Panasonic
Lumix S5II
$1797.99
Sigma
Based on 102 Reddit mentions
$1570.00
Sentiment summary across the product areas Reddit users mention most.
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I recommend YouTube. I spent a lot of time interested in Sigmas, FP, FPl, the new one. It seems to me almost entirely everyone I watch that even start out loving it moves on and has a lot of complaints.
Ok_Print_6209 in r/Lumix
December 29, 2025 5:50 PM
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I think that's largely correct, however, do note that unlike the SL, the fp and fp L only have an electronic shutter. I've found that the fp L has especially persistent banding artifacts, even when shooting at a shutter speed in sync with power frequency. fp is not as bad. YMMV Also related to the e
...mrchowderclam in r/sigmafp
March 22, 2026 6:40 PM
2
Maybe I shouldn't have chosen such a "unique" camera in the first place :( From your wording I interpreted ISO only as a factor in the photo's "output render" - but this would only be the case for the few cameras where ISO is just metadata This might cover what you said again, but I'm writing it dow
...focalreducer in r/cinematography
January 8, 2026 1:16 PM
1
How's the DPL dragon cage? I've debated grabbing one myself but I see my time with the sigma fp is nearly up as the fx30 has eclipsed it for most use
fukishen in r/sigmafp
January 14, 2026 11:50 AM
1
Be prepared for bad AF. Even the go-L which has better AF is still bad. E shutter has quirks and sigmas version has banding in weird lighting. Both sigma and Panasonic have movement issues when things get diagonal. And no hot shoe/flash. I tried both the fp-L and S9 to replace an xm5/xe4. I loved th
...benjaminbjacobsen in r/sigmafp
January 31, 2026 4:58 AM
1