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Why mirrorless?

Started Mar 25, 2013 | Discussions thread
TimelordXYZ Contributing Member • Posts: 573
Re: Why mirrorless?

There are a few advantages in a mirrorless camera

1. There are no vibration(mirror slap) generating mechanical reflex mirrors in the design. This has a number of advantages as the photographic workflow will be a lot more seamless/uniform as one doesn't have to place the camera in a 'Mirror Up' mode in certain shooting scenarios to eliminate mirror slap. Note: that in 'Mirror Up' mode, even the professional photographer is reduced to a 'P&S' mode of using the lowly LCD to compose the image.

2. The electronic viewfinder found in most of the better Mirrorless cameras can be used for both Stills and Video, whereas in a DSLR, one cannot use the viewfinder for video. Again as point 1 above states, the mirrorless camera provides a more seamless/uniform shooting experience with all aspects of the camera.

The main current disadvantage of a mirrorless camera is that fast AF using PDAF on moving subjects is not quite up to the mark, but with more and more sensors including On-sensor PDAF, this could change in the near future.

Hope this answers your question

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