My fp kit: kit.co/jpOnFilm/sigma-fp-kit

I'm primarily a stills photographer but I literally didn't pause this video because it was so engaging and well-made. Love the no bs approach and easy to understand explanations about bitrate and resolution. Loved it all, Justin. Looking forward to watching and learning more!

Great overview of the camera though I have multiple issues with how the data was presented. Now before I get into things, let me clarify that I still think that this is a perfectly good camera and I'd be happy to add it to my equipment. That said, some things were presented in a biased way. First of all. Color accuracy: While you did show the chromaticty plots at 9:29 you didn't explain them in full detail. You were happy to mention how the Sigma beats the Venice in regards to the greens, but completely ignored the fact that the Venice wins in regards to blues. If you look at the diagram you can tell that the Sigma FP doesn't even seem to fully cover the blue range of the sRGB colourspace. And depending on the display that you are creating content for, this might actually be more important. If you are creating content for Rec.2020 (the large triangle in the diagram/ used by typical HDR displays), then yes... the gain in the greens is probably the more important factor. But if the content you create is for sRGB monitors (the smaller triangle / what most people on the internet have.) Then all the benefits in the greens are clipped away anyway... and you will only be left with the poor performance in regards to blue. This is made worse by the fact that the 1931 version of the CIE diagram (the one used in the video) is biased and allocates a larger area to the green tones, exaggerating the importance of the difference in green, while undermining the importance of blue... The 1976 version of the diagram is much less biased and should be the one used in such a case. I understand however that both the type of diagram used and omitting the blues were dictated by the source material, so I can't really blame you for that ^^ While this isn't perfect, it's not a huge deal either, since highly saturated blues are kind of rare in nature anyway. So unless you set out to capture maybe kingfishers or one of those crazy blue butterflies, the lack of extremely saturated blues won't come into play. Bitrates / DNG RAW: Now don't get me wrong, I think DNG raw is great, but the importance is definitely exaggerated in the video. Comparing UKposts compression to RAW compression is basically pointless.... You can't compare top end to bottom end.... It's like comparing the difference between 720p and 1080p to the difference between 6K and 8K. Like sure the former is worse than the latter (assuming all other quality determining factors remain the same) but there is a point of diminishing returns.... 8K might be more useful than 6K in extreme cases and the same is true for DNG raw, but in most cases, the extra storage needed outways the benefits. If many of Hollywood's professionals don't even bother to use the least aggressive version of the lossy compression methods but instead opt for one of medium strength (e.g. 5:1 on the Hobbit) then surely that's good enough for most of us too? Another thing that bothers me with the bitrate comparison is that it's not clear whether the data was gathered in an unbiased way. If you just compare filesizes in relation to clip length, then you are taking a biased approach. Lossy RAW compression typically combines multiple algorithms, some lossy and some lossless. So the filesize does not represent the information contained in the file. (Example for lossless algorithm.: Grouping repeated pixels can save storage without losing any information... What needs more storage: 8x "green" or "green" "green" "green" "green" "green" "green" "green" "green"?) Less abstract / real life example: The Nikon D810 can stores images as NEF-Raw or as uncompressed TIF files. (And of course JPG, but that's the bottom end, so let's ignore that.) The NEF files need ~20mb per image while the TIF files need ~200mb.... And yet the quality of the NEF files is higher... The only reason to ever use TIFF would be edge case scenarios where you need the files to be immediately readable by any software, without having any time to manually convert the RAW files. (Maybe for the usage in the press, where time is more important than maximising quality?) So don't estimate the bitrate of the video based on the filesize. A better method to make such comparisons, would be to first convert both source files (BRAW and DNG RAW) to uncompressed OpenEXR image sequences and compare the size of those in relation to the number of frames. At the same time another advantage of using an uncompressed DNG Raw is overlooked in the video. AFAIK image/video compression is actually quite a computationally heavy task, which in turn leads to a noticable hit in battery performance. I can only assume that this is at least partially the reason why the batteries of the Sony FP seem to last so much longer than those of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, despite having a smaller capacity. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Hope you enjoyed the read... 😄

You made me buy the camera man....got a brand new body only for just $1226 ... and an extra battery for around $30.. Awesome deal.

