SIGMA has announced interesting news at Photokina: The development of their own SIGMA full frame camera, joining the L-mount alliance and is introducing five new lenses. We interviewed SIGMA’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki and asked him about the future of the company. During Photokina, SIGMA announced joining the L-Mount alliance (our article here) together with Panasonic and Leica and they released five new lenses (here’s our post). Furthermore, they are developing their own full frame camera. The CEO of SIGMA, Kazuto Yamaki, shared some interesting information with us, about the current and future projects of his company. SIGMA Full Frame Camera Having a full frame camera in the portfolio kind of became fashionable for big camera and lens companies this year. So many companies are either releasing their full frame camera or announcing the development. It was interesting to hear that even SIGMA will be joining the full frame segment. Kazuto Yamaki told us, that SIGMA already started this project three years ago when they decided to develop their own full frame sensor. The sensor is still in development, but it seems like it will be used in the upcoming L-mount cameras. In regards to the video capabilities of SIGMA’s new camera, we were not able to get any information due to the early stage of development. It is, however, planned to be released in 2019. L-Mount Alliance For their upcoming full frame sensor, SIGMA initially wanted to develop their own mount with short flange focal distance (for slim mirrorless bodies)....
Published By: CineD - Monday, 1 October, 2018