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> A DSLR has always got a mirror to move at the minimum. I know very little about cameras, so this might be a question with an obvious answer, but is there a r
by Liquid_Fire 9y ago
> A DSLR has always got a mirror to move at the minimum.
I know very little about cameras, so this might be a question with an obvious answer, but is there a reason why a DSLR camera could not operate in a "mirrorless" mode as well? i.e. retract the mirror (thereby disabling the optical viewfinder) and use the sensor to show a digital viewfinder?
- ghaff 9y agoSo there's a complete optical path from the lens to the viewfinder. Even if you retract the mirror, you still need to then insert an electronic viewfinder into the path somewhere that displays what the sensor is receiving. You could probably design something using a prism as film movie cameras have done in the past but it would be complicated and have its own set of compromises. Not a lot of reason to do it.