Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
SD1 Merrill
Sigma
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 15 megapixels
- Sensor size
- APS-C (24 x 16 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS (Foveon X3)
- Max resolution
- 4800 x 3200
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Sigma SA Bayonet
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedAverage
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
Video and audio
- Microphone
- None
- Speaker
- None
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 96%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.95× (0.63× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 460,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- Compact Flash (Type I, UDMA compatible)
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery & charger
- Dimensions
- 146 x 113 x 80 mm (5.75 x 4.45 x 3.15″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes (Weatherproof body)
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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