Kids Waterproof Digital Camera,CamKing CD-BL 1.77" LCD Screen Kids Digital Camera with Wifi and Video Recorder

Excellent detail and colours

Have moved from dp1 to dp2 and used camera for about 2 months. I agree with other reviews. Its images - RAW and processed with Sigma software -are astonishing and as good as my Pentax DSLR. Amazingly clear, great colour and fine depth of field control. Also use Leica DLux 4 and the Sigma is superior in image quality although Leica has more useful features.Dp1 is slow and lack of zoom sometimes annoying but if you persevere you can create truly artistic pictures.My main gripe is low battery life - not counted properly but only good for 100 or so shots. So carry a spare or charger!

Sigma's DP2 is an unusual camera with only the DP1 in the marketplace to compare it to. If you're familiar with the Sigma DP1, then this is your standard lens to the existing 28mm equivalent - if you're not familiar with the existing Sigma products and have come across this when looking for a point and shoot compact, then the emphasis needs to be on what makes the Sigma DP range different to any other camera of this compact size.Most compact cameras use tiny sensors. Because of this they can have lenses which are surprisingly compact; they also have lenses which cannot possibly hope to match the miniscule pixels required to cram 13 million photosites into a typical high-end compact sensor. In addition to this, every photosite captures a single colour - usually red, green or blue - so your colour resolution is much lower than the luminance resolution. The distribution is typically RGBG, so your image is 50% green, 25% blue, 25% red. To assemble the finished picture the true colour value for each photosite is calculated from the surrounding filtered colours, which in basic terms means that an object in the foreground's edges are being "blended" with the background.Another factor is the lack of control over Depth of Field that most compacts offer. The small sensor means a smaller lens, reducing the overall aperture. Like a pinhole camera, smaller apertures increase depth of field but reduce the overall resolution of the light. Exacerbating this, many compacts don't even use a diaphragm to change the aperture - if you need less light, they flip in a neutral density filter instead.Sigma's DP1 and 2 models do not have these particular compromises. The Foveon sensor captures red, green and blue values at every photosite (hence the 14 megapixel rating), in real terms the captured resolution is equal to a 10-12Mp camera. The sensor is the same size as the one fitted to the SD14 digital SLR, but with a matched lens. There is no compromise allowing interchangeable lenses. Finally, a proper diaphragm controls the aperture.For the Sigma DP1 owner, the DP2 has been revised and enhanced with better software, higher ISO ratings available (up to ISO 3200, usable more as a means to extend the flash range or use faster shutter speeds than to capture low-light environments), an improved button layout and faster TRUE II processor. For the enthusiastic photographer, the DP2 (and DP1) offers the best image quality you can get.Users familiar with mainstream compacts will find the AF occasionally slow (but the manual focus astonishingly intuitive) and may find the shooting speed (3-4 frames in a burst, then a short delay for writing) slower than they're used to. The DP range will exceed the optical performance of any of those compact cameras; they exceed the results of many lower-end DSLRs by including glass that performs astoundingly well - this is not an f2.8 that is sharp at f4, it's an f2.8, period.If you want the most features in a camera, look elsewhere. If you want the best pictures you will ever take, and understand that a different set of compromises have been made to deliver the very best photographic results in a camera of these dimensions, then the Sigma DP2 (and DP1) will not disappoint you.Oh, and don't forget to buy a decent SDHC card, at least a branded Class 6 ;)