Sigma Corp. Chief Operating Officer Kazuto Yamaki has today released a statement on the delays experienced with production of the company's DP1 digital camera. Sigma's DP1 was first unveiled in prototype form a little over a year ago, at the 2006 Photokina tradeshow in Europe. Full specifications were announced in March 2007 and the camera had initially been expected to ship only a few months later, but issues with the image processing pipeline...

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Sigma today has released a product development update regarding their highly-anticipated DP1 that was first shown in the U.S. at PMA 2007 in March and before that at Photokina 2006. The update apologizes for the lack of additional information and goes on to explain that the delay was caused by image quality issues and that they have changed the entire image processing pipeline, causing a change in specifications and the delay in launching the product. Additional information will be released as they get closer to an official launch date. Read the full announcement by following the link below.

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The Sigma DP1, the world's first digital compact camera featuring an APS-C sized imaging sensor, was first presented as a concept prototype at Photokina 2006. Since then prospective users have nervously been waiting for its release to market - in vain. Sigma has today published an announcement in which the company explains the delay by unforeseen image quality problems which resulted in a requirement to change the specification of the camera's imaging pipeline. Luckily things seem to be back on track now with alpha testing of the final design having started in November. Click through for a link to the official announcement.

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Outfitted with a slightly wider lens, more resolution, and better image quality, the Olympus SP-560UZ is a hot little digital camera that earns the name Ultra Zoom in a big way. With wide angle lenses such a rare commodity, it's interesting that Olympus took the extra step of making the SP-560's lens even wider than its predecessor, going from 28mm down to 27mm equivalent. Th...

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