It's a simple but powerful lens and sensor combination that delivers medium format-level image quality anywhere, anytime. Starting with our very first digital camera, we have featured the Foveon direct image sensor, which offers radically better image quality than any other sensor available. Leveraging the light absorption characteristics of silicon, the sensor comprises three layers of photodiodes, each at a different depth within the silicon and each corresponding to a different RGB colour. Since it is the only sensor to use this superior vertical colour separation technology, it is also the world's only direct image sensor. Almost all other image sensors are mosaic sensors, which use an array of RGB colour filters in a single horizontal plane to capture colour information. Each pixel is assigned only one of the three colours so cannot capture all three colours at once. In contrast, the Foveon direct image sensor captures colour vertically, hue, value, and chroma accurately and completely for each pixel. In the Foveon direct image sensor, there are no colour filters, which cause a loss of information transmitted by light. Moreover, there is no low-pass filter needed to correct the interference caused by a colour filter array. Finally, unlike the data from other sensors, which requires artificial interpolation to "fill in" missing colours, the data from the Foveon direct image sensor is complete for every single pixel and requires no interpolation. The unique technological principle of this sensor produces consistently outstanding image quality. The new dp1 Quattro features the newly developed TRUE (Three-layer Responsive Ultimate Engine) III. This image processing engine has evolved in pace with our Foveon direct image sensor and incorporates all of the image processing expertise we have developed over the years. Thanks to new refinements, it is the ideal engine for processing the rich and complex image data produced by the new-generation Foveon X3 Quattro direct image sensor. Our proprietary algorithm makes possible ultrafast processing of an immense volume of image data without any deterioration of the final images. The result is high-definition, 3D-like photographs with outstandingly rich colour detail. Box Contains ------------ dp1 Quattro camera body Lens Cap Hot Shoe Cover Strap Battery Case BP-51 Li-ion Battery BC-51 Battery Charger Battery Charger Cable USB Cable Instruction Manual Limited Warranty Warranty Sticker Battery Marking Sticker