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It’s milled from a single piece of aluminium, but as my friend Dan puts it: “This is an Apple camera… but not as pretty as the one they’d actually build”.
I’ve woken to the news of Sigma’s latest effort at cameras, the Sigma BF. As a lens company, Sigma is top-shelf, but their cameras have ever had the feel of weirdly experimental – and the BF doesn’t seem to move the needle much on that idea.
UPDATE: Petapixel’s got the quote… it turns out, BF stands for “beautiful foolishness”.
I like it. Good on Sigma for owning their folly. We’re in the good place when there’s a camera for everybody (apart from the absence of any true rival to my GRIIIx).
THE BASICS
- US$2000 ($3130 dollaridoos)
- Single-piece aluminium body
- 388g without battery (Sony A7C II: 514g)
- L-Mount lens system
- Launches with two new zooms: 16-300 and 300-600
- 25 megapixel full-frame sensor
- Phase-detection autofocus with human/dog/cat detection
- No EVF
- Fixed 2.1m dot LCD display
- 230gb internal memory (4300 uncompressed RAWs)
- Approx 260 images off one charge
- No external memory
- No mechanical shutter
- No IBIS
- No hotshoe
- No ports except for one exposed USB-C socket
- No word on weather sealing
I mean, sorry, but apart from the broadly valid concept of Let People Enjoy Things, this seems like a properly silly product.
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GALLERY
REVIEWS
There are no full reviews yet, and so far I’ve found only one decent video walkthrough, courtesy of Gordon Laing. See below.
PSA: Don’t search YouTube for “Sigma BF” without putting “camera” on the end, or you’ll be getting a foul reminder of the ‘sigma male’ phenomenon in the form of ‘sigma boyfriend’ videos…
