hoodlum Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Sigma announced the BF camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArashM Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Not what I was expecting but kinda intriguing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND64 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Being different for the sake of being different is not a good business plan. $2000 for a S9 clone while being more limited than S9 is crazy. cosarth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND64 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 "it cuts out everything that distracts, limits, or stifle creativity". I didn't know a grip that helps me hold the damn thing distracts my creativity. ArashM, IronFilm and Ninpo33 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_one Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Sigma being weird again. Gotta love em. I wonder how L-log will perform and be supported by third party..would be nice if they brought it to the FP OleB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
independent Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 No internal cdng. Fell to my knees inside B&H Ninpo33 and eatstoomuchjam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninpo33 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 That’s too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND64 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 40 minutes ago, Ninpo33 said: That’s too bad. What an ergonomics nightmare. Unless you want it on tripod all the time, then its a fixed display and not high res enough for landscape. Quoting Kasey: "what are you doing?". Ninpo33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 2 hours ago, ND64 said: "it cuts out everything that distracts, limits, or stifle creativity". Never mind no; grip, IBIS, second card slots, 4k 60p and all that, this one doesn't even allow for any kind of video or photo capture but simply has a voice recording device so you can describe the scene or quote poetry. eatstoomuchjam, billdoubleu and ntblowz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 But seriously? I can't tell with any certainty these days what is fake and what isn't until there is an official announcement, but this is not looking good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Matthews Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I have to hand it to Sigma for trying new and different designs. This is probably a niche product, but the design seems like the antithesis of Panasonic design. The Sigma BF seems "industrial," more like a solid chunk of metal straight from the machine shop and forgetting that a human is going to touch it. The Panasonic is about the human hand and practical at all cost. It's great to have L-mount as no other mount has this type of variety of design. We now have classic design (Panasonic), minimalist design (Leica), and ultra-minimalist, "industrial" design (Sigma). Also, this should bode well for more pancakes which makes me happy. j_one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowfun Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I’m sorry, but I really really like this. It’s gorgeous. Definitely a “lifestyle” product but if it’s well made and does what it is designed to then perfect. I can see myself getting one - and I’ve just looked at some lovely looking lenses on wex… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted February 24 Super Members Share Posted February 24 Fashioned from a single piece of aluminium, internal storage, minimalist controls… It’s basically a full frame rebirth of the original Leica T isn’t it ? Well, minus an SD card slot or optional EVF. They are mad bastards and I salute them for it. IronFilm, Marcio Kabke Pinheiro and Andrew Reid 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Young Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 28 minutes ago, BTM_Pix said: It’s basically a full frame rebirth of the original Leica T isn’t it ? More like a carbon copy of the Zeiss ZX1 minus the fixed lens. That camera was a smash hit. IronFilm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatstoomuchjam Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I kind of like the ultra-minimalist look/design and simplicity, but the $1,999 is way too high. Sell it for half that and... maybe. If anything, this announcement makes me take another look at the S9 and the X-M5. IronFilm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 OK, for my stills work, I’d be very tempted for a pair of them, provided some kind of grip appears which I assume it will, paired with their; 20mm, 35mm, 65mm f2’s and the 90mm f2.8. But that is where I hit a snag; 90mm being my longest option as 24mp does not allow for the kind of cropping I’d need to achieve consistent quality 150-200mm shots. And no, having a prime of that length would not work for me as it’s too rigid a focal length and nor would any zoom work because it would be too big, too heavy, too awkward or too slow. Umm. Like it, but I was hoping for at least a 40mp sensor and a bit more real world, my use case, use ability. I otherwise like it as I do all Sigma cameras. But not to actually use. Ah well, it makes my decision making progress more simple being able to remove this new body from any equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 6 hours ago, ND64 said: Being different for the sake of being different is not a good business plan. $2000 for a S9 clone while being more limited than S9 is crazy. That's what I thought as well, $2K is crazy with the FF competition these days! When I merely just saw the name and a picture of it I was guessing it was perhaps a sub $1K bargain? (which is the current price of the Panasonic S5 mk1 btw!) But nah... it's double that?? This though is a cool promo video Sigma put out today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoodlum Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Sigma says BF stands for Beautiful Foolishness. https://petapixel.com/2025/02/23/the-sigma-bf-stands-for-beautiful-foolishness/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted February 24 Administrators Share Posted February 24 Worth a new topic! I'll split this one and can continue there with the BF. This is the perfect niche camera It's exactly what you do when you are not trying to do a Sony Clone like Panasonic are. There's no point Sigma trying to do a mass appeal Sony a7 clone and they know it - they know they can't compete in the worktool business with Canon, Nikon, Sony. So why not do something fun instead. Perfect. I do wish they would put IBIS and EVF in there, or at least in a higher-end version. But it has far more sex appeal than the Panasonic S9 doesn't it? John Matthews 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted February 24 Administrators Share Posted February 24 3 hours ago, BTM_Pix said: Fashioned from a single piece of aluminium, internal storage, minimalist controls… It’s basically a full frame rebirth of the original Leica T isn’t it ? Well, minus an SD card slot or optional EVF. They are mad bastards and I salute them for it. At first I thought they'd gone and done an APS-C camera. Nice that it has an updated sensor and the full pixel readout 6K. Sigma Fp 4K output was a bit scratchy looking. No word on Cinema DNG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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