JPL wrote:
From your posts you seem to be very open minded and curious guy about photography. So when you say you do not want a mirrorless camera I can hardly believe it. At lest you must want to try them. The mirrorless camera world is acutally already as big as the dslr world if you look at camera sales. And if you want something lightweight and compact mirrorless is the way to go. I think Sony is still the only brand with full frame cameras (if we exclude mf Fujifilm and Hasselblad cameras). That is why I bought my Sony A7r to use with all my manual lenses. But there are so many options for Aps-c, m43 and 1" sensor cameras in the mirrorless world.
I am not saying you should buy one or even want one. But for the generally open minded, skilled and experienced photographer like you it is very strange if you do not want to get familiar with mirrorless at all. I bet you did not act like this when digital came along in the beginning. Then you surely did not want to hold on to film and denied looking at dslr, did you ??
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At the time the Digital Revolution occurred, JPL - I was not even involved in photography, at all. In the mid-80s ... two quite different events occurred ... which made me pull out of photography, completely. First, a robbery at my home, relieved me of much of my photography equipment - including not only cameras and lenses, but also, light meters, flash meters, and a bunch of other goodies. Almost simultaneously, I discovered I'd developed skin cancer, and put it down to all the darkroom chemicals I'd been using. So, I withdrew from photography, completely, for a while.
Then, in the early part of the 21st century, I'd heard Fuji had gotten involved in Digital in a big way, so I decided to go into a local camera shop and see what was available in Digital to replace one of the cameras I'd lost. I looked at a 6mp unit, and decided that'd be the way I'd go, when I felt the time was right. But, it wasn't, then. It was 2010 before I finally decided to do it. By then, that dig cam had evolved into the HS-10 - a 10MP wonder with manual focusing, dual - count 'em - dual - macro modes ... and a 30x zoom (24-720) ... I was enthralled! That was my first dig cam. It kept me fascinated for more than a year, but, then, I got the inkling to get into a real DSLR! ... So, in 2011 - for my birthday, that year - I bought myself the 12MP Canon EOS Rebel T3. I was ecstatic! ... I then discovered none of my remaining FD lenses would fit, and so - proceeded to up my lens inventory, for the next year or two. Then, I saw Nikon had come out with an affordable 24MP DSLR - the D3200 ... so, I decided to up my res. Now, I had a 12mp Canon (with a - by then - extensive set of lenses for it) and a double the res - Nikon with zip alternate lenses.
So, I proceeded to change that, as soon as possible. But I found two of the lenses I'd bought, quite inexpensively, were D Lenses (Tokinas) and would not work with the D3200. So I set about the task of obtaining a D capable Prosumer Nikon. A used D90 looked as though it'd be the ticket, but I had to send it back after a month, in spite of having bought an LCD glass for it, and a dedicated battery grip - which I still have. A few months later, I saw I could buy a refurb D7000 for not a whole lot more than I'd paid for the used D90 ... so, I went that route. Now, I could use my two previously-purchased Tokina lenses on a Nikon camera! ... So, I was thrilled! ... But, I'd neglected my Canon - for which I had, by then - 10 lenses!!!! ... So, I made the decision to find a Prosumer body for my Canon lenses and an update on my T3. So, I bought the EOS 60D and the T4i in quite rapid succession. Now, I had three Canon bodies, and with the subsequent purchase of the 15-85 IS USM - 11 lenses for them all.
By that time, Nikon had released the D5300 with a GPS, and Fully Articulating Screen - as I had on my T4i - but that is also Touch. A few months later, the D5500 was released, which had Touch! ... Now I had one of each! ... A Canon w/ Touch, and a Nikon w/ Touch! ... So, I was all set for a while. But, I kept reading about the advantages of IBIS, so I decided to try it, by getting a Pentax - the K-50. Not wanting to be caught w/o a backup, a little while later, I ordered a used K-3 ... which, like the D90, before it - also, had to be returned. It was almost a year later, I decided to use my credit to pick up a new D7100, rather than buying a new K-3 ... a decision I've regretted to this day ... now, a K-3 costs twice as much, new, as it did, when I bought the used one!!!! Later, I decided to go the Sony route of IBIS, picking up, first, the a58, and then, subsequently, the a77 - both of the SLT design. No sooner had I gotten the a77, than the a77II was announced ... so that was my last DSLR purchase. I've considered others, since ... most notably, the 80D. But, I'm not sure ... I still am pining to replace that K-3! ... But, now ... the only affordable one is the K-3II - but, altho' it has GPS, they omitted the built-in flash to put it there. So, I'm in two minds as to what to do. I like to have a backup for everything. Some day, I'll sort it out ... for sure!!!!
What you don't seem to understand, JPL - is the following - a) I have a dozen DSLRs, already - representing FOUR different APS-C systems. I feel that's quite enough. It costs a great deal to maintain and update just ONE system, let alone FOUR! .... b) I don't WANT a mirror-less camera. c) my curiosity - as you put it - about other available systems - was both piqued, and sated - when I went the SLT route. I now have the best of the breed in that category, and have no desire, or need - to go wandering off into yet another - completely different system than I already have!!!!