But lenses can get out of alignment of where they are supposed to be so this error can change over time. And most of the time this works very well. This creates room for error because it is approximating where the focus should be. How is this possible? With an SLR, the autofocus module is not on the sensor but a separate module within the mirror box. In fact I find my a7rii with my adapted Canon lenses can single shot focus better than my Canon lenses on the Canon bodies. The big two argued that you'd never get good autofocus with mirrorless. But are there advantages to dSLRs that I'm not talking about? Sure but they are falling by the way side with each generation of mirrorless cameras. Heck even when I was young and stupid, I knew heavy was bad. They are (now) unnecessarily big and heavy and lack an electronic viewfinder. All of these cameras are great cameras and have impressive features that I look for in a camera but.but they are still SLRs. Instead they keep updating their dSLR lineups with impressive cameras like the Canon 1Dx mark II, Nikon D5 and D500, and the rumored Canon 5D mark iv. From my perspective, it almost seems as though Canon and Nikon are ideologically against mirrorless.
Viewfinder photographer professional#
They are both simply ignoring the mirrorless market, which confounds many of my professional photographer peers. The big two have done almost nothing with mirrorless. Olympus is making some nice cameras but I don't see other pros really shooting with them. Panasonic has a workhorse with the existing GH4 and likely to soon be announced GH5. Sadly Samsung dropped out of the high end market entirely and stopped making the NX1. With a combination of sensor design, high quality EVFs, features and reasonable cost (compared to the big two, Nikon and Canon), they are crushing it. So what about the current state of mirrorless among camera manufacturers? I'm glad you asked. Sony has been leading the charge on mirrorless and is really dominating the market (among pros and serious amateurs) with mirrorless. For sports photographers, this is essential. For most photographers, this is unimportant. This is another game changer for mirrorless and another bad omen for dSLRs.
Viewfinder photographer series#
In other words, unlike all other mirrorless cameras so far, the a6300 will show the live view through the viewfinder in between shots, instead of a series of images that were just shot. I'm stoked to try out the a6300 for a number of reasons, but mainly because it is the first mirrorless camera that has a true live view during burst shooting. But I was aware of that shortcoming before I purchased the a7rii. On a side note, continuous autofocus on the a7rii with the adapted Canon lenses is abysmal, which is the 20% I am unable to use it for. I'll even shoot some fairly fast sports like the running shot above with the a7rii. While the focus tracking with my adapted Canon lenses is not nearly as good as using them on the Canon cameras, it is acceptable for about 80% of what I shoot being almost better than the Canons with single shot autofocus. I'm seeing details in my images that I've never seen before even with my 5d mark iii. It's not perfect but so far i really love the Sony a7rii. Being able to use my Canon lenses on the Sony mirrorless cameras allows me to slowly transition from canon to Sony instead of making a big leap into the relatively unknown with a new camera system.
But I've since added a Sony a7rii and am impatiently waiting to receive a Sony a6300, both mirrorless cameras that I can use my Canon lenses with a Metabones adapter (with pretty good autofocus!).
I still have all of my canon camera and lens gear (Canon 5d mark iii and 7d mark ii). Has that panned out? Let's take a look, shall we? First, here's where I am with my camera lineup. When I wrote my original post, I had just returned my Samsung NX1 because of EVF live view design issues, but still believed that mirrorless cameras would overcome that issue and begin to dominate the camera market. Every camera I discuss below will enable a creative photographer to shoot incredible photos. Even the best camera is worthless in the hands of a photographer with no vision or creativity. But before I dig in to nerdy gear head stuff, I should acknowledge that a camera is just a tool that enables photographers to execute their vision. It's time to take another look at what I wrote in that post and where I think the camera world is and where I am regarding the state of mirrorless. About a year and a half ago I wrote a blog post predicting that mirrorless cameras were well on the way to making dSLRs the living dead of the camera world (original post here).
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