The camera reminds me of old film medium-format cameras.So here's what I like and don't like about it so far: It fit me like a glove right from the first, to my surprise. The viewfinder, which literally bolts on as far as I can see, is similar to the old 'chimney' or 'stovepipe' finders made for a number of old film medium-format cameras except it's horizontal rather than sticking up vertically. Another sliding switch next to it chooses between Cine and Still. The power switch is a large slider on the top left of the camera. It's meant to be the heart of a modular setup up to and including something like this: It has been criticized on the Web for having too few buttons and dials.Īnd as anyone knows, the more buttons and dials the better. But hey, it does have a grid of ventilation channels between the sensor and the viewing screen meant to keep the sensor cool during extended video takes. It's just a little brick with a large Leica L-mount on the front, a large fixed viewing screen on the back, no EVF, no mechanical shutter, no hot shoe, and no grip. It's said to be the smallest full-frame (24x36mm) digital camera ever made.Īnd as anyone knows, the bigger the better. I described the setup of the camera a few days ago, and even compared it to chopsticks (for scale) for Mrs. I like this a lot, but it's a very quirky rig, and not only because it has trouble taking color pictures. I'm using it for B&W stills, using basic controls-nothing fancy, and that is not what it was built for. It was converted to monochrome-only by Daniel Morrison at Monochrome Imaging Services in Portland, Oregon, USA. I'm using it to see if mono-sensor camera pictures can look as good as B&W converted from color files in software. Note that I'm using the original Sigma FP, not the more recent 61-MP Sigma FP-L. However, almost everything in this particular post applies to the regular color FP too. The 'M' is for monochrome, in case you haven't been following along lately. It's a modular camera, and I'm discussing it as the owner has it set up, with the I-Series 45mm kit lens, LVF-11 chimney finder, and SmallRig cage and grip. Just some personal thoughts and reactions after using this for a few days. This is not a review, for reasons I'll explain.

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