at just 3.3 MP, the sigma SD9 might seem like old technology. both nikon.con and canon.com both have 6 MP cameras, but no one on the planet has a full color imager other than sigma, a silicon compliment to film. a new sequence of SD9 images recently appeared on a german website. now under studio conditions the lighting and exposure can be very well controlled, but the hair detail and othe facial characteristics would translate to my type of photographs. i can’t wait until this foveon X3 chip is in a better camera!