What i learned from watching so many videos about cameras is that it doesn’t matter what camera you have ( if it‘s somewhat good) its you who makes it

I bought this camera the day it was released and never understood the hammering it received. It is a tremendous camera and makes shooting a pure joy. Thank you for recognising that.

1:25 fun fact: the original name for the piano (instrument) was the fortepiano because it had much better dynamic range capability than the harpsichord, the primary keyboard instrument at the time.

Watching this sent me down a big rabbithole! I love watching your videos because you have so much passion and general excitement for what you do, and learning from your experiences saves me a lot of money in my decision making. Thanks for doing what you do!

I like your reviews. No BS, no crappy 'music', straight talking but passionate and full of good quality, real world examples. Thanks very much.

This is a great piece of work, thank you! Finally a review by someone that understands what this camera is for. If you want to know what the Sigma FP is, and what it's capable of, this is the review to watch.

I have been looking into this camera a few years back now and was fascinated by its capabilities. being a canon magic lantern raw user this is the perfect camera to get going with raw at such a low budget! thanks a lot for that awesome review! exactly what i was looking for.Now I’m so motivated to buy it and film some crazy raw footage

I simply adore how you dynamite 🧨 the UKposts Gear frenzy. You touch a point that many (caught on resolution and AF traps) chose to avoid - how much filmic look is really emulated.

One of my fav review enthusiast videos about any topic. Thank you for sharing your perspective.

Justin, top notch! Thank you. Fantastic reveal of this gem of a camera and just a well-made video.

Loved this video tutorial and Loved the Out Takes too!!! Lots of info and some fun.

Your video showed up in my feed after getting back into photography and filmmaking lately after MANY years off, with major changes in technology and specs. I have watched about 30 videos already, and I gotta say yours was the best from a visual perspective, and how you laid out the info. So good I decided to watch again and take some notes on these things. Thank you for taking the time to do this great video in a thoughtful yet direct way!

This was very helpful to me as an fp owner - I bought it exclusively for stills, because it can adapt even very vintage ultra wide angles and offers in-body flat frame correction for them (!!). I LOVE it for photography. Never been into video but now I have a cinema camera, I’ve been thinking I should learn, if only to capture short clips of the gentle movements of the nature I’m out photographing. Your video is tremendously helpful, and informative, even for a total newbie - thank you!

Just want to say that your videos are so effortless in the way you present & explain all the camera stuff. I always have a great time watching your content! Keep it up my man 👌

I remember watching reviews of the Sigma FP when it first came out and thinking, what a shame, they seem to have nailed the hardware, but the lack of functionality really lets it down. Then recently I read an article in RedShark News, about a the low budget feature Snow Leopard, being shot on a rigged out FP, in BRAW 3:1 recorded on a BlackMagic Assist. What can I say, the new firmware has made this thing a beast to be reckoned with. Sigma, although good at making lenses have never been taken that seriously in the cinema / video camera market. I think that is about to change.

This is the review I have been waiting for since the release! I love my fp and it’s always in my bag.

Awesome. Thank you for this very informative well produced video. So much accurate info in here.

Hey man, what a great vid, and your passion… woah, it’s communicative and a pleasure to see! Thanks a lot 🙏

You're right. I totally forgot about this camera. These are a great deal right now. I may have to find one. Although I have Speedboosters that never come off my P4ks due to shooting with fullframe lenses. Seems like a great option.

Did you forget to mention? The fp L is a little difficult to compare to anything else. Without a mechanical shutter its high resolution but slow readout sensor ends up being a little limiting in terms of what you can shoot with it (artificial lighting risks banding and any significant movement will be distorted by the rolling shutter effect). These same factors also count against it in terms of its video, even relative to its 24MP sibling

Boy... This an incredible quality review level. Amazing.

