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James Artaius

Sigma BF review: the camera that beats Leica at its own game

Photographer James Artaius using a Sigma BF.

Perhaps it’s an L-Mount Alliance in-joke, but the Sigma BF just out-Leicad Leica. Maybe the two companies placed a wager on whether Sigma would be first to outdo Leica’s cameras or Leica would be first to outdo Sigma’s lenses.

Either way, the Sigma BF is a very clever little camera for some familiar reasons. It’s so beautiful that it makes your heart skip a beat. It’s made from a single block of aluminum. It boasts bountiful internal memory. It strips physical controls and an EVF in favor of a friction-free touchscreen-driven experience. And it uses the L-Mount.

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