Sigma SD1 Merrill

Response

Native RGB responsemeasuredSigma SD1 Merrill · NPL 2015
Hover or tap graph for values
  • red (R)
  • green (G)
  • blue (B)

Astro mode

Emission-line overlay on the active single-profile plot. Values are the source's own native samples (or a labelled linear interpolation).

About this spectrum4 notes
  • Warning: Response scope is unknown; do not interpret this response as a bare-sensor measurement. Dataset interpretation
  • Warning: Physical configuration is not documented; the response cannot be assigned to a confirmed optical configuration. Dataset interpretation
  • Warning: Normalization is unknown; amplitude comparisons are not established. Dataset interpretation
  • Warning: Uncertainty is not documented. Missing uncertainty does not mean zero uncertainty. Dataset interpretation
Source & details
Source category: measured
Primary measurement: a direct laboratory observation (or community submission recorded as measured). Not a mirror, not an estimation.
Type: measured
Measured response; measurement alone does not establish quality or confidence.
Origin: Community
Community provenance; origin does not establish measurement type, quality or confidence.
Quality: unassessed
Quality has not been assessed; no grade is inferred. Canonical release: no per-leaf scientific-quality assessment is asserted; the source-side claim is preserved verbatim.
Confidence: unassessed
Confidence has not been assessed; no confidence level is inferred. Canonical release: no claim about the per-leaf measurement precision is asserted; the upstream 'as is' wording (where present) is preserved.
Author
Darrodi et al.
Source
NPL-measured ground-truth spectral sensitivity for the Sigma SD1 Merrill (Darrodi et al. 2015). (link)
Source category
measured (primary measurement; not a mirror or estimation)
Methodology
NPL ground-truth spectrally-resolved measurement, narrower range (400-680 nm @ 10 nm).
As-is
Samples rendered verbatim: no smoothing, no interpolation, no zero-padding, no gap bridging in the browser. Documented null sparse cells render as visible gaps.
Optical configuration
cfg-prf-npl-sigma-sigma-sd1-merrill-col-abcd (unknown) — unknown
Normalisation
unknown (original: unknown)
Response unit / scale
unknown / unknown
Sample count
29 samples from 400–680 nm, Δ 10 nm
Profile ID
prf-npl-sigma-sigma-sd1-merrill-col-abcd@1
Profile checksum
sha256:4b60156b28d26253…
Processing
source_column=A:D
Scientific notes
Canonical release: native grid and native R/G/B samples are preserved verbatim; sparse cells (wavelengths absent in the upstream CSV / JSON) are preserved as null; the parser never invents a value.
Citation
Darrodi et al. 2015, NPL-measured ground-truth sensitivity for the Sigma SD1 Merrill.
Known limitations
  • source_category=measured
  • permission_status is 'unknown' on the canonical License record (no independent operational clearance granted).

Graph tools

Inspect, zoom, export, and share the current chart. Native samples only — no interpolation, no averaging.

Channels
Zoom (nm)

Camera specifications

Sensor type
Foveon
Sensor format
APS-C
Sensor size
24 x 16 mm
Effective megapixels
15.4 MP
Resolution
Unknown
Lens mount
Sigma SA mount
Release year
2012
Specification sources

Body specifications drawn from cited reference sources, distinct from the measured spectral response curves below.

Source: Dataset commit 374a630bac7847f851b3746e82aa528262ef0b5c Dataset: CameraDatabase (unknown); Wikipedia infobox MediaWiki revision 1368901055 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Data details
Dataset version
recovered-2026-09-29-all-available-with-ie-202404
Manifest digest
8f960e18d6c9dbef…
Manifest schema
0.1.0-draft
Release kind
full
Linked profiles / sessions
1 profile revision
Raw samples (R/G/B at native wavelengths)
  1. prf-npl-sigma-sigma-sd1-merrill-col-abcd (revision 1)

    Raw samples for prf-npl-sigma-sigma-sd1-merrill-col-abcd (revision 1): R/G/B response at native wavelengths.
    λ (nm)RGB
    4000.0056210744060870.006328097512631170.162159424133079
    4100.006503356245117220.009761804595912750.285498378046286
    4200.07407911289140040.02527177008261050.396904310609021
    4300.04302295946292880.08375118585311220.508310243171756
    4400.03450952562247010.143703819743610.622118472469488
    4500.01889156723434350.1836116893088220.737421362457695
    4600.0073110769968020.409094780099530.94538036670138
    4700.04549915123096020.5159556408617640.964414947702804
    4800.05676752921111680.6012066466270551
    4900.1341959206591780.6703167998013630.985980211884525
    5000.1647526899783760.7525874715347580.98340266357529
    5100.2171264197863920.8438138436894420.969692195670726
    5200.3064834383582440.9015172455881270.942808174020798
    5300.3498457961488850.9197503066876770.896642799180709
    5400.4437425813325930.9679942905215780.884445902200419
    5500.4448886052812630.9572523106404110.867918990715971
    5600.4789757567470260.9520479186004740.833756795849084
    5700.5095029148107390.9762801445839980.83204140240573
    5800.5926290937853050.9725862438895580.800549563847782
    5900.67383327560697610.782895124746465
    6000.7140377148810650.9694845275777740.739469530071918
    6100.8600076131149510.9544131912485070.667186401749857
    6200.8981030284956520.9333543589092130.620436278068167
    63010.9257140683363620.611160878769567
    6400.9949421331124520.8848643954150340.551735561957106
    6500.920851277361380.7616518474161570.465388317445164
    6600.1814331163142530.1405243705715050.0796190783672069
    6700.00630978795372750.004143672158176460.000592444461072368
    6800.005288743831715530.001831989581656690.00468563680483141