Is a new Sigma APS-C camera in the offing...?

motiwala wrote:

I would be very interested if it's Merrill based with refined AF.

However, if it's based on Bayer like fp, Sigma is unlikely to be able to match Sony/Canon otherwise in that space (or even Fuji).

Well, Sigma beats Canon and Fuji, in the image quality category at least, with the fp L, don't they?

. . . and doesn't Sigma beat EVERYONE in the full-frame camera small size and low weight category?

In my estimate, if you can beat two (actually three) of the four biggest camera companies on Earth in two major categories, you're doing o.k. (as long as the cameras are actually selling, and I think they are).

I believe that in the future Sigma will make another version of the fp, which will do at least 4Kp60, and it might even do it in CDNG raw, which would be spectacular, because that seems to be the king, though it would be very cool if they could add BRAW too (which I guess would require some sort of hardware chip to be added to the main board of the camera). Of course, making a camera that can do 4Kp60 raw in 12 bit color just might require some serious processing power, but that just means Sigma needs to use a chip that's twice as fast as the old one in the original fp, which is over two years old now. Of course COVID 19 may be holding things up a bit, but I wouldn't be surprised if Sigma shows off a prototype of such a camera next month or in February or March, with deliveries beginning in May or June. I mean they already have the cameras made, right? All they need to do is modify the main board (and make a run of them . . . maybe five thousand), and possibly upgrade to a new sensor, which is faster, which just might offer the ability to make the flash sync speed faster too (i.e. 1/125 sec. or even 1/250 instead of the slow 1/30 sec. sync. that the fp is handicapped with currently). Such a camera would not have the same rolling shutter affect as the fp, and many of the people shooting video with fp cameras now would likely upgrade to the newer fp (maybe it would be called fp 2). I think a lot of people who would have bought the previous fp, but decided not to because of the rolling shutter and slow flash sync. speed, just might do so if a new fp model, such as the one I'm describing is released. It COULD be the most successful fp model ever.