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Strengths: Image quality bests all other digital cameras
Weaknesses: Night shots
Summary: 2003-07-12 09:06:49 Given reasonable light, this DSLR bests all others in overall image quality with its 10.2M sensors and astounding sharpness. The best digital portrait camera in existence. Don't be fooled by the camera's 3.5MP rating--that is non-interpolated--while all other digital camera manufactures, including all DSLRs, list only interpolated resolutions as their MP rating. This inflates other cameras' MP rating by a factor of 3 times relative to the SD-9, since they count each Red, Green, and Blue sensor as a sigle "pixel." The SD-9 counts a full set of three sensors, one Red, one Green, and one Blue, as a single "pixel." Foveon.com claims the SD-9's image quality bests film for any given capture area, and approaches medium format film quality for enlargements up to 40 inches. Some report that sharp enlargements up to 8 feet on the long side are possible from the SD-9's interpolated 14MP output files. The camera's software is the best available. The SD-9 always works losslessly, so be sure to compare only RAW mode specs when comparing to other DSLR's operating speed and convenience of workflow. Price is amazingly low for a DSLR with so many sensors, now below $1100 at the most reputable mail order houses. Not the best DSLR for low light--low light noise and imaging point sources at night are weaknesses. Still, can produce very fine low light/night pics with experience.
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