http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/...irrorless ditching the DSLR Olympus Sony Fuji http://gizmodo.com/the-last-days-of-the-dslr-1465327158 I think it will happen but not for a while, maybe 10 years.
I think that currently, some of the light on mirrorless cameras gets diverted to the viewfinder, so the images don't come out as good as a DSLR. But with technology going the way it is, perhaps in some years to come...
No Sean, mirrorless has no diversion of light, they only have live-view or a digital overlay on a separate optical viewfinder that is not part of the optical path through the lens. I have the Canon EOS M image quality is fabulous but the handling and focus are poor compared to my DSLR's, I do love the wee M though but it was not enough of a replacement for the bigger cams to satisfy me.
Canon is ramping up for the release of the 7D Mk II and there are rumours that they are making the biggest change in the history of the company, some think that is just some new sensor technology but others think it could be the end of the mirror in the top end Canon's like the 1Dx the 5D III and the 7D II, if it is then they better have a bloody good replacement, an optical viewfinder has no delay, you are seeing the real world, whereas all digital viewfinders have some degree of lag.
If the 7D Mk 2 ever comes out, Jim (I still love my 7D). I don't have the money to buy a new decent camera, or jump into a new system but would not buy a DSLR again with the new mirrorless from Sony, Olympus and Fuji. It just seems like Canon has missed the boat.
I'm expecting an August announcement for the 7D mk II but there is a hint that it will go upmarket and acquire a 1D series style top plate and prism housing, if it did that would probably turn it into the mythical Canon 3D that so many have longed for for so many years, professional level DSLR with eye controlled focus points, I have the old Canon Elan series film camera that had eye-control focusing and it really was a wonderful feature. Me and camera's, yeah same as you Mike nae money
Yeah I can see you are quite taken with that one Mike, I could be swayed too it's very good and of course the short register means you can get adapters for just about any lens mount!
It cost me dear, in 1975 on HP from Will R. Rose in Chester........ After it got stolen I still had to pay for it, for close to 3 years. Broke my heart. I reverted back to my Asahi 1000 spotmatic. Still got the little bugger in the attic........... Wonder if it still works.
That's really sad Dom, long long time ago but I can feel your pain. The Asahi Pentax was a good wee camera as well!
Yeah but you would be using them in manual mode mostly, it's just the fact that it can take them at all that attracts people to the A7 series
I had a good look at the above thread and it is an excellent example of a talented photographer that would do well with any technology, she's good and she makes a lot of good points and she demonstrates that you can get wonderful shallow depth on these 4/3rds camera's but it is much harder to do that on the small format sensor. Of course the full frame A7 would have all the full frame depth of field advantages so one could never argue against it on that count. Me I would be sad to see the reflex mirror go, I don't like the disconnect from the real world that a digital viewfinder would create. I was in a camera shop last weekend and playing with an Olympus OMD thing, really lovely but the viewfinder was horrible the build quality was fantastic though just like old fashioned 35mm film cameras.
