Google em1 and 75mm. Look at those photos. That's my standard to meet/exceed.
CHOLLY wrote:
Bridge cameras are a type of mirrorless camera.
The cameras listed above are also mirrorless. They produce some of the best image quality available in the right hands. ;)
Oh boy now I'm really confused. But I'll work on it. Thx
tita1948 wrote:
Oh boy now I'm really confused. But I'll work on it. Thx
Don't be - forget about bridge cameras
Because bridge cameras are not for serious work. Tiny sensors, and slow in most cases. It is like trying to use a toyota Prius for racing.
tita1948 wrote:
...snip...One other question does mirrorless mean the same as bridge? Maybe I'm confusing things.
Ah, here is the real question!!! Maybe you should have done your research before asking the question. And I don't say that in a mean or negative way.
From your question it is not clear whether you own a mirrorless camera or not - now it is clear that you don't, and as well that your are confused about what is what.
Point & Shoot: by definition mirrorless, although not usually referred to as such.
Bridge: Bridges the gap between P&S and dSLR, and I believe most if not all bridge cameras also are mirrorless.
dSLR: Very definitely has a mirror, so that you can see the image you want to take through the optical viewfinder.
Note that there also are cameras that have a second small lens on the front to show the image through an optical viewfinder. I believe they are called range finder cameras (someone correct me if I'm wrong), but I don't think they are being made now.
But we now have the camera that seems to generally be referred to as "mirrorless" and it every bit as good as a dSLR and you can make it do every bit as much as you can make a dSLR do.
Now I have a question for you: All these images that you see as soft, how do you know what camera they were taken with?
Once in a while I'll look at photos on one of the photo websites, or on a private website, but only rarely do I see reference to what camera was used to take those photos with.
Could you give a couple of links to photos you've seen that are soft and taken with a mirrorless camera?
tdekany wrote:
I'm just going to be blunt. Nothing personal against you, but your I initial question is extremely ignorant. I am sorry. I still can't figure out how one can come to that sort of conclusion, not to mention "as a pro"?????
Do you not know that it is the person behind the camera that takes the picture? So if you see a picture that is not tack sharp, do you not automatically think that that is the user? I mean when I see a less than "tack sharp" picture or pictures posted anywhere that were taken with a dslr I just move on to the next one without ever having that thought cross my mind. Again, I apologise, but this is the most illogical question I have ever seen on a forum. (I wanted to use the word "stupidest" but don't mean to sound mean)
I'm just going to be blunt. Nothing personal again... (
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To the OP, this was a completely unnecessary comment.
tita1948 wrote:
If you don't have the lens racked out to a ridicules length is there a mirrorless camera that takes tack sharp photos? So far what I have seen leaves me unimpressed. Everything always looks soft.
I hope someone can prove me wrong because I really want one :-)
Ok, let's start from the beginning. When most of us say "mirrorless", we mean a MILC: mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. There are currently 4 sizes of MILCs (not counting some Pentax duds):
1. full frame (1x, Sony A7-series)
2. APS-C (1.5x, Fuji X-series, Sony NEX, Samsung NX)
3. micro 4/3 (Olympus and Panasonic)
4. 1"/CX (Nikon 1 series)
The biggest differences between MILCs and DSLRs tend to be
* an electronic viewfinder (EVF) instead of an optical one (OVF)
* contrast detection AF instead of phase detection AF
The AF system can affect sharpness for action shots, but the sensors are as good as the sensors in DSLRs of the same size. In particular, the Sony A7r sensor is basically the same as the D800 sensor, with image quality about as good as any camera in these categories.
BHC
Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I prefer razor sharp
"Razor sharp" is much to deep for me, whereas "tack sharp" gets right to the point.
BHC
Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
tdekany wrote:
I'm just going to be blunt. Nothing personal against you, but your I initial question is extremely ignorant. I am sorry. I still can't figure out how one can come to that sort of conclusion, not to mention "as a pro"?????
Do you not know that it is the person behind the camera that takes the picture? So if you see a picture that is not tack sharp, do you not automatically think that that is the user? I mean when I see a less than "tack sharp" picture or pictures posted anywhere that were taken with a dslr I just move on to the next one without ever having that thought cross my mind. Again, I apologise, but this is the most illogical question I have ever seen on a forum. (I wanted to use the word "stupidest" but don't mean to sound mean)
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For someone who doesn't want to appear mean, you certainly have a way of doing so in a meandering, senseless and vicious method.
amehta wrote:
Ok, let's start from the beginning...
Thanks for your input, Amehta. Mirrorless, bridge, 4/3, etc., is foreign ground for a lot of us.
Mogul wrote:
For someone who doesn't want to appear mean, you certainly have a way of doing so in a meandering, senseless and vicious method.
I wouldn't have written if I knew what I now know about the OP. I thought she was a pro selling her pictures. It just didn't make an ounce of sense what she was asking being a professional.
OddJobber wrote:
Thanks for your input, Amehta. Mirrorless, bridge, 4/3, etc., is foreign ground for a lot of us.
Yes, there are a lot of different options, and the image quality in many cases is quite close, so it is reasonable for some to consider a few of the choices.
tita1948 wrote:
If you don't have the lens racked out to a ridicules length is there a mirrorless camera that takes tack sharp photos? So far what I have seen leaves me unimpressed. Everything always looks soft.
I hope someone can prove me wrong because I really want one :-)
I use Fuji mirrorless cameras and can attain eye-bleeding-sharp images and I know that a lot of other brands of mirrorless are just as good.
You are welcome to look at or download any of my flickr images full size if you want; they are almost all shot with Fuji Mirrorless cameras.
So...do you mean "bridge" or "mirrorless"????
Now I'm confused.
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