Hey man thank you for all that info, I've been on that search for the cinema camera and I'll admit I was all about that high resolution too, but I really appreciate you breaking it all down with the Sig fp and the tastey science behind it all. Watched till the end and now I want this camera. I want as raw and best quality as possible, and you showed me that door. Thanks brotha. Loved the Batman reference too 👌

Ahaha epic outro🤣 This video was so cool Justin and seeing how much love this camera gives you is so entertaining. Thanks and I'll have a think about this cinema camera 😊

Dude, this video is making waves! You've really made me reconsider this camera 🤩

This is the first video I see after the initial release of this camera. And yes, this looks like an amazing camera! Just needs a looot more HDDs ;)) And you are right, people now really want that 4k and 6k and 12k footage and forget about the bits and MB/s, the real quality! Love your videos, thanks for sharing and can't wait to see more videos from you, using this camera in different situations.

Your knowledge/depth and amusing presentation dripping with truth wrapped sarcasm is nice. Thank you!

Daaaang the amount of information is insane. I love your passion for this camera. Clearly you really like it a lot

Thanks for this excellent video. I love my fp for video. fpL I use for stills. Now the fp got firmware 4.0 with false colour and more separation between STILL and CINE setup. Yes, fpL can be charged while using it with the usb-c port, but when you use an external SSD on the fp, you don't have a way to charge even if fp also had the charging option.

I love you! Great videos packed with all the gritty details! Please keep it up

Another great video dude! Looks like an amazing little gem. I recently went the nikon Z6 Blackmagic video assist route myself because I am sick of the small sensors even thou my BMPCC4K still sees tones of usage. I was regretting the raw dng on the BM caméra but I must say I now adore the Braw fo its ease of use and post workflow. But this little sigma camera definitely packs some punch. Thank you !

This was a super fun video. Love all the care and thoughtful insights you included. You rock my friend.

Can’t believe I watched all of this. So well made, good job friend!

Thanks for your effort in explaining the technical capabilities of this tool.

Brilliant mate! such an education. I gave this option up over komodo a year ago. now, i am getting one too!

Got it. And glad someone else gets it. Impeccable review.

I've had a lot of Arri videos pop up in my recommended recently and they've all said to study Arri cameras to understand why they function so well as cinema cameras. Then a recommendation came up for this. I don't think that's a coincidence.

Thanks for this enjoyable video. Your enthusiasm is contagious. I love how Sigma carves out some really nice niches -- i.e., the foveon sensor cameras for still photography -- and now I'm jonesing for an fp cinema camera.

Best video I watched this week. Thanks man!

The Sigma fp and fp L are really interesting cameras. They clearly put a focus on making them as small as possible, which does create some frustrations, but it also puts them in a pretty unique space. I can see it working as a b-cam with your considerations Justin, but I think where it shows even larger benefits is what it can do in it's form factor versus other competitive mirrorless cameras. It's much, much smaller than anything else on the market when it's paired way down. Excited to see whatever Sigma does with reinventing their Foveon sensor technology in a future camera. It holds a lot of potential. And yep, you're correct regarding using a native format versus a Speed Booster or even Reducer. Less optics is almost always more ideal especially if you want the best the lens has to offer. Cheers.

One of the best camera reviews I've ever watched. I'm a Audio Mixer and watched this to the end because it was so engaging. I've never heard of this camera before either. This review will make me take a closer look.

I have been on and off looking at this camera, and yes it came out right before the 2020, thanks for talking about it !

Pawel Achtel is everywhere I look on FB groups and he’s the best. He’s always chiming in and gently putting people in their proper lane. If anyone can effectively sell the FP it’s him.

Great video! I just bought the camera about two months ago and I absolutely love it. I have it with the ninja five, but I am looking forward to shooting cinema DNG. I think your next video should be your workflow with the cinema DMG.

I like it! This one is worthy of my time to start researching! Thank you for doing this! Also... subscribed!

