Kodak Vision3 vs Sigma Fp-L RAW Cinema DNG

[Ninpo33]

On 1/3/2025 at 6:29 AM, eatstoomuchjam said:

To each their own, I think.  A lot of these things are really subjective.  I bought both the FP and FP-l and while I felt some level of happiness using them and the 12-bit CinemaDNG looked really nice SOOC, I'd often be a bit disappointed when I started to grade them because while the SOOC colors were nice, the dynamic range was ho-hum and the rolling shutter seemed really terrible sometimes on the FP-l (in APS-C mode, it actually got worse and was noticeable even when panning slowly).

I ended up selling mine because I was getting to have too many cameras (there again!) and if I pushed myself on it, I needed to agree that aside from a positive emotional response to a lot of things about the camera, there was nothing that it really did "better" than any of my other cameras, including "be small" since the EOS R5 is effectively smaller if you want to shoot in anything other than an 8-bit codec or have a screen that you can see without holding the camera at eye level (the DPL mod helps with that, at least, but I never bought it).  Heck, even adding the EVF made it pretty close to the same size as the R5.

I'd really love to see a next generation FP with a better/faster sensor, the ability to record 10-bit internally, and either/both of an integrated tiny EVF (small enough to make YouTubers cry in rage is fine) and a screen that can at least tilt up a bit.  Add those things, keep the body the same size, and keep uncompressed raw internal recording and it'll instantly be my favorite travel/carry-around camera.

All good points, thank you.