The demise of Canon and Nikon DSLRs a good thing?
Jul 18, 2022 19:24:35 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
Why would you not buy a mirrorless, prices are coming down as exemplified by the Canon R7 basically the same price as the older 7D which it replaces as Canon's premier APS-C camera. The mirrorless version offers so much more than a DSLR alternative.
Jul 18, 2022 21:05:46 #
Mirrorless cameras are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. What are you waiting for?
Jul 18, 2022 21:18:04 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Mirrorless cameras are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. What are you waiting for?
Inspiration and cash. Mostly cash.
Jul 18, 2022 22:02:07 #
John7199
Loc: Eastern Mass.
Orphoto wrote:
I think I get tired of people reading something on the internet and believing it must be true.
Can we just take a break from the death of Nikon, Cannon DSLR's
Jul 18, 2022 23:12:02 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
CHG_CANON wrote:
A photographer brings their camera.
That is why I always have my smartphone and/or regular camera with me.
Jul 18, 2022 23:31:00 #
Nikon DSLR Production Shutdown | DSLR Camera Near Extinction
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Jul 19, 2022 11:51:52 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you want to be a better photographer, there are two things you must do above all others: buy a mirrorless camera and use it.
Here we go again.
Jul 19, 2022 12:18:13 #
therwol wrote:
Yes, BUT if your camera is making noise and scaring birds away and annoying people you're sitting next to, you may still find it advantageous to buy a mirrorless camera. And learn to use it.
Interesting, my DSLR camera has a silent mode. But wasn’t this thread about needing a mirrorless camera to take good photographs. Why, the next thing is someone will say is you need a Canon to take good photographs.
Jul 19, 2022 13:07:09 #
therwol
Loc: USA
texasdigital wrote:
Interesting, my DSLR camera has a silent mode. But wasn’t this thread about needing a mirrorless camera to take good photographs. Why, the next thing is someone will say is you need a Canon to take good photographs.
My Nikon D850 has a silent mode. It only works in the Live View mode, using an electronic shutter rather than the camera's mechanical shutter. It does not give you all of the benefits of a typical mirrorless camera. Autofocus in this mode with this particular camera is painfully slow and hunts before it locks on to a subject. Tracking a fast moving subject is out of the question. The only Nikon DSLR with phase detection (fast) autofocus in the Live View mode is the D780. Second, the electronic shutter on this and most cameras is subject to a rolling shutter effect, distorting the geometry of fast moving objects like golf clubs and baseball bats. You have to pay for a pro level camera like the Z9 to get an electronic shutter that doesn't suffer from rolling shutter at high shutter speeds.
Jul 19, 2022 13:17:07 #
therwol wrote:
My Nikon D850 has a silent mode. It only works in... (show quote)
Mirrorless cameras are about so much more than an electronic shutter, they have moved far beyond what you will find in an older DSLR. All of the newest technologies coming from the camera manufactures are to be found in their mirrorless bodies, from IBIS to amazing focusing and tracking to exposure preview, 15X optical zoom when manually focusing a lens... ultra fast continuous shutter speeds for sports or wildlife.... the advantages are almost endless and the manufacturers are making them better with each new release.
If people are happy with their DSLRs that is fine, a great photographer can make great images with a cell phone, or with an early 2000s vintage DSLR and a cheap kit lens, but there are also great advancements being made in camera bodies and they will only be found in mirrorless offerings giving photographers advantages that their DSLRs just can't.
Jul 19, 2022 13:33:34 #
therwol
Loc: USA
Blurryeyed wrote:
Mirrorless cameras are about so much more than an ... (show quote)
You're right. I was only addressing a statement made by texasdigital. You can turn a DSLR into a silent camera but usually with severe limitations not found in mirrorless cameras.
Jul 19, 2022 13:48:11 #
Jul 19, 2022 13:51:05 #
therwol
Loc: USA
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you hear something, that is not 'silent'.
A DSLR in the silent mode which I described is silent. I suppose screaming when the pictures don't come out as expected isn't silent. It isn't a good alternative to a mirrorless camera.
Jul 19, 2022 13:55:42 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you hear something, that is not 'silent'.
Not so sure about that. When my daughter makes a smart remark and I ask her what she said, she says, "Nothing." So apparently she was silent but I definitely heard something.
Jul 19, 2022 13:59:22 #
stanikon wrote:
Not so sure about that. When my daughter makes a smart remark and I ask her what she said, she says, "Nothing." So apparently she was silent but I definitely heard something.
Exactly.
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