Comments on: Mirrorless Camera Pros and Cons: The Great Debate

By: Jimmy Beech

Jimmy Beech — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:55:22 +0000

In reply to Simon Atkins. Thanks for chiming in, Simon. Mirrorless cameras have definitely caught the attention of people everywhere. It could be just a matter of time before they overtake the market.

By: Simon Atkins

Simon Atkins — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:23:24 +0000

Here we are 18 months after this article was written and still the debate is on about mirrorless cameras. I haven’t totally made the switch myself but mirrorless cameras do find a place in my camera bag. There are now some very talented photographers who are using mirrorless cameras for all of their work, but for me I still find they have some limitations.

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By: Trenton Talbot Photography

Trenton Talbot Photography — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 03:18:31 +0000

I’ve switched to Fuji X two years ago. No regrets :)

By: Allister Freeman

Allister Freeman — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:45:55 +0000

In reply to Jimmy. Great article. I made the switch to mirrorless around a year ago, totally changed the way I work in a good way. Wouldn't go back to SLR.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:20:55 +0000

In reply to Matt Gallagher. Head over to our users groups of Facebook. That's the best place to share your work with us. There is a group for Exposure users and one for Snap Art users.

By: Matt Gallagher

Matt Gallagher — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 07:29:16 +0000

In reply to Simon Dewey Wedding Photography. Very impressive I would love to feature on this blog.

By: Simon Dewey Wedding Photography

Simon Dewey Wedding Photography — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:30:24 +0000

This is a the best article I’ve read on this subject. It’s balanced. I tried a Fuji pro for a while, but I don’t think I can work without my DSLR.

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By: Gonzalo

Gonzalo — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:37:58 +0000

I guess it all comes down to shooting styles and priorities; in my case, what I value above all else is portability and joy of use (providing the image quality is good enough, obviously, but in this time and age, most of the cameras have comfortably passed that threshold) and I can only get that with the smaller mirrorless bodies, such as the micro4/3 system. I have been shooting with these little cameras and lenses for almost 2 years now and I wouldn’t go back to bigger bodies anymore.

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By: Michael McKee

Michael McKee — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 02:44:21 +0000

Great selection of opinions. Personally, I’ve just made the switch from Nikon to Fuji, however I understand that mirrorless is not there yet for everybody.

I think that Joe Payne made a brilliant observation that a lot of R&D is going into the mirrorless systems and that it might be a good idea to wait (not long!) until the most important discrepancies between platforms have been fixed. The X-T1 does what I need, but it’s the first that’s good enough, and it still has a few rough edges.

I am sorry that Dustin Abbott got an EOS M, which is hand’s down the slowest and clunkiest mirrorless on the market today, or for the last couple of years.

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By: D'Lynn Waldron

D'Lynn Waldron — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 03:30:21 +0000

I am a classical music and theatre performance photographer and three things I need- 1) a silent mechanism (like my beloved M3 I’ve had since 1956), NO delay like my current suite of Canon DSLR bodies and lenses, and LONG bursts because it can take 20 frames (and more) to get that right instant in movement or expression.

Only one model was mentioned as being quiet and no mention was made of bursts, and one mention was made of a delay, which for me is an absolute deal-breaker.

By: Tony Bramley

Tony Bramley — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:16:26 +0000

Bought an XE1 last year for fun personally. Was hooked and loved the retro workflow and the EVF exposure.
Trying hard not to buy the X Pro 1 on the current offer and wait for the X Pro 2 for next seasons weddings. The XE1 manages to get to some weddings :) Currently shoot 5D M3’s.

I think…. mirrorless will overtake dSLRs. This is similar to the change from medium format to (35mm) style dSLRs a few years back. Who needs a prism and a mirror? well when the technology becomes as good as a regular viewfinder (imagine retina displays in mirrorless and faster processors for AF and refresh rates) why would you want a dSLR.

Mirrorless is evolving fast and Nikon and Canon should not bury their heads in the sand like Kodak etc. Mirrorless will be the future.

Even shooting with the XE1 is faster than the days of weddings on my Hasselblad (and just as enjoyable BTW). Its quite nice to slow down a bit with these cameras and think more (and this means more creative).

Remember when we were all shooting manual and had no problems. We now have focus peaking to assist just like in the days of the rangefinder.

Take a look at most of Magnums archive and how it was shot. We should really have no problems with mirrorless.

I am still weighing up the X Pro 1 as it could become an excellent spare body (at £650 with current cash back!!!) for when I go for a X Pro 2

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Ricoh GR – Impression after one month | Luc Pher — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:19:49 +0000

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By: Bill Fortney

Bill Fortney — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 21:51:07 +0000

In reply to Pete B. I've been shooting the Fuji X System for a year now, and simply love it, the lower weight and fantastic image quality has made me a fan! This image was in 1:1 format, 12 mega pixels. X-E1 and 18-55 lens!

