Editing Foveon X3 sensor (section)

==Use==
The first digital camera to use a Foveon X3 sensor was the [[Sigma SD9]], a [[Digital single-lens reflex camera|digital SLR]] launched in 2002.<ref>[http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02021104sigmads9.asp Digital Photography Review: 18 February 2002]</ref> It used a 20.7 × 13.8 mm, 2268 x 1512 × 3 (3.54 × 3 MP) iteration of the sensor and was built on a Sigma-designed body using the [[Sigma SA mount]]. The camera was followed in 2003 by the improved but technically similar [[Sigma SD10]],<ref>[http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sigmasd10/ Digital Photography Review: Sigma SD10: March 2004]</ref> which was in turn succeeded in 2006 by the [[Sigma SD14]], which used a higher-resolution, 2640 × 1760 × 3 (4.64 × 3 MP) sensor. The SD14's successor, the [[Sigma SD15]], was released in June 2010<ref>[http://www.dpreview.com/news/1006/10061102sigmasd15available.asp Digital Photography Review: Sigma UK to start shipping SD15 digital camera: 11 June 2010]</ref> and used the same 2640 × 1760 × 3 sensor as the SD14. The [[Sigma SD1]] was released in June 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.photographyblog.com/news/sigma_sd1_price_availability_announced/ |title=Sigma SD1 Price & Availability Announced |access-date=2011-05-24}}</ref> with a new 23.5×15.7mm APS-C 4800 × 3200 × 3 (15.36 × 3 MP) sensor developed for the professional market.<ref>[http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092129sigmasd1.asp Digital Photography Review: Sigma releases SD1 flagship digital SLR: 21 September 2010]</ref>

In 2004, [[Polaroid Corporation]] announced the Polaroid x530,<ref>[http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04020909polaroidx530.asp Digital Photography Review: Polaroid x530: 09 February 2004]</ref> a compact camera with a 1408 × 1056 × 3, 1/1.8-in. sensor. The camera had a limited release in 2005 but was recalled later in the year for unspecified image quality problems.<ref>[http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1113577444.html Imaging Resource: 15 April 2005]</ref> Sigma announced a prototype of its Foveon-based compact camera in 2006, the [[Sigma DP1]], using the same 14 MP sensor as the SD14 DSLR. A revised version of the prototype was exhibited in 2007, and the camera was eventually launched in spring 2008.<ref>[http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013108sigmadp1.asp Digital Photography Review: Sigma announces DP1 to be available spring 2008: 13 January 2008]</ref> Unlike the Polaroid x530, the DP1 had an [[APS-C]]-sized sensor with a 28mm equivalent [[prime lens]]. The camera was revised as the DP1s and the DP1x. In 2009, the company launched the [[Sigma DP2|DP2]],<ref>[http://www.dpreview.com/news/0905/09051401sigmadp2availability.asp Digital Photography Review: Sigma UK: DP2 now available: 14 May 2009]</ref> a compact camera using the same sensor and body as the DP1 but with a 41 mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens.