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Kawasaki, Japan, November 11th, 2008 - Sigma Corporation (Location: Kawasaki, Japan) has acquired 100% of the stock of the company that developed the original three-layer image sensor, Foveon Inc. Foveon will continue its sensor development operations in San Jose, CA, USA.

Foveon made history when it developed and patented the world’s first three-layer image capture technology, placing a stack of RGB pixels in each pixel location. As a result, Foveon sensors detect all three primary colors in every pixel location, producing images that are sharper and have significantly reduced image artifacts compared to competing image sensor technologies.

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Sigma announces DP2 - compact camera with 14 megapixel FOVEON X3 image sensor (2,652 × 1,768 × 3 layers), 24.2-mm F2.8 lens equivalent to 41-mm on a 35-mm SLR, improved True II image processor.

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Sigma announces SD15 DSLR - 14Mp Foveon X3 sensor, True II processor, 3.0” LCD.

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Sigma announce the development of the SD15, a 14 megapixel (2,652×1,768×3 layers) Digital SLR camera.

September, 2008: The Sigma Corporation (COO: Kazuto Yamaki) is pleased to announce the new SIGMA SD15 digital SLR camera. This camera is the latest model in Sigma’s digital SLR camera SD series, powered by the 14 megapixel Foveon X3 direct-image-sensor it can capture all primary RGB colors at each and every pixel location arranged in three layers.

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