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Sooner or later, I think DSLR is fundamentally "dead". To understand my PoV, perhaps we need to go back into 1940/1950s. Practically the most camera used at th

by anta40 5y ago

Sooner or later, I think DSLR is fundamentally "dead". To understand my PoV, perhaps we need to go back into 1940/1950s. Practically the most camera used at this time is a rangefinder (including Leica), which was a mirrorless. Rangefinder is compact, but limited to shorter primes, like 50mm and wider. SLRs don't have such limitation. You want longer lenses like 200mm, 300mm? No problem. Or a zoom lens? why not. In the 1960s, pro journalists started to adopt SLR and there's a decline in rangefinders usage. Now we are living in the digital world. Why do we still have to keep extra space for mirror box, which makes the camera body bigger? After all, there's no issue using tele or zoom lenses on mirrorless. Please don't understand this as "yet another anti DSLR post". No. My main camera is a Nikon Df, equipped with some AI and pre-AI lenses. I'm happy with the result, it suits my shooting style. That said, if I have some cash for another camera system, it's obviously going to be a mirrorless. Probably medium format mirrorless :D

snapetom 5y ago
I was vehemently anti-mirrorless up until maybe a few months ago. I went on a big wildlife trip and realized I had to finally upgrade my Canon 70D. The first thought was to jump to a 90D, but I had to review what mirrorless options were. I tried to find every reason in the world to go with the much cheaper 90D than mirrorless. In the end, I couldn't. For my primary use cases (wildlife, night cityscapes, and sports), the Canon R5 has so many game changing advantages, I couldn't ignore it. I lose nothing with the lens adapters, and they mostly solved or mitigated the issues with the first gen.
- berkut 5y ago
  Battery life when using the EVF (vs viewfinder in SLR) seems to be the only downside currently with Canon (I think Sony's is better). Hopefully over time this will improve.
  - snapetom 5y ago
    That's really the only disadvantage I came up with. I was also really nervous about lag and blackouts, but once I actually used one, even in the older R, I realized it was a non-issue. It's still an incredibly strange concept for me, and admittedly I'm not sure I'll ever be fully comfortable with it. However from a practical standpoint, there's really no issue.

by anta40 5y ago

snapetom 5y ago

I was vehemently anti-mirrorless up until maybe a few months ago. I went on a big wildlife trip and realized I had to finally upgrade my Canon 70D. The first thought was to jump to a 90D, but I had to review what mirrorless options were. I tried to find every reason in the world to go with the much cheaper 90D than mirrorless. In the end, I couldn't. For my primary use cases (wildlife, night cityscapes, and sports), the Canon R5 has so many game changing advantages, I couldn't ignore it. I lose nothing with the lens adapters, and they mostly solved or mitigated the issues with the first gen.

berkut 5y ago
Battery life when using the EVF (vs viewfinder in SLR) seems to be the only downside currently with Canon (I think Sony's is better). Hopefully over time this will improve.
- snapetom 5y ago
  That's really the only disadvantage I came up with. I was also really nervous about lag and blackouts, but once I actually used one, even in the older R, I realized it was a non-issue. It's still an incredibly strange concept for me, and admittedly I'm not sure I'll ever be fully comfortable with it. However from a practical standpoint, there's really no issue.