SLR Style vs Range Finder Style ???

When I compared Sony A7RIII, Canon Eos R and Nikon Z7 side by side, I see Sony and Canon's body style SLR Type Mirrorless and Nikon's body style Range Finder Mirrorless. Why?
What's the difference between two styles?

Sony and Canon are fake DSLRs and Nikon is something different. A bit more bold design, I actually like it better. But none of those cameras looks pleasant to me.

hakan35 said:

When I compared Sony A7RIII, Canon Eos R and Nikon Z7 side by side, I see Sony and Canon's body style SLR Type Mirrorless and Nikon's body style Range Finder Mirrorless. Why?
What's the difference between two styles?

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I don't see the Z cameras as range finder style at all. Big viewfinder hump in the middle of the camera. Big hand grip. All in the style of a DSLR. Nothing like a Fuji X-Pro or X-E series camera.

What makes you say that?

I see dpreviews side by side comparison link. Body type row
https://www.dpreview.com/products/c...a7riii&products=canon_eos_r&products=nikon_z7

Also Nikon Z6 same

hakan35 said:

I see dpreviews side by side comparison link. Body style row
https://www.dpreview.com/products/c...a7riii&products=canon_eos_r&products=nikon_z7

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I see. I have no clue why DPR calls it a rangefinder style. It's wrong. The Z camera "style" is just like a Sony A7 or Canon R camera.

If you want to see a rangefinder style look at the Fuji X-Pro2 or X-E3. No viewfinder hump, viewfinder located in the corner of the body, and a minimal hand grip.

michaeladawson said:

It's wrong.

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"It's wrong" the answer that I'm looking for.

hakan35 said:

When I compared Sony A7RIII, Canon Eos R and Nikon Z7 side by side, I see Sony and Canon's body style SLR Type Mirrorless and Nikon's body style Range Finder Mirrorless. Why?
What's the difference between two styles?

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They're wrong. All 3 are "SLR style."

The main differences:

• SLR style has a viewfinder hump on top centre, while rangefinder style has a viewfinder on the top left corner
• SLR style will typically have a deeper grip, while rangefinder style typically does not.

Nothing to spend too much time thinking about--these are not clear cut categories.

The Olympus Pen F is also a classic rangefinder style body, which the original fiIlm version looked like a rangefinder but was a SLR. I like Nikon’s compromise design on the Z camera, with elements from both styles, so it actually is somewhere in between the two.

I think the 1 Nikon V1/2/3 were test designs for what eventually became the Z Camera. The V1 was a Leica MP3 p/4 design, but smaller in the classic rangefinder tradition. The V2 more like a DSLR with the built in EVF on top (this was the most popular design on the 1 Nikon forum) and the V3, which was a compromise with a removable top mounted EVF, closer to a rangefinder with out the large grip. The Z camera mostly looks like a larger V2, but less angular and more refine in appearance. So the Z6/7 are more of a SLR/DSLR body style.

Marketing research pays off, in this case. It looks like Nikon took all the comments about the V1/2/3 and put them into the Z camera.
Cheers

I asked DPR about this a few years ago... Basically at first the rationale was that SLR-style had a central hump such as the Oly EM5 while the rangefinder-style were flat at the top regardless if there is a viewfinder or where it is located.

Later new body styles were getting introduced such as Nikon V1 with a mostly flat top but with an EVF at the center. So DPR basically threw their hands in the air and now they seem to just roll a dice with every new MILC to categorize it regardless of what it looks like.

There really should be 3 categories:

SLR style = EVF in the middle

Rangefinder style = EVF in the corner

Compact style = no EVF

OK, that is a good definition starting point, going by the criteria of how the Rangefinder and SLR Cameras were setup. Using this guideline, the Oly PenF is a “Rangefinder” type, as its EVF is off centered to the rear right. The Zs, a SLR style. The Nikon V1, while having a slight bump, it is off set to the right, ( but still centered over the lens mount) so maybe a Rangefinder. V2, definitely a SLR style.

Works for me.
Cheers