FP L

I shoot on Sigma FP L, pretty much the smallest full frame cinema camera existing, the autofocus on that thing is non existent, but it has electronic contacts for modern lenses, unlike this GoPro, I just don't know how your friend is going to use this thing.

Not a lumix body but the Sigma FP and Sigma FPL are l-mount and smaller. They have a lot of drawbacks but yeah just putting it on your radar if you didn’t already know about them!

Thanks for the reply! Yes, seems like a great 120 film scanning option to go with my Sigma FP-L scanning set up. Did you use an adapter from Rafcamera to mount yours? My bellows have an m42 lens mount, so I'm looking at one of their mounts.

Perfect for the Sigma fp too

Really rough to find small lenses for L mount, best bet is probably Sigma's 'i' series, or adapted rangefinder glass (SLR glass the adapter is going to be large). Check out r/sigmafp for vintage glass ideas. There is also of course the manual focus fixed f/8 26mm Lumix

Thank you for detalied review! I got the TTArt 40f2 just 10 days ago and loving it so far on my Sigma FP L and Lumix S9, I was thinking to get the SGimg too especially for the FP L and this review helped me to decide, thank you again!

Speaking as an fp owner, it really depends where you're coming at this from i.e. when you say 'beginner', is that to photography/videography in general or to cinema cameras, workflows, etc. If completely new to manual settings, exposure triangle, use of NDs, etc., let alone 'processing raw cDNG, col

Dude i want a camera so bad. I want a sigma fp, it seems sooo cool even though id be super restricted on lenses. I haven’t used a real camera since the dslr days. I think i still have a canon rebel t5i somewhere

Sigma Fp

I forgot to mention my main Camera is the Sigma Fp so the native L mount helps