News Sigma BF

[xaviergut]

Johnnie from cined.com is in CP+ in Japan and could play a bit with the Sigma BF. He says that it is a very heavy camera, bigger than it seems, that the edges are very sharp (!?) and that it could be used as a weapon hahaha

He says also that is a the perfect Sigma "lifestyle camera". Almost every brand has a "lifestyle camera":

Nikon: Zf
OM Systems: OM3
Lumix: S9
Fujifilm: X100VI
Sony: A7CR
Leica: Q3 (all of Leicas are lifestyle cameras)
Canon: ???????

My lifestyle camera is the Nikon Df... in 2025 (!?)

 

[AlanC]

the edges are very sharp (!?)

I wonder how well that'll stand up to regular use. I've been using Apple MacBook Pro's for about 12 years now and a personal frustration is that it's a bit too easy to ding the sharp edges: I did this to my current 2021 version simply by knocking it slightly as I picked up my iPad that was connected to it by USB while debugging an app. It'd really bug me to have a camera with chewed up edges...

I'm also wondering what the arrival of the BF means for the fp series? I'm presuming they'll be discontinued in due course since they've never sold well, but I'm going to be sad about that because no other camera I've owned can match my fp L in terms of pure image quality and beautiful colour.

 

[Travis Butler]

Johnnie from cined.com is in CP+ in Japan and could play a bit with the Sigma BF. He says that it is a very heavy camera, bigger than it seems, that the edges are very sharp (!?) and that it could be used as a weapon hahaha

Heh. Yeah, I expected it to feel pretty dense, given the solid metal unibody; did he say whether it just felt dense, or did the weight drag on your arm after a while? This has unfortunately become a significant point for me of late. ;_; The sharp edges also sound like a concern.

Did he say anything about the rear screen? I said it’d take a quantum leap to make it usable for me, but maybe they pulled it off…

He says also that is a the perfect Sigma "lifestyle camera". Almost every brand has a "lifestyle camera":

Well, there are lifestyle cameras and there are “lifestyle cameras”. ^^;;

The S9 has the small stylish body, but it also has the LUTs and fast posting workflow.

The X100 line has the retro film styling, but it also has the focus on a manual retro control setup for those who want it.

The A7CR has a compact body, and… well, I wasn’t that impressed with the ergonomics when I played with one. (Frankly, I don’t find it all that stylish either.)

The OM3 is stylish, but I also like the size, the stacked sensor, and it looks like they didn’t skimp on the controls. But I’d still want to play with one to see if the ergonomics work.

The Zf I don’t know enough about to say whether the style is more than skin-deep.

Not touching the Leica argument. ^^;;

 

[GeorgeHudetz]

Yeah, sharp edges so sound fragile/painful/damaging. Perhaps they should break those edges with a small chamfer.

 

[AlanC]

According to Petapixel, Sigma can make just 9 BF's a day since it takes 7 hours for the CNC machine to mill the casing from a single block of aluminium:
https://petapixel.com/2025/02/25/sigma-can-make-just-nine-bf-cameras-a-day/

So there are never going to be many of them.

 

[GeorgeHudetz]

According to Petapixel, Sigma can make just 9 BF's a day since it takes 7 hours for the CNC machine to mill the casing from a single block of aluminium:
https://petapixel.com/2025/02/25/sigma-can-make-just-nine-bf-cameras-a-day/

So there are never going to be many of them.

Interesting.

Of course, that could be ramped up with more mills working in parallel, but it does serve to illustrate the complexity of making such a casing.