Will m lens show EXIF with m to L adapter? How is camera color in LR?
Simpler AF setting sounds good for me. I don’t use any Fancy AF feature and settings on S1 so those feature just made the menu cluster and more confusing.
If everything works out nicely for you, and for me on paper I might get it as well at end of this year. I am not in a hurry though but sigma 45 is really a wonderful glass. I think they will introduce more with the success of this 45 brought.
If anyone think of video, this seems a no brainer.
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Some time constrained ramblings. Specific questions welcome.
E-Shutter seems to not be an issue yet (so far no jelly images). Noticed flickering on the LCD but not in my images so far.
I haven’t tested flash but I’m not hopeful even though they included a hot shoe.
Camera is small but solid feeling with a nice finish. The buttons feel cheap to me, especially the shutter. The battery door lock/latch was poorly thought out and will break at some point.
Lens release button is overly large and strangely designed. The heat sink holes will fill with dust and be VERY hard to clean.
Customisation is well thought out in the QS menu but I feel some buttons need to allow for mapping (firmware can fix this). A direct way to change the focus point without touching the screen would be good. And a toggle for face detect on/off would add to the usability.
The preset LUTS seem like nonsense, I’d need to fine-tune JPGs before I could comment further. Very little customisation options but I will try.
Menu is straight forward and not confusing but options are limited. This is not a fancy camera. Scrolling through the menu is awkward but easily fixed in firmware. And I’ve only had to set the camera once as the QS menu works for most of my needs.
If I were using the camera for random snaps (and size was a priority) I feel it’s a better camera than most due to its limited function (strange to say but true). The Eye-detect is very good at picking out eyes at quite far distances. And the AF works the way I like, as in you can set it to either one point or multi but if face detect is on it’ll still use whatever AF setting you chose but overwrite it with a face present.
I would likely use this as either a backup to the SL2 (when it comes), or as a replacement to the Q/Q2 since 45mm is more preferable to me over 28mm. Though I will add the Q has better ergonomics and fits in my hand nicer.
Eye detect works better than on the S1 (in ideal conditions). The AF is worse in lower light and is overall slower to move the lens (bet this is to preserve battery). The FP gets far less confused than the S1 and thus far I’ve had less AF issues with AF-S on the FP.
The video AF is terrible on the FP and I have yet to test the AF-C mode.
The battery (with 35SL attached) drains pretty quickly. I feel the Q gets a lot more life out of the batteries. It shares the same battery with the Q but it’s cheaper than a Q battery.
I will do a more in depth AF test comparing the S1 and the FP, but mostly for my own reference.
I will be using the 50cronSL and 90cronSL tomorrow for my focus test and will get around to testing all my lenses ASAP.
If anyone has interest I'll try to take better notes.
I would like to note that the 35cronSL does not have issues on the FP.
This may be a very good solution for M lenses, I’ll test the focus peaking reliability and corner performance of some wide M lenses vs the M and S1 when I have a chance hopefully on Sunday if weather permits.
Overall I like the camera better than the S1, but I’ve never been one to need bells and whistles. The M satisfies me the most as a photographic tool but it’s nice to have a small camera that can AF. Let’s hope Sigma makes more little (45mm DN DG sized) lenses in the future. I still think the SL has a better balance of features to simplicity, so I’m eagerly awaiting the SL2. If the SL2 disappoints I would probably move away from the L-mount and stick with the EOSR rather than trying to make the FP or the S1 work for me.
Oct 25, 2019 at 01:32 PM
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