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Homo Ergaster

            Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany

Homo Ergaster lived between 1.9 and 1.4 million years ago, manufactured and used not-so-primitive tools and likely was anatomically capable of speech. 

This is my first serious test of the Sigma DP2s, after having fooled around with it a bit yesterday. I'm rather amazed with the IQ. This is what a 5 MP Foveon X3 sensor can do in not really all that favourable lighting conditions. 

Not bad at all, and in my opinion better than the later Merrill camera with its later version of the Foveon. So, as quite often, the "newer, later and better camera" is only later and newer, and it has a higher resolution, but that alone doesn't make it better. 

Above a certain limit, the resolution is only marginally relevant to the image quality. But try telling that to the consumer.

Taken on: April 9, 2016

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Camera: Sigma DP2S, f/2.8, 1/13 sec, 24mm (=41mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sigma DP2S
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.077 sec (1/13)
Focal Length:	24mm (35mm equivalent: 41mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Unknown (Unknown)
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.8.14
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