You sure what this camera capable of, right?
I were asked by the pre-owner of the Sigma FP, which I’m going to take over from him.
“It doesn’t do too good in chasing object.” he followed with his doubt, I can tell he must have been suffered quite sometime.
How bad can it be? I buy for its image quality, other than that doesn’t sounds like a biggie to me.
That pretty much sum up how and why I got my Sigma FP two years ago.
Any Sigma FP owner would agree with me at certain point that autofocus is kind of the achilles heel. But I suspect I got a defect copy too, which I’m not too bother about it now. Overall speaking, Sigma FP worth every penny, I can’t complain much since it is the cheapest full frame camera among the market. The image quality is stunning, easy to operate.
Who is it for?
Non professional, home user, or somebody like to test out how full frame camera perform compares to other format. Definitely not for hardcore videographer because of the constant focus breathing, it occurs even with the kit lens, the beloved 45mm F2.8 DG DN.
I remember when I locked my camera onto the tripod and taking video on something static, it does keep hunting, and never ends. For now, I’d just tap the shutter to focus, once I got my focus then I’ll switch to manual focus. I guess maybe the focus point isn’t that many, or the contrast based autofocus mode isn’t ideal.
Fourth Stage of Grief… here comes acceptance
Fast forward to present. I own about 7-10 M42 mount lenses, 1 M-mount lens, and just 2 L-mount native lenses.
The biggest part of the reason for this collection is I’m such a cheapskate, and I can live with old glass design or non coating lens. I don’t mind to launch Photoshop and do some tweaking, and frankly, I might enjoy it as well.
Two years using my Sigma FP, primarily taking my newborn pictures, some gathering photos, and I’m genuinely happy with it.