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I’m curious about with it sharing the same sensor flavour if not THE same exact one as the a7cr what could potentially be coaxed out of it. Sigma have lost me a bit with the FP2 but I’ve always had a hankering for the FP-L as a mini Leica Q3 with it bonus video features over the FP in terms of PDAF and a small crop mode which @Andrew - EOSHDraves about for a very clean image. The used prices are now heading to £1000 so it wouldn’t take much to persuade me that that was the upgrade path for me * I’d get to keep my EVF as well. * Obviously as a crazed addict I’d keep the original too.

And then smash those like, subscribe and notification buttons.

I’m hopeful someone will investigate the FP-L in the near future. Unless of course Sigma have put entirely different internals in it as well as the larger sensor. The internals of a Nintendo DS or some other such kinkiness.

Considering they name all their full frame cameras after S-Bahn lines then may Densha de Go would be the most appropriate game to play on them.

Are these investigations applicable to the FP-L as well ?

You can always rely on Sigma to do baffling stuff with their cameras. It’s actually borderline kinky. Swapping the HDMI port to full size and thereby blocking the upgrade path for those of us with the existing EVF is another one by the way. The least said about including internal storage that isn’t fast enough for the higher data rates the better.

You are simultaneously the best and worst person to be let loose with these tools 😂 Seriously though, a database of cameras with their associated shortcomings would be useful to target some fixes. I’ll keep banging the drum about you patching the S5ii to get the S5iix features ! At the very least let me run Galaxians on it.

I envy the Ronin 4D for that.

For anyone looking to do something similar a suitable harvesting product is this Allied Vision industrial camera that uses the same Kodak CCD. They are also long since defunct of course but are available on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284133056331 I think the price seemingly on the high side is probably reflective of people looking to do a DIY Digital Bolex too but when you consider that a used D16 is not easy to come by and is well north of £5K then for someone determined enough this route is something of a relative bargain. Pi 5 and its eco-system have now matured sufficiently to be able to handle the Allied Vision software in the intervening years so it’s definitely viable as a DIY project. Not trivial of course but viable.

Another new size appropriate lens for the S9 in the form of a 20mm f2.5 launched today. https://www.wexphotovideo.com/panasonic-lumix-s-20mm-f2-5-lens-3358704

Nikon have announced an interesting firmware update for 2027. Could be a confidence that’s announcing this three days before IBC or maybe someone else is announcing a competing camera there that Nikon need to get ahead of. Either way, it looks like a great update for existing users. Full details here https://www.nikon.com/company/news/2026/0908_01/

6K Pro gap is even wider of course but yes it has always been a compelling package. Meike never did do an L mount version of their EF adapter with the variable ND drop in filters which would have bridged one gap. Of course there is a strong argument for having a non-native EF mount with a proper AF system sat behind it over a native mount with a rudimentary AF-S system sat behind it. Its the internal ProRes that would definitely be a deal breaker of course if you need to hand off footage.

They’ve managed to put themselves in a position where their full frame 6K is significantly cheaper than their Super 35 6K version so the latter will hit that sub $1000 point when they clear it out as it makes zero sense at this point.

Yes, you should title them with as many poophemisms as you can find that sound like footage they’d like to steal. Building a log cabin Clearing the pipes Cutting a cigar Decorating the White House Downloading some software Feeding the fish Laying some cable Stocking the lake with brown trout Etc etc

More reductions and from the wording of the press release they could be permanent as they’ve found cost savings in production. £1463 for the Cinema 6K and £1830 for the PYXIS 6K are excellent prices really, particularly in light of the AF updates for both cameras. Both those prices INCLUDE VAT by the way. Hopefully they find some of these cost savings in production for the PYXIS 12K, despite it already being very decent value for money.