The writing has been on the wall for awhile. I picked up a nikon z5 after a long haiatus from using dslrs. (for the last 5 years, I made due with just a google

The writing has been on the wall for awhile. I picked up a nikon z5 after a long haiatus from using dslrs. (for the last 5 years, I made due with just a google pixel) #1 thing you notice is the camera is much more compact. Video feed from the viewfinder is close to flawless. (on rare occasions, it lags) #2 exposure is wysiwyg. I can get an instant preview of the exposure of the image. Its like going from film to dslr in terms of feedback #3 autofocusing is SOOO MUCH BETTER. I can ove around a autofocus pin anywhere on the screen. its just a green square on a video overlay. I can also take advantage of eye tracking in real time. this is a game changer when shooting difficult subjects. Its not perfect but I can easily see it being flawless in a few more generations. #4 this one is specific to nikon but mirrorless gave them the opportunity to rethink the lens mount and lens ecosystem. The lenses sit much closer to the sensor so wide angle lenses can be made MUCH lighter. It also means larger theoretical aperture sizes. Nikon has a new manual focus lens that stops down to f0.95! Additionally, a lot of the things that were downsides of mirrorless have been mitigated as technology has caught up. Battery usage for instance has been an issue with mirrorless systems as they are always on to power the viewfinder. DSLRs by comparison sip power since they only draw a lot of power while taking the photo. I can easily get a full day out of one battery and they are easy to swap so I always walk around with 2-3 backups. Never needed to use them. When I flick it on its pretty close to instant. I wont say its as good as a dslr but Im not using their flagship either. I hear their new z9 is insanely fast. All in all, I'm very happy with switching to mirrorless