Thanks. Watched this quite a few times :) Purchased the camera today 😍

Dude. I just bought an a7iv and am now seeing this and in love with it😂

Having used it a ton for both video and photo, its an amazing video camera as long as you're willing to work with CDNG. As a stills camera is far, far better than anyone has given it credit for. Not accounting for resolution, or the led flicker issue, it is far better than my Canon R5 and pretty much anything I've shot that isn't a GFX.

Man! You nailed my doubts in a coffin. I listened to what the haters had to say. They disguised it as the little camera that could, but then let it ride off a cliff. They were excited about the 12bit performance, but hit you with an uppercut because it was lacking something. Man! You nailed it! Straight facts! Outstanding imagery! Superb video quality! Thank you for your honesty and excitement about what you do. God bless you🥳

Thanks for this one! excellent work.

thank you for your passion and so much information about this tiny beast! best regards from Brazil!

@4:15 - Voigtlander makes a few wide angle (manual) MFT lenses that can open all the way to f/0.95. I own a 10.5mm f/0.95 MFT for my GH5. Easily my favorite lens to use even though not always practical for my filming style. They also make a 17.5mm f/0.95 to better fit what you said here.

ok im just 5 minutes through the video and im blownnn away not only did i not expect sigma to be crowned for the title of the video but to see the comparison, spec wise to the bmpcc4k , the r5 , the s1 on so fort.. and to see that it clearly outsmart them , again at least spec wise is unbelieveable. not enough videos for this little camera for sure...

Yo I can honestly say that your right on point with the DNG RAW being the best possible image you can get compared to film. The images I get out of my Ursa mini 4.6k with the Luca Adapters Magic Booster mod is insane. It turned my S35 sensor into basically a full frame sensor with zero image degradation and coupled with DNG RAW files, it kills any Pocket 6K image out there hands down.

This really feels like an April fools joke! I can't believe how amazing these specs are!

Wow great video man! Well explained benefits 🍻

Wow, what a eye opening intro to a beast of a cinema camera!

You have convinced me on what I need! And,I watched until the end!

I think this might be one of the best videos I’ve ever watched on UKposts.

Most interesting and fascinating video I’ve seen for months!

I really didn’t know about this camera.. sound very interesting 🧐 thanks for the video!

One of the best reviews I have ever watched. The material and manner of the information presented was fantastic.

My two previous videos (smallRig RC120D review & Color Science for Dummies) in both those videos the side angle is the Sigma fp as well as the shot at the desk. And in the smallRig video all the B-roll shots was with sigma fp as well. 🤙🏼

Brilliant review Justin. I own this camera as well and I love it for the pure raw and for its color science and the color in the stills. It has a nice built in film grain of its own. Autofocus could be better but for cinema and old style stills manual is okay.

Dude, such a great review! Thank you

Great vid! Much respect for being a working LA pro and still doing these long vids about awesome dark horse gear

Ok, was planning on getting a Black Magic soon but might have to go for the FP after this video. Thanks!

Great video as always Justin! One thing I would like to clarify is the claim that higher bitrates = higher quality. That's true to a point and when comparing identical codecs, but when comparing between codecs the logic somewhat falls apart. H.265/HEVC is roughly 4-6x more efficient than H.264, with H.264 being 2-3x more efficient than H.263. This means that ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL (frame rate, resolution, bit-depth etc.) an H.265 file at 100mbps is about the same quality as H.264 at 400-600Mbps. CDNG is a BEAR to work with natively, and you end up having to convert to proxy footage for any sort of realistic workflow. Whatever money you save on the camera, you spend on either time editing or time transcoding. This is where compressed raw codecs like BRAW and .R3D come into play. They get mere mortals close enough without flying right into the sun. The fp has OUTSTANDING quality for what it is. Is it practical to shoot on EVERY job? Absolutely not. Does it make my tinker-heart happy seeing others play with this camera? Absolutely. It reminds me of the Magic Lantern days when I used to hack my 60D to get 12-bit 720p files. Kinda want to shoot with that again... Again, awesome video and cannot wait to see what imagery you can make with this camera! -George

This one was a great one! Respect bro!

great video! 👏

Absolutely great video about what is clearly a great camera.

