8/12/2023 0 Comments Sigma fp l first impressions![]() I find it much easier to get both my exposure and composition right when I don’t have to fight with the glare on the back of the screen. Call me old school, but I really prefer taking images through a viewfinder instead of looking at the back of the camera. I have to say, one of the things that bothered me about the original FP was its lack of both an articulating screen and an electronic viewfinder. Photo by Cooper Naitove Photo by Cooper Naitove Optional Articulating Viewfinder Now you can get one camera set up exactly how you want it and quickly get all your other cameras to the same settings. In addition to photographers sharing custom presets, this will be an invaluable tool for camera operators working with multiple FP Ls on one set. I liked keeping these on my phone so that any time I ever wanted to pull up a look I’d created before, I just opened the image on my phone and downloaded all the settings straight to the FP L. Once you have everything dialed in, you can save all of your custom color and camera settings into a QR code which the camera saves like a normal JPG. With the tone correction function, you can dive into color correction even further and create your own custom look for your image. Included with the Sigma FP L are many different color modes you can use for shooting both video and photos. Photo by Cooper Naitove Photo by Cooper Naitove Custom Camera SettingsĪnother of my favorite new features is the ability to save and share custom camera settings. ![]() This isn’t just for photos either, when shooting 4K video you can utilize crop zoom to punch in and grab full 1080p video clips as well. Sure you could always take a full res image and crop in later, but I found the ability to recompose my shot super helpful. There’s not always time to swap to a different lens to get the shot, and crop zoom allows me to get those images I wouldn’t have been prepared to capture otherwise. ![]() One of the biggest reasons I don’t love using primes is because I hate being limited to just one focal length. One of my favorite new features Sigma has included in the FP L is something called “crop zoom.” This allows you to digitally punch in on the FP L’s 61mp sensor up to five times while taking full HD, 1920×1080 images. Photo by Cooper Naitove Sigma FP L’s New Crop Zoom Feature So in this overview, I decided to focus more on its photo capabilities and brought it along on my location scouting trip to Georgia. In early 2020, I did a video overview of the original Sigma FP where I focused mostly on how it performed as a fully built out, raw recording, cinema camera. Not only is it an extremely capable video camera, but its 61-megapixel sensor also lets you capture incredible still images. With a form factor smaller than your basic mirrorless camera, the Sigma FP L packs in more features than most full-fledged cinema cameras. So when I discovered Sigma made the lightest full-frame camera in the world at just under one pound (370 grams), I was dying to get my hands on it. What might feel like a light camera at the beginning of the day, often feels like a tank by the end. For me, the biggest factor in whether I decide to carry a camera with me or not is weight. As the wise Chase Jarvis once said, the best camera isn’t necessarily the most expensive, but the one you have with you.
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