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My first impressions on the blog: https://www.eoshd.com/news/panasonic-10-25mm-f1-7-first-impressions-sample-shots-from-gh5/ Any questions let me know!

How about distortion, I shoot bmpcc4k and the is no automatic distortion correction so my 12-40 looks like a fisheye at 12... Really not usable for pro delivery. How would this compare? Anybody has tested it, raw image without the topical corrections....

The Rokkors even stand up on medium format. Damned good glass and best ever for the money. One of my favourite posts about this: https://jonasraskphotography.com/2017/08/16/minolta-x-fujifilm/ The later A-mount Minolta autofocus stuff ain't bad either. They really were pioneering trailblazers in the 80s, with lenses like the 35mm F1.4 G

I love my Rokkors and when I bought them they had arguably the best cost for quality ratio out there. FD prices had taken off, but Rokkors hadn't. The Rokkor X 50mm 1.4 stands up to some Leica lenses I've used, for instance.

Well, Sigma France very kindly in the common parlance, 'reached out to me' and asked me if I'd like to test the FP-L and any lenses. So for the last couple of weeks, I have been doing just that. And it's not for me. It has several positives, but far more negatives FOR ME AND MY NEEDS. First of all, I need a camera to either be a pure stills unit, pure video, or hybrid. It doesn't really tick any of these boxes for me and I hoped it would tick at least one. The video specs don't really suit my needs and from a photography perspective, I got banding in low light due to the electronic only shutter. I'm getting ahead of myself however and straight out of the box, it was both bigger and heavier than I imagined. Everyone goes on about how Panasonic's S line FF cameras are HUGE, but I don't find them so and have the biggest of the lot, the S1H. And everyone says how tiny Sigma's FP line is and for me, it was bigger than expected and not much smaller or lighter than the Panasonic S5 with the same lens attached. From that point onward, it really began to fall apart... Handling. Awful. It needs a grip and yes, I am aware there are both native and aftermarket options and I could not imagine using it without one. Lack of tilt screen = fail in my book. I am no fan of fully articulating screens but if I had an FP/L I would at the very least need to look at that aftermarket option in this regard. The side attached EVF. If it was in the centre, in line with the lens, I'd be a fan. Attached to the side, not so and it makes the camera wider and bigger feeling than my S5. The menu. Like any menu system, you would get used to it after a while, but I found it rather infuriating and I did not have this problem when I first picked up a Sony (often criticised for their menus as are sometimes Fuji and Panny but the latter 2 are easily much more intuitive). Stills image quality for outdoor photography. Absolutely stellar, but not enough to win me over. I said the same thing in feedback to Sigma France and that is I wanted to like the camera. Ideally, I'd like to want it enough, or even just find a reason to buy one, but I can't, - it's just too compromised for my needs. FPL-2 for me would need: A mech shutter for stills. Tilt screen. 4k 60p. Centrally mounted EVF. I'd like to see a better menu system, but that would not be a deal-breaker and neither is the lack of a grip, - that is the point of modular in both these regards (grip and EVF). And that's my 'review' of the FP-L. I also had the 65mm f2 in for test and loved it. I used it for both stills and video with my S1H and it produced great results. AF, especially in tracking, was not as good as native Panny, but not utter garbage, in fact, quite useable a lot of the time. But I sit on the fence with whether I will buy one or not as I'm probably going to stick with Panny and their expanding range of f1.8 primes, mainly for the greater range of all f1.8; 24, 35, 50 and 85mm vs Sigma's f3.5 24mm (nope) and 35mm & 65mm f2 pairing (yep). I also have as a side note Sigma's 28-70mm f2.8 and it is excellent for both photo and video although I am going to have to send it in at some point as it's an early serial number and has the ghosting issue in certain light. Final note and that is I like Sigma. A lot. I think they are a great company and offer some really great products, at least in their lens lineup. The FP is probably another generation away for me, but there's always hope... Merci à Renaud de m'avoir donné l'opportunité de tester ces articles !