This post is for photographers who are considering buying a high performance camera.

I have been shooting with a M43 mirrorless system for many years. I have watched “mirrorless” evolve. And my latest MILF (mirrorless interchangeable lens format get your mind out of the gutter ;) body is my go to camera. Just today I carried both my DSLR and my mirrorless. The sun was low and I was shooting in my back yard flowers with shadows and contrast with changing light, and the EVF wysiwyg was hands down the winner. No contest.

I’m not trying to bash DSLRs. I have a great DSLR. It has been my favorite camera. But you don’t see what the image is going to be through the optical viewfinder. You see drama, light and shadow, changing light DOF, all that, in a modern EVF. You don’t have to shoot then chimp then adjust then shoot (DSLR process). You just adjust and shoot. It saves time and it can make the difference between getting a shot and not when the light is changing. My mirrorless camera has become my go-to.

So for those thinking of investing in a camera system. First and foremost, photography is about optics. Camera bodies come and go but the lenses you buy will serve you for many years. But with digital the camera body plays a bigger role than in the SLR days. So consider carefully what to invest in. Technology is changing, there are new players in the game, and mirrorless technology is the future.

This post is for photographers who are considering buying a high performance camera.

I have been shooting with a M43 mirrorless system for many years. I have watched “mirrorless” evolve. And my latest MILF (mirrorless interchangeable lens format get your mind out of the gutter ;) body is my go to camera. Just today I carried both my DSLR and my mirrorless. The sun was low and I was shooting in my back yard flowers with shadows and contrast with changing light, and the EVF wysiwyg was hands down the winner. No contest.

I’m not trying to bash DSLRs. I have a great DSLR. It has been my favorite camera. But you don’t see what the image is going to be through the optical viewfinder. You see drama, light and shadow, changing light DOF, all that, in a modern EVF. You don’t have to shoot then chimp then adjust then shoot (DSLR process). You just adjust and shoot. It saves time and it can make the difference between getting a shot and not when the light is changing. My mirrorless camera has become my go-to.

So for those thinking of investing in a camera system. First and foremost, photography is about optics. Camera bodies come and go but the lenses you buy will serve you for many years. But with digital the camera body plays a bigger role than in the SLR days. So consider carefully what to invest in. Technology is changing, there are new players in the game, and mirrorless technology is the future.

Recently played with a Canon EOS R. Pretty nice camera. I did find one thing that it did that I really didn't like was that it overcompensated the white balance especially in the viewfinder. Looking at a red brick wall with a few off white posters on it the screen looked pretty accurate. However, the viewfinder turned the off white poster a true white. There could be a compensation setting that could be adjusted, but I didn't like how it decided what was white.
I have a friend that has a sony mirrorless and he'll admit that his camera is causing him to become a little lazy in his photography in trusting his camera too much. He feels like rather than thinking about what he can do with a photo he's basically treating it like a point-n-shoot. "The camera knows what it's doing." I think this can be good because it allows you to focus on the subject of your photos, but personally I feel as though I'd have a disconnect from creativity from the camera standpoint.