I’m just back from a business trip to the UK and Netherlands. In London, I shot two rolls of Tri-X with the Leica. In Amsterdam, I used the Sigma DP1. The Tri-X is off being developed and scanned. I’ve downloaded the Sigma images.
I had intended at first just to bring the Leica, but the Sigma is so small and light that it begged to go too. I’ve done some of my best city travel photography with the Sigma, so a head to head with the Leica was of interest.
Either one is a nice substitute for the too big to bring Nikon D300 and zoom. My style of shooting with either the Leica or Sigma is about the same. It is much easier to capture a moment with the Leica given it’s rangefinder-based manual focus. The Sigma is too unpredictable in time to focus for capturing an image with split second accuracy.
Of course the SIgma has all of the considerable advantages of digital including lack of processing time and cost as well as instant review. On balance, as I was shooting I felt like digital won out. However, I await the Leica images.
