10-31-2012, 03:40 PM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1351688387' post='20768']
What is your problem with the mirror, actually? If it is the size... For years the Canon "rebel" cameras got mocked because they were too small and they grip was"too small for my hand".
Now all of a sudden cameras have no grip to speak of are the bees knees? Seriously?
"mirrorless" cameras are only good in their very own niche... With a few small and compact, relatively short focal length lenses.
Cameras that are more ergonomical, have an optical view finder, have powerful subject tracking systems and are easier to handle with big tele-lenses always will have their place, not everyone is a family day shooter.
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I mostly agree with you but I find promising that mirrorless is also a chance to eliminate or reduce mechanical weaknesses (AF sensor plane different than sensor plane,mirror slap, etc...). Of course, it poses other problems as well and it's still not good for everything. You should find the GH3 interesting, somehow, going bigger while assuming fully its mirrorless heart. Looks like a step back for now but might not be in a few years.
Just take it as an opportunity for some key aspects to evolve.
What is your problem with the mirror, actually? If it is the size... For years the Canon "rebel" cameras got mocked because they were too small and they grip was"too small for my hand".
Now all of a sudden cameras have no grip to speak of are the bees knees? Seriously?
"mirrorless" cameras are only good in their very own niche... With a few small and compact, relatively short focal length lenses.
Cameras that are more ergonomical, have an optical view finder, have powerful subject tracking systems and are easier to handle with big tele-lenses always will have their place, not everyone is a family day shooter.
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I mostly agree with you but I find promising that mirrorless is also a chance to eliminate or reduce mechanical weaknesses (AF sensor plane different than sensor plane,mirror slap, etc...). Of course, it poses other problems as well and it's still not good for everything. You should find the GH3 interesting, somehow, going bigger while assuming fully its mirrorless heart. Looks like a step back for now but might not be in a few years.
Just take it as an opportunity for some key aspects to evolve.