Recently, SIGMA Japan held an event in Tokyo during which new lenses were announced, though the highlight of the evening was – with no doubt – the introduction of the new fp camera (fp stands for “Fortissimo Pianissimo” – strong and light at the same time). Yamaki-san presenting the new fp camera Kazuto Yamaki-san of SIGMA was extremely proud to present the newly developed full-frame pocket-sized cinema camera (and when I write “pocket-sized”, you really have to hold the camera in your hands in order to believe and appreciate how compact it is). Please head over to our article, where we’ve covered the launch event of the camera. You can find many more details about it in there. At the factory – Housing for fp cameras A day after the event, cinema5D was invited to travel to Aizu, where the SIGMA factory is situated. A bit over a year ago, I’ve visited this place already (see my factory tour video by clicking here), but, it is always nice to be back. The idea was to see how the new fp camera is being made, and also have the opportunity to test any of the new full-frame E-mount lenses (11-24mm f2.8, 45mm f2.8, 35mm f1.2) “on the way”. As I had the Sony a7 III with me, I chose to film with the new 35mm lens – my reasons being the following: In order to shoot video on a proper shutter speed, and at S-Log 2, the new 11-24mm zoom lens...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 1 August, 2019