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Sigma Says the Compact, Modular FP2 Is the Ultimate Hybrid Camera

33 points • by thm • last Friday at 4:41 PM • 28 comments • view on HN

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freetime2 • today at 9:14 PM

I looked into buying a compact full-frame camera a couple years ago (the Sony a7c2), and came to the conclusion that the size and weight of lenses matters more than the camera body. So personally I don’t really see the point of making a camera body this small if you have to sacrifice on things like IBIS, an EVF, physical controls, and heat dissipation/recording limits.

Are there any particular use cases where a camera this small really offers a significant benefit? Perhaps street photography when paired with certain compact lenses? Or mounted on a gimbal?

Or maybe the L mount and compact size would make this an appealing secondary camera for people who already own L mount lenses for Panasonic or Leica (as well as some DJI and Blackmagic) cameras?

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Aurornis • today at 9:18 PM

I like this concept of a minimal core camera which has a huge sensor, the logic board, a battery compartment, and then mounting points for accessories to customize it to the use case.

Lack of in body image stabilization is difficult, though. It makes sense for a minimum size camera but IBIS is amazing when it’s working well.

cyberax • today at 9:35 PM

Still no GPS. What's WRONG with you, camera makers?

aftbit • today at 8:50 PM

I would imagine you'd need at least FP16, if not a full FP32, to get the ultimate camera.

MattCruikshank • today at 8:54 PM

I'm surprised there aren't Android Cameras? At a reasonable-ish price?

Like a Pixel 6a is $249 new right now.

So, where's that same caliber of hardware, but as a camera-first?

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smlacy • today at 8:01 PM

Cool looking camera, but OMG this website is HORRID. Brings my entire computer to a crawl, barely can scroll the article at all.

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esafak • today at 9:32 PM

Nice,nice. Is this a Foveon design?

mvid • today at 8:08 PM

Odd to have a modern camera released without photo signing

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