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The Sigma FP2 brings significant upgrades to the ‘world’s smallest’ full-frame camera
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A faster sensor, an articulated preview screen, and longer battery life are just a few of the improvements.
A faster sensor, an articulated preview screen, and longer battery life are just a few of the improvements.
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Seven years after Sigma claimed its original fp was the world’s smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera, the company has announced a similarly compact follow-up with several welcome upgrades including an improved sensor, an articulating LCD display, and longer battery life. But this time around Sigma is only claiming its new FP2 is the “world’s smallest” full-frame shooter as those upgrades have increased its body-only weight by about six grams.
The Sigma FP2 will be available on November 11th and starts at $2,199 for the camera body alone. For $2,749 you can bundle it with Sigma’s upgraded EVF-21 viewfinder featuring a 5.76 million dot OLED panel and an eye sensor the camera uses to switch between its LCD screen and viewfinder. For the same price you can alternately bundle the new camera with an I-series 50mm F2 DG lens.
The biggest upgrade for the FP2 is a new 24.5-megapixel, partially stacked, back-side illuminated, full-frame CMOS sensor. In terms of resolution it’s a tiny step down from the original fp’s 24.6-megapixel sensor, but the new architecture allows for faster data reading off the FP2’s sensor. That comes with many benefits including a reduced rolling shutter effect in stills (the camera is still limited to just an electronic shutter), faster autofocus capabilities that now include bird recognition in addition to people and animals, still shooting at up to 20fps, and video capabilities that max out at 6K at 60fps, or 4K at 120fps when using only a cropped portion of the sensor.