Short version: the fp2 has no mechanical shutter at all, so there is no actuation wear to measure — and Sigma’s MakerNote carries no actuation counter, so there is no number hiding in the DNG either. Dropping an fp2 file into this tool returns the camera, the capture date and the exposure settings, and no shutter count. This page explains why that is the correct answer rather than a missing feature, and what to look at instead on a body whose wear never shows up as a number.
See supported cameras →Sigma announced the fp2 on 22 October 2026, with a global release date of 11 November 2026 and a body-only price of $2,199. It is the third camera in the fp line — after the 24.6 MP fp of 2019 and the 61 MP fp L of 2021 — and keeps the line’s defining idea: a rectangular L-Mount block with no built-in viewfinder, no mirror box and no shutter mechanism, onto which you add the pieces you need. The clip-on EVF-21 finder and the HU-21 hot shoe unit are accessories rather than parts of the body.
What changed for this generation is the sensor: a 24.5 MP partially stacked full-frame CMOS, the faster readout of which is what makes an electronic-shutter-only camera more defensible in 2026 than it was in 2019.
| Specification | Sigma fp2 |
|---|---|
| Shutter | Electronic shutter only — 1/25600 to 30 s, Bulb to 5 min |
| Sensor | 24.5 MP effective (26.8 MP total) partially stacked CMOS, 35.9 × 23.9 mm |
| Mount | L-Mount |
| Stills RAW | 14-bit lossless compressed DNG, plus JPEG (Exif 3.0) |
| ISO (stills) | 100–102400, extended 6 / 12 / 25 / 50 |
| Continuous | 20 / 8 / 5 / 3 fps; 20 fps for up to 200 JPEG or 180 DNG frames |
| Flash | Sync max. 1/50 s (1/60 s or slower in crop mode); external flash needs the HU-21 hot shoe unit |
| Storage | Approx. 70 GB internal memory, plus an SD card slot |
| Size / weight | 112.8 × 69.9 × 41.8 mm · approx. 446 g with battery, 388 g body only |
| Rated shutter life | Not published — and not applicable, see below |
Two separate things have to be true before a “shutter count” exists for a camera: the body has to have a shutter that wears, and the file has to carry a counter. On the fp2 neither does.
Sigma’s specification sheet gives the shutter type as “Electronic shutter” and lists no mechanical alternative. Every exposure from 1/25600 s to 30 s, and Bulb up to five minutes, is a sensor readout. There is no curtain, no blade, no spring and no magnet that moves once per frame, which is exactly why the body can be 41.8 mm deep. The visible trace of that design is in the flash line of the same spec sheet: sync tops out at 1/50 s, because the sync speed of an electronic shutter is its readout time.
ExifTool maintains a Sigma MakerNotes tag table, and it is reasonably complete — serial number, drive mode, AF mode, lens type, firmware, white balance, sensor temperature and so on. What it does not contain, at any address, is a ShutterCount, ImageCount or actuation tag. The nearest-looking entry is 0x0034 BurstShot, which is not documented as a lifetime counter and should not be quoted as one.
Make: SIGMA, Model: SIGMA fp, a capture date and an ISO value against ShutterCount: not found for both. The fp2 does not ship until 11 November 2026, so no fp2 file has been through this parser at all — this page says what the format supports rather than claiming a read nobody has performed.
If you want to see for yourself what an fp2 writes, exiftool -a -G1 FILE.DNG dumps every group ExifTool can name, including the Sigma MakerNote. It is a useful thing to do with a new format; just do not expect an actuation figure in the output, and treat any listing that quotes one “from the EXIF” as something to ask a question about.
There is no official actuation rating for the fp2. Sigma’s specification page carries no durability figure, and this page quotes none — not even an estimate. That is a deliberate choice rather than a gap: the ~100,000 / ~150,000 / ~300,000 numbers that get passed around are measurements of focal-plane shutter mechanisms, and the fp2 does not have one. Borrowing such a figure would describe a part this camera does not contain.