Great review for this amazing small cine camera :)

This is a really great video. Thank you for taking the time to create such a thorough and informative video. I challenge anyone to feel unconvinced on this camera after watching.

This was an in depth review and thanks for full frame and all the goodies with this it is hard to beat at that price point most definitely for a one man operator situation this is something i would like, most people shoot less than 10 projects a month the tech we ask for we never fully use. HD 1920 X 1080i projects are the majority we ask for 4k etc how often do people actually use this thanks great review.

Great video….I’m actually convinced 👍🏾👍🏾

I found something very interesting about this Signa fp today! Thank you all for discussion

Wow! This really is convincing. Might have to pick one up.

CinemaDNG....was there in bmc..earlier and that led to storage problem...after that they converted into Braw with a compression ratio..but I don't deny that CinemaDNG output much greater than redraw footage too

Outstanding video, thank you

GREAT job Justin. I remember when this came out - there were issues. However, after watching your video - I am going to try one - mainly because I want FF to use with my EF modded Canon FD L lenses.

Hey man. Fantastic work on the review of this camera. Big fan! Just one question. So you think that ISO 3200 actually retains highlight better than ISO 100 all else being equal?

Good video! I'm loving my fp. I use it mostly with my herd of SA-mount Sigma lenses using the MC-21 SA-L adapter. The LVF-11 viewfinder is really fun, completely immersive. I still wish for a flippy screen (I use a used Atomos Shinobi) but the SmallRig cage with that cool wooden grip is good for my big hands. Love it! With the LVF-11 and big Art glass with the adapter, it's surprisingly big and heavy, but it's great. -Tom

This is just so refreshing!!!

Hey Justin, just picked up a FP after seeing this video. Appreciate the work that you're giving the little fp community. I ran into an issue while using my BMVA with the fp, and was hoping you had an idea. While hooked up to the video assist and in BRAW, the VA screen becomes non responsive, no touch, nothing. Im currently using the Condor Blue mini hdmi to hdmi cable and have updated to the current firmware 3.9. Any help would be appreciative, thanks again.

Crazy camera! I have the R5 and work in Real Estate photography. But man this camera kills in video for sure! Great video man!

Dam good review my man ! FP & FPL shooter here.

it’s because it isn’t a “fashion banger” camera, it’s a professional tool used where people care about the right things!

Thank you for making this in dept review!

You did an excellent review of Sigma fp. Yes, there were a lot of criticism when it was first released. But knowing the capability of this insane camera become an excellent option. I think the small display is a concern for manual cine lens. The expansive accessories are also not encouraging (optional viewfinder USD $703 after tax locally).

Thank you once again for great content Justin. Coming from Eos M with ML raw I know that CDNG can be losslesly compressed resulting in somewhat smaller filesize. Do you know if the Sigma FP's CDNG files can use / are using similar compression or are they completely uncompressed. If so, for storage maybe they can be stored for less space (backups etc.).

I use two of these cameras and even use one as my web cam when I need it,

Dude your voice is so good its like listening to a storytelling. Subscribed. And yaa, sigma fp got me into deep thinking.

Thanks Sam Rockwell for this well produced video. I really like the great audio on this one.

I currently own a Red Scarlet, Epic and an FP. In my day job we use Arris and Sony Venice's. But the camera that excited me the most is the FP. You need to have the discipline of an old school filmmaker (think S16 cameras). But with patience, the footage is exceptional. Truly "cinematic" - up there with the big hitters. Love it!!! Thanks for the great review

I had no idea this camera existed lol. Good to know

Awesome! You helped reveal something very important!

This is great, well-presented and good in-depth, love it! Subbed, this is a first for me watching this channel.