Billed as the ‘World’s First Full-Spec Compact’, the new Sigma DP1 digital camera was unveiled yesterday. The DP1 has been in design-mode since 1st being announced in July 2006, with camera buffs becoming restless in the interim.

The camera’s “Full-Speciness”, and main claim to fame comes from its use of the Foveon X3 Sensor, which weighs in at 14.06 MP (effective) and 0.8×0.5 inches. This is desirable because the resulting image quality has the potential to be as good as those from pentaprism-equipped full-bore DSLR cameras…but in a smaller package. More camera details/specs are at the Sigma DP1 website. Approx 99,800 yen in about March (year tba).

First Look: Production-ready Sigma DP1 - DigitalCameraReview, Jan 31 2008

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