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maple Veteran Member • Posts: 3,404
Re: How can Sigma make sure the FFF is the best success it can be?

It's my guess that the FFF camera is meant to be best used with an fp as a pair, and that Sigma had already such a concept in mind when they first embarked on the FFF project. That’s why the fp is so small, stripped down to such bare minimum. It’s not much more than a digital back with just a processor, battery, display and memory so that it can just be used on its own. On the other hand, you could configure your own “customized” camera around an fp as the core module to satisfy your specific needs better. With an Foveon “module” thrown into the mix, you now have a more configurable two-sensor system to greatly expand your creative horizon.

First thing I want Sigma to do then is to make a base frame that incorporates an EVF and handgrip to come with the fpF kit, and you can swap between the two fp's.

And with all the knowledge garnered over decades of developing 3 generations of Foveon sensors, it’s perhaps time for Sigma to give the new camera a dedicated processor with all the optimized intricate algorithms hard wired to crunch the data from Foveon’s 3 silicon layers, instead of relying on software to slowly correlate them with FPGA. That, I hope will greatly boost the overall performance.

A better AF and IBIS help, too.

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