Sigma BF Wins Camera Grand Prix 2026 'Camera Reporters' Club Planning Award'
Sigma Corporation's full-frame mirrorless camera, the [Sigma BF], has won the 'Camera Reporters' Club Planning Award' at the Camera Grand Prix 2026. It was highly praised for its unique user interface that allows for deep focus on shooting and its beautiful design featuring a machined aluminum body.
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The interchangeable lens full-size mirrorless camera [Sigma BF] from Sigma Corporation (Headquarters: Kawasaki, Kanagawa; President: Kazuto Yamaki) has received the 'Camera Reporters' Club Planning Award' at the Camera Grand Prix 2026.
The Camera Grand Prix 2026 is hosted by the Camera Journal Press Club (CJPC), a group of representatives from photography and camera-specialized magazines and web media. The selection committee, organized under the Camera Grand Prix 2026 Executive Committee (Chairman: Wataru Ohe), selected the winners from products launched between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026.
The 'Camera Reporters' Club Award' is chosen by CJPC members from all cameras and photography-related products/equipment, excluding the winners of the 'Grand Prix' and 'Lens Award,' recognizing products particularly outstanding in popularity, newsworthiness, and innovation.
This is the third time our digital camera products have received an award, following the Sigma DP1 (2008) and the Sigma DP Merrill series (2013).
We will continue to pursue even higher image quality and strive to develop products that genuinely delight our customers, focusing on photographic equipment that prioritizes essential performance.
Award Summary
Award Category: 'Camera Reporters' Club Award - Planning Award'
Winning Product: Sigma BF
Product Information: https://www.sigma-global.com/jp/cameras/bf/
Reason for Selection:
'Highly praised for its unique user interface that allows for deep concentration on the act of shooting, achieved by simplifying the control and display systems to the extreme, based on a design philosophy that returns to the essence of 'capturing'. Furthermore, its unibody structure, machined from a single block of aluminum, achieves both high rigidity and artisanal beauty, boldly expressing the physical allure of the camera as a product. Its innovation, which questions the camera's reason for being and presents new value and direction through an approach different from the conventional trend of increasing multifunctionality, is worthy of special mention.'
---For more details on the award, please visit the Camera Journal Press Club website.
About the Camera Grand Prix
The Camera Grand Prix 2026 is hosted by the Camera Journal Press Club (founded in September 1963, currently with 8 media outlets and 1 organization as members as of April 2026, Representative Secretary: Makoto Shibata), and the selection committee is organized under the operation of the Camera Grand Prix 2026 Executive Committee (Chairman: Wataru Ohe).
About Sigma
'The Art of engineering. Engineering for Art.'
Elevating technology to the realm of art, dedicating technology to art.
Sigma is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment, including cameras, lenses, and accessories. Since our founding in 1961, we have always maintained a deep respect for people's passion for expression and aimed to provide the best shooting tools to meet all needs. The high quality of 'Made in Aizu, Japan,' realized by our sole production base, the Aizu factory, and a supply chain centered in the Tohoku region, along with the crystallization of local wisdom and technology, is the very essence of Sigma.
www.sigma-global.com
[Contact Information]
For Press: Sigma Corporation, PR Department
pr@sigma-photo.co.jp
For General Public: Sigma Corporation, Customer Support
https://www.sigma-global.com/jp/support/contact/
The Camera Grand Prix 2026 is hosted by the Camera Journal Press Club (CJPC), a group of representatives from photography and camera-specialized magazines and web media. The selection committee, organized under the Camera Grand Prix 2026 Executive Committee (Chairman: Wataru Ohe), selected the winners from products launched between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026.
The 'Camera Reporters' Club Award' is chosen by CJPC members from all cameras and photography-related products/equipment, excluding the winners of the 'Grand Prix' and 'Lens Award,' recognizing products particularly outstanding in popularity, newsworthiness, and innovation.
This is the third time our digital camera products have received an award, following the Sigma DP1 (2008) and the Sigma DP Merrill series (2013).
We will continue to pursue even higher image quality and strive to develop products that genuinely delight our customers, focusing on photographic equipment that prioritizes essential performance.
Award Summary
Award Category: 'Camera Reporters' Club Award - Planning Award'
Winning Product: Sigma BF
Product Information: https://www.sigma-global.com/jp/cameras/bf/
Reason for Selection:
'Highly praised for its unique user interface that allows for deep concentration on the act of shooting, achieved by simplifying the control and display systems to the extreme, based on a design philosophy that returns to the essence of 'capturing'. Furthermore, its unibody structure, machined from a single block of aluminum, achieves both high rigidity and artisanal beauty, boldly expressing the physical allure of the camera as a product. Its innovation, which questions the camera's reason for being and presents new value and direction through an approach different from the conventional trend of increasing multifunctionality, is worthy of special mention.'
---For more details on the award, please visit the Camera Journal Press Club website.
About the Camera Grand Prix
The Camera Grand Prix 2026 is hosted by the Camera Journal Press Club (founded in September 1963, currently with 8 media outlets and 1 organization as members as of April 2026, Representative Secretary: Makoto Shibata), and the selection committee is organized under the operation of the Camera Grand Prix 2026 Executive Committee (Chairman: Wataru Ohe).
About Sigma
'The Art of engineering. Engineering for Art.'
Elevating technology to the realm of art, dedicating technology to art.
Sigma is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment, including cameras, lenses, and accessories. Since our founding in 1961, we have always maintained a deep respect for people's passion for expression and aimed to provide the best shooting tools to meet all needs. The high quality of 'Made in Aizu, Japan,' realized by our sole production base, the Aizu factory, and a supply chain centered in the Tohoku region, along with the crystallization of local wisdom and technology, is the very essence of Sigma.
www.sigma-global.com
[Contact Information]
For Press: Sigma Corporation, PR Department
pr@sigma-photo.co.jp
For General Public: Sigma Corporation, Customer Support
https://www.sigma-global.com/jp/support/contact/