Mirrorless sales closing the gap on DSLR.

[Jeff15]

It does not surprise me. There must be lots of people like me who got tired of lugging all the DSLR gear around.

 

[astroNikon]

I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for Nikon to enter the segment and not protect their DSLR sales. Their high end fixed lens mirror less that they do have is lacking.

The rumors are still out here but rumors don’t equate to sales.

 

[ac12]

the performance gap between mirrorless and DSLR's is getting smaller and smaller every year.

i know im usually a little bit of a Nikon fanboy (having shot nikon for so long) but if they dont step it up a notch and get with the mirrorless program (you know, more seriously than the nikon 1) they are going to be seriously behind the curve if DSLR sales continue waning. they are losing out on a growing segment of the camera buying populace.

They just lost me.
I jumped ship to the Olympus for mirrorless.
Though for now, I am shooting both DX and m43.

 

[astroNikon]

the performance gap between mirrorless and DSLR's is getting smaller and smaller every year.

i know im usually a little bit of a Nikon fanboy (having shot nikon for so long) but if they dont step it up a notch and get with the mirrorless program (you know, more seriously than the nikon 1) they are going to be seriously behind the curve if DSLR sales continue waning. they are losing out on a growing segment of the camera buying populace.

They just lost me.
I jumped ship to the Olympus for mirrorless.
Though for now, I am shooting both DX and m43.

If I had the spare cash and energy I would have swapped over to Fuji already. Was originally going to go to SONY but their star eater thing stopped me in my tracks then other priorities cropped up.

 

[pixmedic]

the performance gap between mirrorless and DSLR's is getting smaller and smaller every year.

i know im usually a little bit of a Nikon fanboy (having shot nikon for so long) but if they dont step it up a notch and get with the mirrorless program (you know, more seriously than the nikon 1) they are going to be seriously behind the curve if DSLR sales continue waning. they are losing out on a growing segment of the camera buying populace.

They just lost me.
I jumped ship to the Olympus for mirrorless.
Though for now, I am shooting both DX and m43.

If I had the spare cash and energy I would have swapped over to Fuji already. Was originally going to go to SONY but their star eater thing stopped me in my tracks then other priorities cropped up.

we sold all our nikon gear when we stopped shooting weddings. when we decided to go mirrorless it came down to fuji or sony. i liked the sony option because i could go mirrorless and stay with a full frame camera but....i absolutely hated dragging the nikons around with the big lenses so it didnt make much sense to go FX again and have to deal with FX glass. plus...sony is expensive!
I considered going olympus but i was soooo underwhelmed with the PEN5 i had that i just couldn't seriously consider them...however, given that the PEN5/kit lens was a cheap setup i shouldnt have been surprised the low light performance was craptastic at best.
ive been reasonably impressed with fujis low light performance, even on their super low tier cameras like my A1.
i eventually want to upgrade my x-e2 and get rid of the A1.

 

[Destin]

the performance gap between mirrorless and DSLR's is getting smaller and smaller every year.

i know im usually a little bit of a Nikon fanboy (having shot nikon for so long) but if they dont step it up a notch and get with the mirrorless program (you know, more seriously than the nikon 1) they are going to be seriously behind the curve if DSLR sales continue waning. they are losing out on a growing segment of the camera buying populace.

This. Exactly this.

And I fear that Nikon will end up defunct and eventually go the way of Kodak. This would cause my expensive Nikon lens collection to lose value very rapidly.

This combined with my desire to have a lighter kit for hiking/backpacking to landscape photo spots has me *seriously* considering selling off my entire Nikon kit and jumping to Fuji X series. As it stands my Nikon kit is worth enough to find a pretty inpressive Fuji kit, but I’m worried I won’t like it.. I’m not sold on EVF and I really love my D810.

I’m planning to rent and X-T2 in the very near future to help make the decision.

 

[pixmedic]

the performance gap between mirrorless and DSLR's is getting smaller and smaller every year.

i know im usually a little bit of a Nikon fanboy (having shot nikon for so long) but if they dont step it up a notch and get with the mirrorless program (you know, more seriously than the nikon 1) they are going to be seriously behind the curve if DSLR sales continue waning. they are losing out on a growing segment of the camera buying populace.

This. Exactly this.

And I fear that Nikon will end up defunct and eventually go the way of Kodak. This would cause my expensive Nikon lens collection to lose value very rapidly.

This combined with my desire to have a lighter kit for hiking/backpacking to landscape photo spots has me *seriously* considering selling off my entire Nikon kit and jumping to Fuji X series. As it stands my Nikon kit is worth enough to find a pretty inpressive Fuji kit, but I’m worried I won’t like it.. I’m not sold on EVF and I really love my D810.

