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That's fascinating though, because Mirrorless cameras until so very recently were "the slow ones", and very much perceived as such, primarily and quite legitima
by NikolaNovak 7y ago
That's fascinating though, because Mirrorless cameras until so very recently were "the slow ones", and very much perceived as such, primarily and quite legitimately due to:
* refresh rate of EVF (vs optical viewfinder);
* Contrast Detect vs Phase detect autofocusing;
* as well as some design/control/menu choices
Even to this day, highest-end mirrorless are just starting to be trully competitive in the professional sport / action arena.
In other words, no active photographer I follow would use "mirrorless" as a universal shortcut slang for "fast, speedy, responsive". On the contrary...
So I don't feel it's a case of "every article needs to work hard to dispell myths"; but rather, an article not actively, for no seemingly good reason, starting wrong myths from scratch :).
- la_barba 7y agoYou are comparing historical mirrorless performance with DSLRs, but article is comparing them to medium format cameras, two different things. Medium format cameras were slower than both, older consumer/compact mirrorless cameras as well as DSLRs. BTW.. Its fair to assume that these myths are common, than to assume that someone purposely chose to perpetuate them with bad intent.
- NikolaNovak 7y agoOh I don't at all feel it was bad intent and vicious ulterior motive :) As I said, the title just irks me :>