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Price Drop on Sigma SD-9

Talk about serendipity! GearBits ran an article about the Foveon chip only a few days ago, and now I notice the Sigma DS9, the only camera that incorporates the chip, is selling far below the MSRP.

You can buy it from Ritz Camera for $1099, and less than $900 if you shop around the Internet. That's a huge drop in price from the $1800 going price as far as I remember. Perhaps Sigma is going to release the 2nd generation Foveon camera and is trying to clean out the stock.

Anyway, given the lower costs of Sigma lenses. This might be a great deal for those who want to purchase their first digital SLR.