I’m planning to rent and X-T2 in the very near future to help make the decision.

we have the x-e2, which is not even close to their top tier line, and it has the option of using EVF or optical viewfinder.
i really do like evf. its nice seeing the changes immediately in camera when changing ISO or aperture.

 

[beagle100]

I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for Nikon to enter the segment and not protect their DSLR sales. Their high end fixed lens mirror less that they do have is lacking.

The rumors are still out here but rumors don’t equate to sales.

right, there's plenty of rumors on Canikon full frame mirrorless
www.flickr.com/photos/mmirrorless

 

[ac12]

This. Exactly this.

And I fear that Nikon will end up defunct and eventually go the way of Kodak. This would cause my expensive Nikon lens collection to lose value very rapidly.

This combined with my desire to have a lighter kit for hiking/backpacking to landscape photo spots has me *seriously* considering selling off my entire Nikon kit and jumping to Fuji X series. As it stands my Nikon kit is worth enough to find a pretty inpressive Fuji kit, but I’m worried I won’t like it.. I’m not sold on EVF and I really love my D810.

I’m planning to rent and X-T2 in the very near future to help make the decision.

If low light shooting (like your astro photography) is your thing, going crop sensor will not help.
For a given level of technology, the larger FX sensors will always be better than the smaller DX or m43 sensors, because the pixel is larger, and can gather more light.

One option is to selectively use 2 system, to get the best of both systems.
This can be expensive because there will be a certain amount of duplication between the systems. Especially if you go with pro glass on the mirrorless.
I decided to go this way with my DX D7200 and m43 Olympus OM-D E-M1. At some point in the future, I may switch over to m43, but right now it is my secondary system, when I don't want to carry the bulk/heavy DX kit.

 

[astroNikon]

With Astro one has to think of how it's being used.
yes a FX sensor gathers more light than a DX sensor
If you are running a fixed camera/lens scenario then time is your limit, and FX gives you more time.

But if you are attaching your camera to a tracking telescope the scope itself also garners much attention here.

For example, if you are running a 5 inch scope it's gathering far less light than a 12 inch scope.
To me a FX on a 5 inch is more valuable than on a 12 inch. I'm running a 12 inch and finding a 24mp DX is more valuable for distant nebula photography than the cropped 24mp FX image, which was better than a 16mp DX. For general sky/star stuff on a tracking scope I guess it really doesn't matter except for the focal view width you need.

 

[The Barbarian]

For a lot of things, viewfinders work better than LCD displays. For me, that matters. I've got a couple of mirrorless cameras, and they are great for things they do well.

But when I put on a long telephoto on a sunny day, it just works better with a viewfinder.

 

[photoflyer]

I find this discussion of mirrorless and DSLR interesting. I am sure at some point I will get a mirrorless but for now I just like the feel of a DSLR better...it has nothing to do with perfomance.

To me it is like a the comparison of a traditional newspaper and the digital edition. Technically the digital edition is much better. I get the Wall Street Journal everyday this way. My mother gets it in print and when I am visiting her I often grab a cup of coffee and page through an edition I have already read digitally.... and find items I had not seen previously. And, there is something about the act of having a cup of coffee while paging through a real newspaper.

Let's not forget that photography is still in large part art and while the technical aspects of the equipment are important, how the photographer "binds' with the equipment is perhaps more important.

 

[Destin]

I find this discussion of mirrorless and DSLR interesting. I am sure at some point I will get a mirrorless but for now I just like the feel of a DSLR better...it has nothing to do with perfomance.

To me it is like a the comparison of a traditional newspaper and the digital edition. Technically the digital edition is much better. I get the Wall Street Journal everyday this way. My mother gets it in print and when I am visiting her I often grab a cup of coffee and page through an edition I have already read digitally.... and find items I had not seen previously. And, there is something about the act of having a cup of coffee while paging through a real newspaper.

Let's not forget that photography is still in large part art and while the technical aspects of the equipment are important, how the photographer "binds' with the equipment is perhaps more important.

Building on that, I don’t think any mirrorless manufacturer has found a way to match the incredible ergonomics that the popular high end DSLRs are offering.

I get that this is subjective, but most mirrorless cameras seem much less comfortable to hold and use. The form factor isn’t where it needs to be yet for many people to switch.

 

[photoflyer]

Let's not forget that photography is still in large part art and while the technical aspects of the equipment are important, how the photographer "binds' with the equipment is perhaps more important.

I should also be clear in that I am in no way suggesting that an individual can only "bind" with a DSLR. I know photographers who have gone mirrorless and prefer it. Also, there are some in our ranks who still prefer film. It really come done to whatever gives you the most enjoyment and the results you want to achieve.

 

[smoke665]

Not many remember but Pentax not only debuted a mirroless K-01 in 2012, but it was compatible with all Pentax lenses, so you didn't have to completely start over. It lasted less than a year before it was discontinued. Not knocking Fuji or Sony but at my age I'll stay with what I know.