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As well as the comments already made, there's another thing to consider: in a SLR or DSLR, the path used to determine whether or not you're in focus is differen
by rodgerd 6y ago
As well as the comments already made, there's another thing to consider: in a SLR or DSLR, the path used to determine whether or not you're in focus is different from the path light follows to the medium: the autofocus system has a screen that takes light from a mirror, and then adjusts the lens based off that measurement. In manual focus, you're basic it off the path the light takes to the focusing screen, via a mirror.
In either case, when the photo is taken, the mirror whips out of the road (which generates mirror slap, another problem), and the light travels to the film or sensor. Since this path is a different distance to the one used for focusing, it requires only a small calibration error between the body and lens to end up with out-of-focus images. It is very normal to have to tweak the focus (higher end bodies will let you do this), or to have to have a body or lens physically corrected. No matter how exquisite your optics - in fact paradoxically, this effect is worst with high-end optics - the way the light path works here can be a real pain for getting good focus.
Because mirrorless systems focus and capture from the same medium, this literally can't happen with your mirrorless camera.
- jodrellblank 6y agoDoes it help with using cameras for video footage, or would it be no problem to hold the mirror out of the way for a long time? (I imagine it being held in some kind of tension that wouldn't like long term force on it).
- earthboundkid 6y agoMy DSLR had a hard limit of 30 minutes video time, but I suspect this is because of the software issues, not mirror tension per se.
- detaro 6y agoThat probably was a tax/duty thing, the EU treats (treated? not sure) cameras that can record over 30 mins or so as video cameras which have higher fees.
- ScottBurson 6y agoYeah, that's still going on, dammit -- my new D780 has the 30 min. limit.
- tomatocracy 6y agoIf it's a Canon DSLR and is supported by the Magic Lantern firmware modification, it will allow you to circumvent this limit that way. It's possible that you may then need to use an external recorder via HDMI to avoid overheating depending on the model etc.