Is Chris Wrong About the Sigma BF? Feat. David Imel
The PetaPixel Photography Podcast12 Maalis 2025

Is Chris Wrong About the Sigma BF? Feat. David Imel

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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by Waveform Podcast co-host David Imel to talk about the Sigma BF and why Chris Niccolls -- who laments the many things cut out to make it "radically simple" -- might be wrong.

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