Why is no one talking about the Sigma FP?

Plenty of L-rumors readers images on our L-mount Facebook Group.
Panasonic S1H w/ Kowa anamorphic lens / night test footage (S-i Testlab).

Graeme:

Short doc I was DP on for L.L Bean.Shot entirely on S1H. Interview’s were 5.9k, most over things 4k 10bit 422. Shot on Sigma ART with 1/4 black pro mist. All handheld with IBIS on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rkQuLb4QUM

A few days back I shot a portrait on the Linhof Technika. I thought it would be a good opportunity to test the Sigma FP too so we shot the BTS with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdtp772hRBM

Links:
Panasonic S1R at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1H at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 50mm f/1.4 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 24-105mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 70-200mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.

Sigma Japan announced it will release the new adapter on February 27. It actually looks cool on the FP 🙂

Only problem is that it costs $679!!!

Dpreview had a nice chat with Panasonic manager Yamane:

Regarding S1-S1R sales:

we have gained roughly a 10% market share, globally. That was the result we were hoping for. Over the past eight months we’ve been able to penetrate that market and we are satisfied with the sales, so far.

About the S1H:

We believe that our video features are one or two steps ahead of our competitors, and we have an advantage there. For example, with the S1H which we released a few months ago, the sales performance is exceeding our original expectations. But the video performance of the S1H was designed to meet the needs of high-end videographers and cinematographers, so for amateur or hobby videographers, the S1H may be over-specced.

L-mount and MFT:

We will keep developing cameras for both categories – full-frame and Micro Four Thirds.

Why it’s important to stick with MFT:

Some manufacturers, as you know, are making very small lenses, compatible with full-frame, but we think that to do this, they needed to sacrifice lens quality to a certain extent. That’s how they are able to make them so small. That means that those lenses are not fully utilizing the benefits of the full-frame sensor. When it comes to Micro Four Thirds, we can fully utilize the benefits of the sensor, and we believe that as a combination, the overall quality of Micro Four Thirds can be very good.

APS-C L-mount

As of now, we have no plans to enter the APS-C market, because we know that Micro Four Thirds and full-frame can coexist without any cannibalization. If we moved into APS-C, there might be some overlap between Micro Four Thirds and APS-C, and between APS-C and full-frame, so I don’t think we’ll go in that direction.

Future L-mount cameras:

To prove the quality of our cameras. In the future, we’re going to introduce mid-class, and different ranges of cameras.

New members:

The number of members of the L-mount alliance may increase in the future

About 8K:

We will be ready for 8K soon, but we can’t tell you the timing. We need a little bit longer before we can introduce 8K cameras. It won’t be [in the very near future].

The CP+ show has been officially canceled due the coronavirus outbreak. But Sigma is still going to launch the new L-mount lens(es) around February 26-27.

Sigma fp Full-Frame Hands-On Review

Plenty of L-rumors readers images on our L-mount Facebook Group.
Video tripods and fluid heads vs photo tripods (DpreviewTV).
70-200mm f/4.0 review by ThePhoBlographer.
Panasonic Lumix S1H | Profi-Video-DSLM mit Lüfter im Test (ValueTech).
Die beiden besten Objektive für die Panasonic S1H (Krolop&Gerst).

Links:
Panasonic S1R at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1H at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 50mm f/1.4 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 24-105mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 70-200mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.

Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm F4 | Hands On with Rob Adams

Plenty of L-rumors readers images on our L-mount Facebook Group.
Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f/2.8 OIS – The fast tele-zoom for L-Mount is here (Thepixelconnection).
Panasonic Lumix DC-S1H review in progress (Dpreview).
Leica SL2 Test + Atomos Ninja V | 4k 60fps | 10-bit 4:2:2 (Aaron Daniel Films).

Links:
Panasonic S1R at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1H at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 50mm f/1.4 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 24-105mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 70-200mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.

Very bad news guys: Sigma announced they have to completely estart the Foveon L-mount camera project. This means we will not get the camera in 2020 and likely not in 2021/2022 neither 🙁

Here is the Press text:

via Dpreview