Much like the Sigma SD1 Merrill ($500.00 at Amazon), the DP1 uses a Foveon X3 image sensor. This design uses three layers to record information, each one sensitive to a different color channel.

Serious photographers tend to look down on compact cameras. But would they change that attitude for one that delivered the same image quality as a DSLR, yet allowed them to travel light? Sigma ...

All of the sample images in this Review were taken using the 14 megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 2.5Mb. The Sigma DP1s's image quality is very good, much better ...

Images, and the devices that capture them, are my focus. I've covered cameras at PCMag for the past 14 years, which has given me a front row seat for the changeover from DSLRs to mirrorless cameras, ...