San Gottardo in Corte church

   It may happen to a hasty passer-by  near Piazza del Duomo, in Milano, to stop abruptly because of the vision of a beautiful brick made campanile seemingly pointing to a precise and significative point in the sky. The normal reaction will be for that person – whatever duty he or her would have to fulfill – to stay put, and wonder if it weren’t the case to enquire on the nature of this masterpiece and on the people connected to this workmanship. Hereunder, a picture which I took from the inside of Palazzo Reale.

   The picture was made with a Polaroid X530 , while the ones hereunder were made with a SIGMA SD14 by Salvatore Castrovinci. This camera, at the moment – until march 2010, when SD15 model is expected to appear – can be considered, because of its peculiar sensor, the topstand camera worldwide.

   As for SIGMA SD14 best quality picture statement, it may suffice to compare the campanile large file (200 ISO) taken by Salvatore, with another sample shot by Giovanni Dall'Orto with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel (100 ISO) where the brick texture is not visible.

   Alas, the inside of the Church, as testified by Salvatore detailed pictures, needs a lot of maintenance; but Milano Council hasn’t got the money, or rather, it would have it, if Mr Silvio Berlusconi incumbent national government wouldn’t have also cut ICI - a levy on house ownership - to the affluent society. Former Milano Council - led by Letizia Moratti - had witnessed a huge revenue drop, purportedly equivalent to one hundred million euros, therefore causing cuts in many social services in all the metropolitan areas. It would be then a moral duty by some of those tax exempted wealthy people to sponsor, cold turkey, this church interiors restoration as it often happens - there being an old legacy - in USA.

SIGMA SD14

CANON EOS Digital Rebel

SIGMA SD14

CANON EOS Digital Rebel

All the following ones are SIGMA's SD14