The new FFF has some stiff competition

D Cox wrote:

Iain G Foulds wrote:

… Find it incredible the main criticism of Sigma cameras is that they are not good general purpose cameras.

Many, perhaps most, customers look for a single camera that will be good at everything. Only a few will buy a second or third camera for its special image quality.

… It would be like criticizing Formula One race cars because they are awkward to park, or there is little trunk space.

Don

Hey Don, how many photographers who have bought a Sigma camera had no other camera when they bought their Sigma camera? I would guess it was less than 1% of the Sigma buyers . . . and knowing that, we can finally realize that Sigma cameras are for collectors, connoisseurs, or photographers who just like to try cameras. I would bet it's the same for the fp line of cameras. I bet that the vast majority of people who buy a Sigma fp or fp L already have a camera.

What does THAT mean?

Will Sigma ever make an entry level digital camera?

well, I think that for some photographers, who may be still using film, the coming FFF will be their entry level digitalcamera, gettingthem into the world of L mount, so they can eventually have and use Leica glass, and with various options in the L mount world, such as fp, Panasonic S1 and S1R, various Leicas, and possibly even more at some future time.

As far as resolution is concerned, I think the FFF will just be the first of many future Foveon sensors made for full-frame mirrorless cameras. It will be 20 MP per layer, but it will be the fastest and best camera ever built with a Foveon sensor in it. Eventually Sigma will make a faster camera, with a 30 MP per layer sensor, which will offer approximately equivalent resolution performance to today's 60 MP cameras, or a Quattrified version of the first full-frame Foveon sensor, which will blow away all the competition.

If you take the long view,, Sigma is just getting started in the world of digital photography, just like Nikon, Leica, and many others. Companies like Sony, Panasonic, and Canon have been in it much longer, making digital video cameras, which recorded to MiniDV tapes.