<s>
The	O
Sigma	B-Algorithm
SD10	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
digital	B-Device
single-lens	I-Device
reflex	I-Device
camera	I-Device
(	O
DSLR	B-Device
)	O
manufactured	O
by	O
the	O
Sigma	O
Corporation	O
of	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
an	O
evolution	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
SD9	B-Algorithm
model	O
,	O
addressing	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
shortcomings	O
of	O
that	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sigma	B-Algorithm
SD10	I-Algorithm
cameras	O
are	O
unique	O
in	O
the	O
digital	O
DSLR	B-Device
field	O
in	O
using	O
full-color	O
sensor	O
technology	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
only	O
produce	O
raw	B-Application
format	I-Application
images	O
that	O
require	O
post-processing	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
SD10	O
uses	O
a	O
sensor	O
with	O
the	O
unique	O
Foveon	B-Algorithm
X3	I-Algorithm
sensor	I-Algorithm
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
10.2-million-pixel	O
raw	B-Application
file	I-Application
generated	O
from	O
this	O
sensor	O
is	O
processed	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
3.4	O
megapixel	O
size	O
image	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sigma	O
and	O
Foveon	O
count	O
each	O
red	O
,	O
green	O
,	O
and	O
blue	O
sensor	O
as	O
a	O
pixel	O
,	O
and	O
state	O
the	O
camera	O
has	O
10.2	O
million	O
pixels	O
;	O
similarly	O
,	O
companies	O
selling	O
Bayer	B-Algorithm
sensor	I-Algorithm
cameras	O
also	O
count	O
each	O
single-color	O
sensor	O
element	O
as	O
a	O
pixel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
DSLR	B-Device
cameras	I-Device
marketed	O
concurrently	O
,	O
the	O
SD10	O
performs	O
no	O
in-camera	O
processing	O
to	O
common	O
image	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
JPEG	O
and	O
TIFF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
it	O
saves	O
images	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
.X3F	B-Application
format	O
,	O
which	O
retains	O
all	O
the	O
information	O
the	O
camera	O
captured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SD10	O
supports	O
only	O
Sigma	B-Algorithm
SA	I-Algorithm
mount	I-Algorithm
lenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SD10	O
is	O
an	O
unusual	O
camera	O
with	O
both	O
advantages	O
and	O
disadvantages	O
compared	O
to	O
most	O
other	O
digital	B-Device
SLRs	I-Device
,	O
and	O
tends	O
to	O
polarise	O
opinion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excellent	O
detail	O
,	O
comparable	O
to	O
6.5	O
MP	O
Bayer-sensor	O
DSLR	B-Device
cameras	I-Device
.	O
</s>