Nothing here is exotic, but none of it shows up as a number in a file, which is why it is worth a checklist:
It is worth saying plainly, because on a camera with no counter the file number is the number people reach for. The four digits in a DCF filename describe files written into the current folder on the current card: the sequence rolls over at 9999, and it resets when the card is formatted or when the camera’s numbering mode is changed. On the fp2 there is also internal memory alongside the SD slot, so even “this card’s history” is only part of the story. A high file number proves somebody shot a lot of frames onto that card. A low one proves nothing at all.
The first used bodies will appear within months of the 11 November 2026 release, and they will arrive without the one data point used-camera listings are built around. What to ask for instead:
ShutterCount runs entirely in your browser and reads the counter from Canon CR3/CR2, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, Fujifilm RAF, Pentax and Ricoh PEF/DNG, plus the HEIF and JPEG files carrying the same MakerNotes. Sigma DNGs parse for metadata but hold no counter. If you want a body where a number really does come out of the file, these are read in the browser:
If an actuation counter does turn up in fp2 files once bodies are in the wild, a sample is genuinely useful — samples@shuttercount.app. No promise attached: as things stand there is no documented tag in the Sigma MakerNote to parse.
No. Sigma’s own specification sheet lists the shutter type as “Electronic shutter” and nothing else — 1/25600 to 30 s plus Bulb to 5 minutes. Like the fp (2019) and fp L (2021), the fp2 has no focal-plane curtain, so there is no part that wears out once per exposure and no mechanical actuation count to track.
No. There is no documented actuation counter in Sigma’s MakerNote for any fp-series body, so there is nothing to return. On the Sigma fp and fp L DNG samples bundled with this project, the parser reads make, model, capture date and ISO and reports no shutter count; the same is expected of the fp2. The camera does not ship until 11 November 2026, so no fp2 file has been through this parser yet — and this page will be corrected rather than quietly left standing if that picture turns out to be wrong.
exiftool -ShutterCount work on an fp2 file?ExifTool does have a Sigma MakerNotes tag table, but it contains no ShutterCount, ImageCount or actuation tag at all. The nearest entry is 0x0034 BurstShot, which is not documented as a lifetime counter. exiftool -a -G1 FILE.DNG will show you everything Sigma writes, which is worth a look on a new format — an actuation figure just will not be in it.
Sigma publishes none, and the question does not really apply: durability ratings describe mechanical shutter mechanisms, and this camera has none. This page quotes no number, not even an estimate. An exact “rated for N actuations” claim for an fp2 is somebody’s guess in a specification’s clothing.
No. A DCF file number counts files in the current folder on the current card, rolls over at 9999 and resets on formatting or a numbering-mode change — and the fp2 also has about 70 GB of internal memory alongside the SD slot. It describes one card, not the camera.
It does not, and that is the point: all three are electronic-shutter-only L-Mount bodies writing DNG, and none of them records an actuation counter a file reader can recover. What changed with the fp2 is the sensor — 24.5 MP partially stacked, with faster readout and therefore less rolling shutter than the fp’s BSI sensor — not the metadata.
Shutter type, shutter-speed range, sensor size and resolution, mount, ISO range, continuous-shooting rates and buffer, flash sync and the HU-21 requirement, DNG/JPEG recording, internal memory, dimensions and weight, and the absence of any durability rating all come from Sigma’s own fp2 product and specification page. Announcement date, release date, price, the EVF-21 finder and the partially stacked sensor’s effect on rolling shutter are from launch coverage: PetaPixel (22 October 2026) and DPReview. The absence of an actuation tag in Sigma’s MakerNote is from the ExifTool Sigma tag-name index. The parser result for Sigma DNG files is this project’s own validate.mjs run against the bundled SIGMA fp.DNG and SIGMA fp L.DNG samples; format support overall is the matrix on the ShutterCount home page.