Quick facts
Full name: Sigma SD1 Merrill
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
Regional aliases
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 2012 · Released about 14 years ago
- Sensor
- 24 × 16 mm Foveon
- Effective resolution
- 15.4 MP
- Lens
- —
- Zoom
- —
- Weight
- 330 g
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
- Storage
- Compact Flash (Type I, UDMA compatible)
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 28.84 mm
- Surface area
- 384 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 4.99 µm
- Pixel area
- 24.94 µm²
- Pixel density
- 4.01 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
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24 × 16 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 15.4 MP
- Total pixels
- 15.4 MP
- Sensor
- 24 × 16 mm Foveon
- Calculated resolution
- 4,806 × 3,204
- Maximum image
- 4,800 × 3,200
- Crop factor
- 1.5
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- —
- Viewfinder
- Optical viewfinder
- Display
- 3 in / 460,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- Compact Flash (Type I, UDMA compatible)
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
Body
- Weight
- 330 g
- Dimensions
- 146 × 113 × 80 mm
- Release year
- 2012
Wikidata
- Aperture Priority
- Yes
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
- Brand
- Sigma
- Built In Flash
- —
- Crop Factor
- 1.5
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- —
- Dimensions
- 146 x 113 x 80 mm
- Effective Megapixels
- 15.40
- Exposure Compensation
- —
- External Flash
- ✓
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- —
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- —
- Macro Focus Range
- —
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- —
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- n/a
- Max Image Resolution
- 4800 x 3200
- Max Shutter Speed
- —
- Metering
- Multi, Center-weighted, Average
- Min Shutter Speed
- —
- Model
- SD1 Merrill
- Normal Focus Range
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 460,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 3"
- Sensor Resolution
- 4806 x 3204
- Sensor Size
- 24 x 16 mm
- Sensor Type
- Foveon
- Shutter Priority
- Yes
- Storage Types
- Compact Flash (Type I, UDMA compatible)
- Total Megapixels
- 15.40
- Usb
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Weight
- 330 g
- White Balance Presets
- —
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 2012
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