Mirrorless will rule world
Jul 13, 2022 22:25:56 #
Lots of well made points there. As it is though, my (old faithful) DLSR's accomplish everything good nuff for me to record events that make for lasting memories. Family get togethers. Scenic road trips, funny candid shots etc. etc.
Jul 13, 2022 22:27:01 #
And in a few years, camera companies will be pushing something else. With dwindling camera sales, they need to convince photographers to dump their (perfectly working) old cameras and buy new cameras and new lenses.
Jul 13, 2022 22:27:42 #
I quit being afraid when I bought a mirrorless camera and none of my old DSLRs burst into smoke.
Jul 13, 2022 22:37:02 #
brentrh wrote:
Just as digital image replaced film mirrorless cameras will be all camera makers produce. That old SLR with a prism and mechanical mirror that must move out of the shutters way. For years SLRs were one of best. But now dethroned by technology mirrorless rules
Cameras without mirrors were around long before cameras with mirrors. The 1st digital camera I bought, and still own, doesn't have a pentaprism or mirror. You can still buy film and get it processed, so film photography isn't even dead yet. I own several digital cameras that don't have mirrors and my DSLR's still work just fine, and they all seem to get along just fine. Heck, I even use "DSLR" lenses on my MILC's. Mirrorless camera technology has been evolving since the early 1800's. Today's MILC's are just the latest iteration in that evolution.
Jul 13, 2022 22:46:44 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I quit being afraid when I bought a mirrorless camera and none of my old DSLRs burst into smoke.
I remember when I put my 1st DSLR, a Canon 10D, into the cabinet, right next to my 1st digital camera, which is mirrorless. They got along just fine and that was nearly 20 years ago, and they still get along just fine; and my MILC's have absolutely no problem when I use an EF lens on them.
Jul 13, 2022 22:56:39 #
brentrh wrote:
Just as digital image replaced film mirrorless cameras will be all camera makers produce. That old SLR with a prism and mechanical mirror that must move out of the shutters way. For years SLRs were one of best. But now dethroned by technology mirrorless rules
DSLRs are noisy. Clack clack clack.
Jul 13, 2022 23:00:21 #
jcboy3 wrote:
DSLRs are noisy. Clack clack clack.
And every clack kicks up a good memory! I even set all my mirrorless to have a shutter sound.
Jul 13, 2022 23:52:10 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
jcboy3 wrote:
DSLRs are noisy. Clack clack clack.
Kids blare their car stereos at stop signs to let everyone know they have the best. They don’t want their stereos quiet and unobtrusive. Neither do us mirror flippers for the same reasons.
Jul 13, 2022 23:55:38 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Oh, you don’t know noisy until the foam mirror shock absorber decomposes into oblivion on your old film SLR. People in adjoining states knew when I was snapping pix.
Jul 13, 2022 23:58:32 #
bikinkawboy wrote:
Oh, you don’t know noisy until the foam mirror shock absorber decomposes into oblivion on your old film SLR. People in adjoining states knew when I was snapping pix.
My Canon A-1 did that. I fixed it.
Jul 14, 2022 06:20:53 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
brentrh wrote:
Just as digital image replaced film mirrorless cameras will be all camera makers produce. That old SLR with a prism and mechanical mirror that must move out of the shutters way. For years SLRs were one of best. But now dethroned by technology mirrorless rules
NO, photographers will continue to rule the photographic world. Camera's are only tools. It was true last century, it will be true tomorrow.
Jul 14, 2022 06:44:38 #
Quixdraw wrote:
Who cares! I can do everything I need to do with my DSLRs - mirrorless I have, even good ones like Leica and Ricoh are just for niche work. My real cameras and their capability will outlive me. Go where you will, I'll keep the real tools!
Would you care to explain how mirrorless are not “real tools”?
Jul 14, 2022 06:46:22 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The mirrorless lenses are hands-down better in u ... (show quote)
All that and you still shoot FILM!
I think all the mirrorless owners should destroy all their photos that were taken before their beloved mirrorless.
Or how about this; you use what you like I will use what I like and let's not degrade each other's equipment.
Charles
Jul 14, 2022 06:51:48 #
Quixdraw wrote:
Who cares! I can do everything I need to do with my DSLRs - mirrorless I have, even good ones like Leica and Ricoh are just for niche work. My real cameras and their capability will outlive me. Go where you will, I'll keep the real tools!
"I'll keep the real tools!"
I'm sure those who wrote with a Quill said the same.
Jul 14, 2022 07:01:57 #
Canon and Nikon did not pay much attention when companies like Olympus and Panasonic began to introduce small and very capable mirrorless cameras. While they kept on manufacturing dSLR bodies mirrorless cameras were improving in technology and people were beginning to look seriously at them.
As I have said before, now photographers had small and lighter cameras with small lenses offering image quality as good as that of dSLR bodies.
I am not familiar with Canon but Nikon made an attempt at mirrorless when they introduced their mirrorless J cameras. It was a late attempt and those cameras had sensors smaller than sensors in the M43 system and as to be expected they were not very successful selling them. It took several years before introducing serious, competent mirrorless bodies like the Z6 and Z7. Their top model, the Z9 has been well received by professionals and from all I know Nikon is doing very well selling those cameras. If indeed they are going to stop making dSLR bodies I bet it is all due to the successful sales of their mirrorless cameras.
It is the future. Remember when photographers at first did not accept in camera exposure meters? Remember the drop in sales of the handheld meter? Today we do not find many photographers using film, digital is the new media.
It is all an evolution and fortunately for the better.
As I have said before, now photographers had small and lighter cameras with small lenses offering image quality as good as that of dSLR bodies.
I am not familiar with Canon but Nikon made an attempt at mirrorless when they introduced their mirrorless J cameras. It was a late attempt and those cameras had sensors smaller than sensors in the M43 system and as to be expected they were not very successful selling them. It took several years before introducing serious, competent mirrorless bodies like the Z6 and Z7. Their top model, the Z9 has been well received by professionals and from all I know Nikon is doing very well selling those cameras. If indeed they are going to stop making dSLR bodies I bet it is all due to the successful sales of their mirrorless cameras.
It is the future. Remember when photographers at first did not accept in camera exposure meters? Remember the drop in sales of the handheld meter? Today we do not find many photographers using film, digital is the new media.
It is all an evolution and fortunately for the better.
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