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Sigma fp as a stills camera12/31/2023 ![]() The front is completely flat and there’s just the slightest thumb grip on the back, so it doesn’t feel especially secure in your hand. However, in the absence of an accessory grip, it’s an unnerving camera to hold. It’s also sealed against dust and moisture at 42 points. Its rectangular form feels very solid and its front and back are covered with die-cast aluminium alloy. The Sigma fp is remarkably brick-like in both build and shape. The low saturation Cinema and Teal & Orange settings are particularly interesting for videographers. There’s also a collection of colour styles that can be applied to stills or video: Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Portrait, Landscape, Cinema, Teal & Orange, Sunset Red, Forest Green, Foveon Classic Blue, Foven Classic Yellow, Monochrome. Alternatively, when an SD card is used, the more common MOV format is available. Enticingly, when an external SSD is connected it can shoot 4K (3840×2160) footage in CinemaDNG format with up to 12bit colour. VideoĪs well as stills, the Sigma fp can shoot video. As well as being silent, that helps to keep the size down, but it means that images of moving subjects or that are shot when the camera is panning are prone to suffering from the effects of rolling shutter.Īs there are no phase detection pixels on the fp’s sensor, it uses contrast detection for focusing with face and eye detection. Instead, it operates full-time with an electronic shutter. In a change from the norm, the Sigma fp doesn’t have a mechanical shutter. The lower settings are enabled by compositing a series of images shot at ISO 100, which means it’s strictly for motionless subjects. Interestingly, the native sensitivity range is ISO 100-25,600 but there expansion settings that take it down to as low as ISO 6 and as high as 102, 400. It’s a back-illuminated sensor with 24.6million effective pixels on its 35.9×23.9mm surface and there’s no low-pass filter. ![]() Sigma normally uses a Foveon sensor in its cameras but it has used a conventional chip with a Bayer pattern coloured filter array for the fp.
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