By: Pete B

Pete B — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:13:55 +0000

I made the switch from DSLR to mirrorless 2 years ago and I’ve never looked back or missed DSLR in any way whatsoever.

As for cost I sold all my Nikon gear, bought all new Fuji and had change left over.

By: DJP Bouwen

DJP Bouwen — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:59:16 +0000

Those people above are all producing such marvelous work that my words are so futile. But I’m still not a believer that mirror less is necessarily holding the future. It reminds me of the bridge camera, which is – with a certain abstraction – the ancestor of the MLIC. Well none of the present sales numbers does confirm a massive move over to MLIC and like in the past, bridge cameras couldn’t stop the development and market progress of Digital SLR systems either: it just remained a side-effect. I think Joe Payne expressed my own experiences in the most accurate way… on low light events with just a MLIC camera was more of a hassle then it truly did help me in size or weight. What disturbs me a bit is that these premium brushed metal babies are sitting right into the sweet spot of the premium toys for boys stuff and a fair bit of commercial hyping is going on. People are believing stories that are not fully true. I must say, walking on the streets, I’ve got a lot more attention from the people around me with a camera like the X100 or even X-Pro1 then with any DSLR. They are not cheap and I think you can even hardly survive basing your workflow on a normal depreciation of this kind of equipment. After only a few years all this stuff is completely obsolete and at the end… is that a so much better operational path than working with a solid pro-DSLR with a series of lenses that can easily survive 3 of 4 generations of bodies? I’m not a pro, but even as an advanced enthousiast I run into the fact there is still a lot missing there to like, not the least from most third party manufacturers only going Canon, Nikon and a bit of Sony, so it’s still a yes and no. Of course, it’s not difficult to show work from MLIC cameras that will delight many. But in no way these pictures surpass what any DSLR with good glass will do in the right hands. But being complementary to what we own now, a lightweight solution for particular cases, isn’t that a nice property yet? Does it have to replace a DSLR workflow to have a bit of credibility?

By: Joe Navas

Joe Navas — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:12:36 +0000

For two years, I’ve bought, sold, rented and borrowed various Fuji setups, hoping to find them, at the very least, useable. The image quality (and the horrendous AF) simply wasn’t there… yet. Yes, the X100 was a gorgeous little machine that produced rather impressive results for what it was, but my equivalent focal length setup – a 5D MK II with a Sigma 35mm 1.4, was just much, much better in all regards except size.
Still, I kept at it, hoping for the Fuji’s to catch up, and oh, how they did.
The arrival of the X-T1, the updated X-E2 and the 56mm 1.2 and 23mm 1.4 lenses changed everything and I was finally able to seriously contemplate switching. I gave myself a good 3 month head start before wedding season began, using the Fuji gear on fun assignments and then a couple of engagement shoots where my wife was present and shooting with her usual Canon rig as insurance.
It’s taken some adjusting, but I have zero regret and now feel absolutely confident with my now-100% Fuji rig. I use the 56mm and 23mm for 80% of the day interchangeably on an X-T1 and an X-E2, and then looove to throw on the 14mm 2.8 and the surprisingly great 55-200 (if this is how Fuji does a variable aperture telephoto zoom, I can’t wait to see how their 2.8 version acts. Wow.)
Yes, I still long for a dual-card camera at some point, but my use of cards and the fact that I shoot with my wife at virtually all events assuages any concerns of loss nearly completely.
By the end of a 12 hour wedding day, my shoulders and back feel fine, and, more importantly, I have images that I truly adore. I can shoot wide open on either the 56 or the 23 and never miss focus, all the while achieving beautiful separation and isolation.
The high ISO rendering is just as good, if not better than my 6D or MK II and the final bonus is that I find I can really get close to people without them really seeing a big camera in their presence.
Oh, and lastly, the fact that all this actually ends up costing less than my Canon gear is the icing on the cake.
Thank you Fuji.

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By: Anurag Sharma

Anurag Sharma — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:10:46 +0000

I am wedding photographer based in Lancashire, near Lytham, in the Northwest of England.

I have been using Olymous mirrorless cameras (specifically the m43 format) for over 3 years and at weddings for that length of time. I have been exclusively mirrorless for now 2 years.

The main point in a camera, for me, is does it allow me to take a photograph the way I want to? Is it a hinderance or a help?

A lot of people address the sensor issue…..as if that makes the photograph. It doesn’t for me.

From the inbuilt image stabilisation (allowing hand held shots as low as 1/8th of second on a relatively static subject), to the EVF (nailing exposure dead on), to aiding manual focusing using peaking (brilliant on a Voigtlander 25 0.95), to it’s weight (I’m 43 – much happier without back pain)….well these are the things that help a photographer.

It is being continually proven that mirrorless cameras can compete with DSLRs.

I do it everyday.