bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

Like art, superior is in the eye of the beholder and everyone has their own definition of superior. If you define superior as bang for the buck, forget about one of the Nikon Zs and pick up a used D800 for a tenth the price. If you define superior as FPS, don’t even consider the plodding 800.

Miker999

Use what you are comfortable with. Every camera has limitations. The important thing is to know how to work around any limitations you feel your camera of choice has. In some cases you might need more post editing Who cares, Just enjoy the craft.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

And everyone has different needs, perceptions, desires, and expectations.

(That's why I evaluate things for myself....)

Edawsoni

For sports action, wildlife and BIFs you can't beat Swiss quality in mirrorless digital cameras.

But remember it's not the tools that matter it's the skilled photographer who can work around and overcome any limitations.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Flickwet Loc: NEOhio

17 pages! Has anybody learned anything?

Miker999

YES!

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Superior without qualifications. Bang for the buck doesn’t matter if it lacks the features you desire for what you shoot. Superior is capability and modern mirrorless are flat out superior in almost every way.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Did anyone learn anything from watching Seinfeld, other than it was about nothing?

Craig Meyer Loc: Sparks, NV

No, it has a range finder. Like so many before us. OR it has a ground glass viewing screen, ditto. or yes, it does have a mirror, but it is stationary---does that count. Think Henri, Ansel and Earnst. You think Mirrorless is going to make you that good?

Extreme lens design parameters are still the exception, not the rule.
Live view is a convenience to some.

But let's get away from the camera makes the photographer nonsense. That was a dead horse long ago.

The best advice running in the forum, when asked about evaluating a new upgraded camera purchase usually advised the poster to list those things they're unable to do with their present gear, that the new gear allows.

Nice features that IBIS, EVF, eye focus. They either aren't relevant to my work, OR I've been working around them for 30 years and if I'm not perfect, I'm better than good enough.

With all the metering and focus points sensors have today, if you need to see a capture preview, except in the extreme, get a one-on-one tutorial. The rest of us learned that in Jr High, and then found bracketing/compensation when it became available. I bracketed and compensated with my thumb for years. With a modern DSLR, I still can do it faster than the automagic!

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BebuLamar

I value being the same always. So I will continue to like and use what I liked and what I used unless I am forced to change like there is no more old stuff they all broken. My dad bought a Marelli fan when I was born 69 years ago and it's still working and I value that.

BebuLamar

Now that is the kind of mirrorless I like.

Miker999

My last DSLR was a Canon 5Dmklll. In
In 2018 I switched to a mirrorless camera Only because I had developed a serious chronic illness. I could no longer handle a DSLR. I needed smaller and lighter. My issues were bad enough that I had to stop my business. The good news is that switching to a lighter camera allows me to continue (in a modified way) my love for photography, which goes back to 1981. Some of the features of a mirrorless camera help me and other features I really don't need but are nice to have.

gwilliams6

Mirrorless vs "regular' cameras, LOL

There are currently over 7.07 Billion smartphones in use worldwide, and the number is steadily growing. ALL those smartphones have mirrorless cameras, ALL..

Mirrorless cameras are the "regular" cameras of choice in today's world, not even counting the mirrorless compact, bridge, and interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras that dominate the hobbyist and professional photography markets.

That is the new reality.

The many clear advantages of mirrorless cameras are well known, and have been debated ad-nauseum here in many threads in UHH, LOL

DSLR and film cameras will still exist and be used for many years to come, but they are in declining numbers.

Use what you have, what you love, what you are comfortable with, what is already paid for, and be happy.

Cheers and best to you all.

Bill_de Loc: US

You should have realized that UHH is a place where a relatively small group of people continue to regurgitate the same stuff time after after. There are one or two people who, no matter what, want to get in the last word. Sometimes they just post that they agree with what somebody said.

It shouldn't take more than a few pages to get everything sorted.

Who believes it takes 17+ pages to make a valid point.

UHH is very entertaining and sometimes slightly educational.

The hard part is separating the wheat from the chaff .



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