will you buy another DSLR?
Sep 12, 2018 12:53:26 #
Thank you burkphoto. I always look for your smiling, at an angle, face :-)
Sep 12, 2018 12:54:05 #
Sep 12, 2018 13:02:08 #
Until I am able to use the camera that I possess to it's maximum I have NO NO NO interest in jumping to a new camera and starting all over again!!!!!!!!! I am still learning nes nuances to my T5i.
Sep 12, 2018 13:05:55 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you need one today, well maybe that will impact today's decision. But, if you have a recent vintage, say one of the top 2017 or 2018 models, in 2-years or so, isn't it more likely the market will be all mirrorless?
I have several really first rate cameras (full frame dslrs and a mirrorless), so my "need" for another one is nonexistent. I flipped my kayak the other day and didn't have the camera in a dry bag. It still works fine as far as I can tell. It is a Canon sl2. It is not my best camera by a long shot; in fact, I would say it is my worst camera. But if it had died, I would replace it with another sl2. I cannot imagine a mirrorless still working, though maybe they would.
I suppose if Canon came out with a camera that combined the best of the 5d mk iv and the 5dsr, I would be interested in having everything I want in a single body and be interested in getting another camera. It really doesn't matter to me whether or not such a camera was mirrorless. But that is really a want rather than a need.
Sep 12, 2018 13:14:05 #
You mean because DSLR's came out there is no SLR film cameras?
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you need one today, well maybe that will impact today's decision. But, if you have a recent vintage, say one of the top 2017 or 2018 models, in 2-years or so, isn't it more likely the market will be all mirrorless?
Sep 12, 2018 13:19:58 #
texashill wrote:
Thank you burkphoto. I always look for your smiling, at an angle, face :-)
Yeah, I need to update that photo. It’s six years old!
Sep 12, 2018 13:26:27 #
Sep 12, 2018 13:27:40 #
miked46
Loc: Winter Springs, Florida
I am in the process of deciding right now between a CANON Mirrorless or the 6D MK2
Sep 12, 2018 13:28:31 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
No, DSLR's will be with us for longer than we anticipate. As long as there is a market for them they will continue to exist. I have posted that they will eventually take over the market with Sony leading the charge, but it is too much a generalized opinion. I thought MILC's would have progressed more than they have but it seems they are falling into the "minimalist" approach. Innovation will continue in select models while most will drag their heels and give us but a little taste of the future as models progress. Exceptions (IMO) have been the Nikon 850, Panasonic GH5, Sony a7III, perhaps the Fuji XT-2. Value wise I think the Canon 80D is superb in the APS-C market, but again only my opinion. I own none of them. What separates them? Canon reigns in AF and AF tracking, Nikon is tops is dynamic range and Sony is trying to stuff all of if into one tiny camera and is doing a pretty good job of it to date. M4/3 is not an option for me for a couple of reasons discussed here, lack of long lenses and although improved, AF tracking. Granted their are exceptions in all cases. All of this said, I still use older model Canon FF and APS-C and Sony APS-C which happens to be my favorite travel camera.
Sep 12, 2018 13:30:47 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you need one today, well maybe that will impact today's decision. But, if you have a recent vintage, say one of the top 2017 or 2018 models, in 2-years or so, isn't it more likely the market will be all mirrorless?
Just bought a Nikon D850 and converted it to a D850A so hell yeah
Sep 12, 2018 13:44:15 #
I would never go back to a DSLR they are excellent but Mirrorless Technology has and will continue to surpass them,,,DSLR's will probably be around for a long time at least five or ten years as DSLR's have a dedicated Professional and Amateur Fan Base,,,also Canon and Nikon have incredible Lens lineups for DSLR's and Canon and Nikon produce incredible DSLR's so the transition will be kept slow by Canon and Nikon to keep up sales of those DSLR Lenses and Cameras....
Sep 12, 2018 13:45:37 #
The Villages
Loc: The Villages, Florida
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you need one today, well maybe that will impact today's decision. But, if you have a recent vintage, say one of the top 2017 or 2018 models, in 2-years or so, isn't it more likely the market will be all mirrorless?
I guess I'm just an old guy that is comfortable with what I have and don't look for change. However, from what I have read of the mirrorless cameras, I don't know that I would choose one as my last camera.
If I could have my wish, I would look to a camera that has the feel and size of current DSLRs, BUT has. the inner workings of a mirrorless
Sep 12, 2018 13:46:58 #
Sep 12, 2018 13:49:32 #
Sep 12, 2018 13:59:29 #
Right now, No! I can get all the images I envision with my present gear (Nikon D800e and the usual arsenal of better Nikon lenses) AND, I do find myself taking the Sony mirrorless with me more when the limited optics I have for the Sony fit the current subjects because the gear is smaller and lighter. That says a lot, I think, and so maybe a later Sony and more Sony lenses would be the replacement for the Nikon, but first I need to justify the Nikon 200-500mm I bought this year!.
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