The current crop of mirrorless bodies, including those recently announced, will not replace my D5 for sports action action photography so I would expect I would be purchasing the next version of a Nikon sports based dslr provided it afforded me something I don't have available now. Personally, I look towards mirrorless for some of my personal work where I can take advantage of the weight and size savings. I may well wait until some of the faster, more professional grade lenses actually become available. Technology moves forward every day. Best of luck.

Whether or not *I* have a top dSLR system today (I don’t — and would trade it if I did) has no effect on the likelihood the market will shift one way or the other.

I believe the shift to mirrorless IS accelerating, but it just got more interesting...

Both Nikon and Canon disappointed me. I used both brands from 1968 to 2012, and gave up on them both precisely BECAUSE they didn’t make a *high end hybrid mirrorless* system.

As did many others, I expected a LOT more from their new systems. They didn’t give Fujifilm, Olympus, Panasonic, or Sony mirrorless users a compelling reason to switch.

They catered to their bases, seemingly saying, “We’re not serious yet. Tell us what we left out. Do our homework for us.” That’s utter hubris! Where’s the ‘Sony killer’? I can understand Nikon sandbagging — they use Sony sensors — but Canon?

Meanwhile, the other four serious mirrorless producers have their fourth, fifth, or sixth generation iterations out, with more to come.

It will take a while for mirrorless sales to exceed dSLR sales. How long is uncertain. But it will happen, as the mirrorless concept is ultimately superior. As technology advances, that will tip the scales faster.

For now, though, we have plenty of choices, no matter what our needs!

I wish that I better understood the lens situation for these cameras. I have never owned an interchangeable lens so no need to try to use something currently owned. For interior real estate shots, it would be nice to have .18 capability. As for as I can determine, the Sony full frames have some limited choices. What about the others? I am really pretty ignorant about this but I read this forum almost daily and I know that burkphoto knows :-) What would be a good lens choice for full frame and less than full frame for someone NOT trying to salvage an existing lens collection to achieve .18 - .35?

First question is will the Nikons and Canon support repairs and parts etc.
what will happen to all those lens? Nikon looks like the will have an adaptor for existing lens. If the nikons and canons are as robust as the past keeping them sounds like a good idea. My Sony a7s LLC can take many kinds of lens with adaptors.
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I take this as another "doom & gloom" thread, Titled... "the days of the DSLR are numbered". As mirrorless technology is advancing, so is DSLR technology and it never "runs out" or "hits a road block", and some photographers just like the feel of a substantial size camera in their hands. How long did it take for film to become extinct?...right, people are still shooting film along with digital as I am. Why is it taking so long for Nikon and Canon so long to jump in the mirrorless business?...maybe they know something we don't. I'm not knocking mirrorless cameras, they have their place in photography.

I wish that I better understood the lens situation for these cameras. I have never owned an interchangeable lens so no need to try to use something currently owned. For interior real estate shots, it would be nice to have .18 capability. As for as I can determine, the Sony full frames have some limited choices. What about the others? I am really pretty ignorant about this but I read this forum almost daily and I know that burkphoto knows :-) What would be a good lens choice for full frame and less than full frame for someone NOT trying to salvage an existing lens collection to achieve .18 - .35?