JD750 wrote:
D-SLR means Digital-SLR. There is a new guy in town.
I have several D-SLRs and also a M43 mirrorless kit. I have been shooting with M43 since circa 2005. M43 has been my go-to travel kit. Last year I bought a new Mirrorless body: an Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mii (Olympus has long model designations). Wow my only regret was that I waited so long.
I find that the electronic viewfinder on the OM-D lets me see exactly what the picture will be before I snap it. I usually use the M mode, and I find that I am ignoring the exposure meter, checking light and shadow, etc, and instead looking directly at the EVF, the light and shadow, and color .That saves time and gives me a better result more quickly than using my DSLR. It also saves stupid mistakes with WB as wrong WB color is immediately obvious and when using WB for creative effect it is immediately obvious.
So the M43 moved from go-to travel to go-to everyday camera. I carry it with me. It's sitting about 2' (61 cm) away from me as I type this.
I am glad that camera giants Canikon have finally woken up to reality. Viva la competition!
I still shoot with SLRs and I can't wait to get my hands on a Nikon Z camera as I have a lot of great Nikon glass that I could use with the Z. I expect mirrorless versions will quickly replace the D-SLRs.
D-SLR means Digital-SLR. There is a new guy in to... (
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Move over hamburger, the cheeseburger has come to town!
Same dinky patty. Same "secret sauce".
But now with a big fat slice of pastuerized processed cheese food! Yum!
It's "one size fits all" in the shrinking digital camera market -- at least
for the top sellers: Sony, Canon, Nikon, etc. But now you can get your
dinky color sensor in two flavors: DSLR and EVIL/MILK. (Just
don't expect DSLRs and their lens mounts to stay around --- the goal
of mirrorless is to cut manufacturing costs--less labor to assemble.)
Even McDonald's doesn't just sell hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
But Sony, Canon. Nikon, etc. just sell only color digital sensors--rather than the
higher-contrast, higher-resolution and lower=noise monochrome sensor. For that,
you have to go to Leica.
And 100% of Sony's sales and 99% of Nikon and Canon's are miniature format
("full-frame" in marketing-speak) or smaller sensors! It's a small world after all...
Uh ,where's the beef? What happened to 8" x 10"? 4" x 5"? or even 120 formats? How
come the only affordable cameras -- and the flagship ones!--have dinky sensors? Kodak's
Brownies were mostly medium or large format: 120/220, 616, 620, etc. You grandma shot
a more professional, high resolution, higher contrast format than you do! It just wasn't
encrusted with computer gadgetry.
Moreover, what happened to B&W? Decolorized is not the same at all.
But now you can get your dinky color sensor with a big fat slice of Electronic Viewfinder.
Sure, it's lower resolution and lower contrast than an optical viewfinder, but it has two
things you can't get with optics: a time lag and a big battery drain.
We all love dead batteries, don't we? Especially when the batteries are expensive non-standard
battery packs. Recharging is so much fun! Replacing even funner! But batteries are a profit
center for Canon and Nikon. (You don't think they could be designed to use a industry-standard
battery?)
Joe Consumer can be induced to buy
anything: bacon-double-greaseburgers, Pet Rocks,
Tickle Me Elmo, Snuggies, the Atkins Diet, Chia Pets....and EVIL/MILC cameras.
Got to get me some of that EVIL/MILC! Consume, consume!