Sigma has announced the FP2, a compact full-frame mirrorless camera that goes on sale November 11 at $2,199 for the body alone.
The FP2 arrives seven years after the original fp, which Sigma billed as the world's smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera. The follow-up adds an improved sensor, an articulating LCD display and longer battery life. A second option bundles the body with Sigma's upgraded EVF-21 viewfinder for $2,749, a $550 step up from the body-only price.
The most telling detail is in the wording. Sigma now calls the FP2 the "world's smallest" full-frame camera and drops "lightest". The upgrades added about six grams to the body-only weight, so the company has trimmed its own claim to match. Both claims come from Sigma's marketing, and the weight change is the company's own accounting.
Six grams is a rounding error in the hand. Even so, the change shows the trade-off in a design built around size. A camera that sets out to be the smallest cannot add a movable screen, a better sensor and a longer-lasting battery without paying somewhere, and here the cost shows up in the spec sheet rather than in the dimensions Sigma is still advertising.
That makes the FP2 a reasonable test of how much small-camera buyers value convenience over minimalism. An articulating screen and longer battery life are practical fixes, the kind that matter more in daily use than a weight figure.
The two price points also split the lineup. The $2,199 figure covers the camera alone, while the viewfinder version costs $550 more. Which of the two Sigma expects most buyers to choose is not something the announcement settles.