Re: How much do the mirrorless systems threaten Canon and Nikon DSLRs?
From somebody coming in the other direction (i.e. a MILC user expanding into a FF dSLR system), and assuming that shooters will always find utility in viewfinders...
(Assuming MILCs develop on-chip PDAF to the point where the dedicated PDAF of dSLRs no longer exhibit a significant performance advantage for the average user... which I think is a reasonable assumption more likely to happen sooner than later...)
I think the answer is \"possibly,\" when we\'re talking about the MILC (of any reasonable sensor size) versus the APS-C dSLR. It comes down to two things: the size advantage of dedicated lenses (APS-C or m43), esp. primes (I was a little surprised sometime ago when I found that there were few dedicated APS-C primes for dSLRs); and the non-crop viewfinder view that the EVF can offer.
OTOH, this is a \"probably not,\" when we\'re talking about the MILC versus the FF dSLR for the flipside of the same reasons noted above. The EVF isn\'t perfect (yet), and its advantages (exposure preview, magnification-on-demand, effetcs) don\'t outweigh the current drawbacks (display-limited gamut/DR, refresh rate, power consumption) when we\'re talking the excellent optical view that can be had from a FF light circle.
However, I am expecting some version of a hybrid viewfinder to start showing up in FF dSLRs sometime soon.
May 25, 2013 at 04:24 AM
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