SIGMA Announces Updated Photo Pro 1.1 Software and Firmware upgrade for Sigma SD9 Camera

Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce that on May 14th the new update of SIGMA Photo Pro Version 1.1 for the SIGMA SD9 digital SLR camera will be available.

The current version (1.0) of SIGMA Photo Pro saves JPEG files with 4:2:0 down sampling, which degraded color detail in images. This was to provide the smaller file size in JPEG file. Now, in SIGMA Photo Pro update version 1.1, which is the first Update for SD9 includes the JPEG quality improvement with 4:4:4 down sampling, which save to take advantage of Foveon X3 technology. JPEG files will be saved with 4:4:4 down sampling whenever the JPEG quality is set to 7 or higher and provide the better color resolution.

The new SIGMA Photo Pro features an improved noise reduction processing, by taking full advantage of the new noise reduction algorithm of X3F files. New software update utilizes increased file processing speed. We strongly recommend SD9 owners to install Firmware Update together with the latest versions of SIGMA Photo Pro Version 1.1 software.

The new software and firmware update will be available for download on May 14th through Sigma Corporation of America ( www.sigmaphoto.com) or Sigma Corporation Japan ( www.sigma-photo.co.jp).

Sigma Photo Pro works with Windows 98, Second Edition, 2000, Me or XP and Macintosh OS 9.21 or later, Mac OSX 10.1.3 or later.