What's the appeal of new mirrorless cameras?

[NickTrop]

Why? Seems a funny comment without any context of what someone shoots...

I dunno. It's a rather standard feature and has been for some time. Kid's birthday party blowing out candles? Times where the subject is moving in the frame? Sports? Lowlight/low shutter speed in cameras without IS? Helps capturing that "decisive moment" does it not? Burst mode is a commonly used, mainstream feature in general purpose everyday photography.

-- Video a priority (vlogger, YouTuber), no concern over battery life, want to see what the sensor sees, = mirrorless

-- Video not a priority, want 3 or 4 times battery life = DSLR

 

[Sumarongi]

... «bust mode»? ... «burst mode», It's all Greek to me.

Wait, my son used to call my wife's nursing bras «crocodile», one of his very first words (sic!), hence I would expect that a MILK camera does also have a «nursing mode» 😀

 

[jsrockit]

One person's useful feature is another person's useless feature... we don't all photograph the same things for the same reasons using the same methods.

 

[TennesseJones]

Played with one the other day.
It seemed incredibly well put together. Z7.
I liked the blue focus highlight for MF lenses- seemed more accurate than DSLR focusing with manual lenses.
No idea if I'd ever get one, but the body is small, normal speed lenses aren't massive, image quality will be superb, weather sealed and tough feeling, not sure what's not to like really.

 

[emraphoto]

I can appreciate that. I'm coming from purely an image-making viewpoint - what will make my photography easier or better.

But I get the environmental angle. I made the decision a couple of years ago to buy only used electronics when feasible - so my new Sony A7R II is only new to me. The amount of e-waste and the speed it's increasing at is worrying... 🙁

I don't wish to politicize the thread too much but i would humbly ask all to consider their electronic buying habits. Fantastic devices but the impact of heavy minerals and gold extraction, used in construction of these goods, has been catastrophic in some regions

 

[Sumarongi]

I don't wish to politicize the thread too much but i would humbly ask all to consider their electronic buying habits. Fantastic devices but the impact of heavy minerals and gold extraction, used in construction of these goods, has been catastrophic in some regions

+1

I meant quite the same when I recently wrote:

[...] Alas, the obsolescence of all the electronic wonders ... a basically mechanical camera simply *is* much more sustainable.

OTOH, too many consumers have some sort of Bamm-Bamm Rubble economic understanding, so it doesn't matter — devil-may-care 😉

 

[Eric T]

I am just grateful for the many excellent choices we have today. Great dSLRs, great mirrorless, lots of used inexpensive, but still great, film gear.
We live in great times for all photographers.

 

[Michael Markey]

I am just grateful for the many excellent choices we have today. Great dSLRs, great mirrorless, lots of used inexpensive, but still great, film gear.
We live in great times for all photographers.

Agreed ….. plenty of good choices .

 

[Dogman]

...We live in great times for all photographers.

How true. We discuss (argue) the merits of various cameras brands and types but the fact is they're all good and capable tools.

 

[dmr]

but the fact is they're all good and capable tools.

Except maybe for Fotron. 🙂 🙂

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

My latest Panasonic P&S has a 4K button. Give options for burst mode.

Lesson #1: My first reaction was "What the hell?" and I ignored it.

Lesson #2: It's a pretty nifty feature. Shoot a burst and then choose. We are in a wonderful era of photographic devices and software.

 

[benlees]

I don't wish to politicize the thread too much but i would humbly ask all to consider their electronic buying habits. Fantastic devices but the impact of heavy minerals and gold extraction, used in construction of these goods, has been catastrophic in some regions

Asking the consumer to be the gate keeper of any sort of environmental remedy is self defeating. Conspicuous consumption is dictated by desire and envy, so is not partial to arguments of logic or condemnation. The vagaries of human psychology are well understood by the advertising companies that create brands.

In fact, solutions to these problems are often "remedied" by different forms of consumption. Film, paper, travel, chemicals, supply chain are just more units of consumption.

Real change can only come from higher up. Contact your local government rep.

I buy 99% of my kit used, because I feel as you do, but am under no illusion it changes anything because it actually enables consumption.

 

[creenus]

Got your point. Absolutely - an f2.0 zoom is really fast. And Canon seems extremely popular. Practically every student in the advanced digital class at the college shoots Canon. I am the technician for the black-and-white darkroom there.

https://www.facebook.com/SanJuanCollegePhotography/

I'm not a zoom user either but my point is that a f2 zoom is pretty fast. And also, the new primes are all 1.8 or faster.