DPReview Readers' Choice Awards 2018: the winners

The change from DSLRs

Yes indeed the game has changed, Sony got Canon and Nikon to play in Sony’s world now. The advantage of having a huge lens collection and a proprietary lens mount is all gone out the window.

Canikon came out with FF mirorrless to stop the flow of current DSLR users switching or at least trying out Sony. The problem is the majority of DSLR owners are not using FF DSLR or even pro APSC DSLR but entry-level and mid-level bodies like Rebels and D3xxx/5xxx. There is no advantage to staying in a Canikon system if one has an entry-level or mid-level DSLR and it is actually better to switch to FF Sony mirrorless when upgrading.

Yup, Canikon need their own A6000 to ignite mainstream interest in mirrorless. Canon kinda has something like that in the M50, a high seller on Amazon, but not ranking in the vast quantities of spots that the A6000 consistently occupies.

Yeah exactly what I thought, until I upgrade from 24MP to 42MP and cannot go back anymore

@zeratulmrye And upgraded your RAM from 16GB to 32GB and your CPU from i7 to i11 and your tripod from 3kg to 6kg (871 7/19 lbs).

Of course, there are photographers who benefit from more than 20 megapixels. I know about at least 3 of them.

Camera judgement rule number one: Higher numbers are better! :-D

I don't think that anyone trades a fullframe for a flippy screen... nice try.

@ Boudewijn_NL: If we go beyond "what I have", I would take a look at what the gear is going to be used for, and take everything from this point.

If saving as much money as possible is the point (it rarely is, I would guess), there are many good and much cheaper solutions than a system camera.

News flash: DPR isn't the be all end all when it comes to camera reviews. Are their reviews useful? Sure, but they also have inconsistencies. But there are a number of other websites, well-known photographers, and forums that have gear reviews that we can use to make informed purchase decisions. Relying solely on DPR as you suggest would be a poor idea.

DPR can be the be all and end all but only if you know the secret. For instance, back in the day I chose the D200 over the original 5D based on the reviews I read here and I have been happy with that fork of the timestream ever since.
The secret is to read the sections where they talk about performance and ignore the conclusion where they think they are gifting you the benefit of their keen minds and vast knowledge.

Smiler - please don't be rude. You don't pay for these reviews.

You're right. You guys work hard on these reviews and do a great job. I, on the other hand, am just another idiot sitting on my couch who thinks he's hilarious.
Please accept my apology.

Perhaps it’s the psychological power of lucky 7 that’s persuasive enough to garner 2 out of the top 3 spots! 🤔

Is best.

i would like to see a 645 "ff" 100mp pentax!
it could be such a beast.
regards

Barney, Pentax is singular?
Is that why we see so few announcements from them? 😁

Companies are singular entities. Like Surrey is a county in England, and England is a country within the United Kingdom ;)

Tell that to my secondary school english teacher!

I’ve said it before: camera manufacturers should start making the same camera in two body sizes. I love smaller cameras, it’s one of the main reasons I ditched DSLRs, but I don’t want my choices compromised by others with big hands, or vice-versa.

Maybe one day camera stores will ergonomically scan us, and 3D print grips around a core body and mount... watch out for a patent soon folks ;-)

Really hurts when a "smaller sensor" camera beats a bigger one. Not everyone has massive hands. ;)

Yes I guess most of voters did not even use these cameras....

This fall, Oskar P has trolled the comments more than an army of multiple IDs.

And I would add that he has joined last september, and spent most of his later time into conflictual and brand fanatic threads/comments revolving around the big FF mirrorless showdown of the fall.

If we were to designate the DPR troll poster child, that one would have to go to Oskar P more than anyone else here.

Jay,
Lol 👍
Den

Jay, Den,

Oskar P is the legendary 'Nikon troll', he's been banned more times under more logins than a restaurant critic's had hot dinners.

You'll probably remember him as Mastering Light, who trolled Sony threads epically last year around the big product announcements. But arguably his greatest achievement was his spamming of the A9 launch where he managed 250 bashing comments in about 48 hours (a few of us counted them) It was biblical.

All of which makes his comment about an army of fanboys with multiple accounts bringing in the A7III result look especially ludicrous and wretched.

Lol,
Yeah, there's clearly something mentally wrong with him.
What a tool 😂
Den

Oskar P, an old ID of mine has been banned indeed, that was October indeed, but that was 2008, a time where you obviously weren't born yet. After that there has been some long years where I did not bother to post here, because of obnoxious members which are very good at getting you banned by pushing you towards missteps and then reporting on you (you know what I mean don't you).

I'd be curious to know under which ID you think I have been operating before Oct 2018, because I was idle at this time.

Oskar P = Tosser
Den