Certain data had been rumored, but it was not until now that we have been able to confirm what was true in everything related to the new Sigma fp L. The latest camera launched on the market by the popular lens manufacturer is still very small, but now it surprises with its 61 MP Full Frame sensor .
This is the Sigma fp L
The Sigma fp L is the manufacturer’s new camera , a proposal that maintains the essence of its predecessor, improving in technical aspects that make it even more interesting than it was the first. But better we go little by little discovering everything that this small, but mouse camera has to offer.
To begin with, the form factor is the same and that will be something that will be liked by a few and surely not so much by most. Because with the first Sigma fp it was already shown that being so small and with such a rectangular shape, without a good grip, etc., it was a bit uncomfortable in a way.
Of course, this time what is interesting about this design is that it adopts ideas from modular devices by being able to place a viewer that has a lot to do with the final name of the product. That viewer for photo themes already provides an advantage to be able to see better what you are going to photographs and allow framing from angles in which the screen integrated in the camera would not make it easy for you.
Continuing with the changes at a technical level, because physically it is all that you can see in images, the Sigma fp L now incorporates a 61 MP Full Frame sensor . That is, with it Sigma can say that it has the smallest mirrorless camera in the world with higher resolution and making use of a full-size sensor.
Thanks to this sensor, the Sigma fp L will not only allow you to take high-quality photographs and amazing clarity, it is also capable of recording video at 4K DCI resolution . That is, if the 4K UHD that you are used to recording and viewing offers 3860 x 2140 pixels, the one captured by the camera sensor is let’s say “real 4K” by offering a size of 4096 x 2160 pixels.
Otherwise, the camera allows you to capture material at 30 fps or 24 fps that movie lovers surely value. And the most interesting of all is that, as with some models of Blackmagic Design cameras, this Sigma fp L is not only capable of recording on an SD card or an external recorder, it also allows you to capture the recordings on an SSD storage unit. in RAW format (CinemaDNG 12-bit).
The latter is what could really give a lot of value to this new Sigma proposal for all those users who are dedicated to the subject of video. Because although they will end up forming a rig with other accessories, being so small it could have many applications in situations where larger cameras cannot be operated. All this without losing quality.
The Sigma fp L problem
With all this, although the new Sigma fp L is as attractive as the first version and now its characteristics have been improved, the problem is none other than the price.
The camera will cost approximately 2,499 euros and that is an amount to consider as an investment in a camera to which you have to add certain accessories to work comfortably. Like, for example, the viewer that is purchased separately and would cost about 700 euros.
So, to see what is the reception it has in the market. But the truth is that it is striking and its size makes you fall in love even more when you see its benefits later.