Sigma's FP2 Keeps the World's Smallest Full-Frame Body and Adds a Faster Sensor, a Tilting Screen and 6K Video

Seven years after the original fp, Sigma's second pocket full-frame camera gets a partially stacked 24.5-megapixel sensor, 20 frames per second, 70GB of built-in storage and a Still/Cine switch. It goes on sale Nov. 11 for $2,199, body only.

KAWASAKI, Japan - Sigma has announced the FP2, the follow-up to its tiny fp mirrorless camera, and the company says it is still the world’s smallest full-frame body. The FP2 goes on sale Nov. 11 at $2,199 for the body alone, Sigma said in its announcement. Bundles with either the 50mm F2 DG Contemporary lens or the new EVF-21 electronic viewfinder cost $2,749.

Sigma America’s announcement of the FP2 on X. Screenshot: @Sigma_Photo on X

The headline change is inside. The FP2 uses a 24.5-megapixel, partially stacked, full-frame CMOS sensor. Resolution is essentially unchanged from the original fp’s 24.6 megapixels, but the faster readout is what matters, The Verge reported. Sigma says it sharply reduces rolling shutter distortion, which counts on a camera that still has only an electronic shutter. It also enables continuous shooting at about 20 frames per second for up to 200 frames, and autofocus subject detection that now recognizes birds as well as people and animals.

The FP2 with its lens removed, showing the full-frame sensor. Image: Sigma

Sigma has dropped one boast. The original fp was billed as the smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera when it arrived in 2019. The FP2 claims only to be the smallest, because the upgrades add about 6 grams to the body and close to 40 grams once the larger battery is inserted, according to The Verge. That battery is rated for about 370 still images or about 130 minutes of video, roughly 30 percent more than the original.

The FP2’s rear screen tilts up 90 degrees and down 45 degrees. Image: Sigma

The 3.2-inch touchscreen now tilts, up 90 degrees and down 45 degrees, and it pulls away from the body, which The Verge said also improves airflow so the camera can record video for longer. The EVF-21 viewfinder attaches through a single USB-C port, uses a 0.5-inch OLED panel with about 5.76 million dots and tilts upward by up to 90 degrees for waist-level shooting.

A switch on the FP2’s top plate moves the camera between its Still and Cine modes. Image: Sigma

Sigma has put just as much weight on video. A dedicated switch on the top plate flips the camera between Still and Cine modes, each with its own menus and workflow. The FP2 records 6K open gate footage from the full sensor, and Sigma rates its dynamic range at up to 14.1 stops in 4K full-frame L-Log, the log profile it licenses from Leica. The camera supports Apple’s ProRes RAW, and The Verge said it tops out at 6K at 60 frames per second, or 4K at 120 frames per second from a cropped area of the sensor. With the optional HU-21 hot shoe unit and Panasonic’s XLR microphone adapter, it records 32-bit float audio.

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Sigma’s cutaway view of the FP2’s 70GB of internal memory. Image: Sigma

Storage gets a safety net. There is still only one SD card slot, but the FP2 adds 70GB of internal storage, so recording can continue when a card fills up. Sigma also added a full-size HDMI port and two USB-C ports, one of them a 10Gbps port that can write ProRes RAW to an external SSD. A Director’s Viewfinder mode can simulate the framing of cinema cameras including the ARRI Alexa 35 and Sony Venice 2 and Burano.

Sigma is also selling a set of accessories built for the new body, including a base plate, an LCD loupe that magnifies the screen 2.5 times, a dedicated battery charger and a DC power connector. The strap holder mounts and the tripod socket all use the standard quarter-inch thread, so a wide range of Sigma and third-party accessories can attach.