‘Wood,’ ‘root,’ ‘grinding.’ The jokes write themselves
If there’s one name in the camera business that is synonymous with endless special edition hardware in ever more exotic materials, its Sigma. Wait. What?
Yes, Sigma is pulling a Leica with this special edition SD1, only its doing it without Leica’s typically understated taste. In short, if you have any of your lottery winnings left over after buying a yellow Lamborghini, then the Wood Edition SD1 is for you.
The camera comes with a special wooden casing fashioned from Amboyna Burl, the deformed wood of the Southeast Asian Padauk tree. Burl — or burr in British English — is the weird knobbly pattern that appears in trees that are damaged or stressed.
According to Sigma, this casing is the outcome of “over 60 hours of milling, sawing, grinding [and] polishing.” The result is something that looks as if it were partially dipped in chocolate.
Inside, the camera still sports Sigma’s triple-layer, 46 megapixel Foveon sensor.
The price for this limited edition (10 will be made) bling-fest is an astonishing €10,000, or $13,750. That compares to the regular asking price of $6,900 over at B&H Photo.
Sigma SD1 Wood Edition [Photo Scala]
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