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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 762385" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>The brutal truth is that stand-alone interchangeable lens cameras are only being bought by professionals and some photo-hobbyists for actual use taking still photos. Otherwise they are being bought as a more affordable digital video camera by people making YouTube videos and some other projects. So guess what segment of the market is being served more? The camera makers are trying to capture that active video market in a market that has shrunk to a small fraction of what it was 12 years ago. The smartphone has killed things that much.</p><p></p><p>Mirrorless serves the video market better, so that is where the manufacturers want to move. They do have to balance the established market in the overall scheme. But they want to make people want the mirrorless bodies and phase out DSLR. Sony had the advantage of not having an established DSLR legacy.</p><p></p><p>So what do you buy? Do you even care about shooting video? Want to do stills and video? Most mirrorless viewfinders lag in displaying the image by some fraction of a second compared to an optical finder. It does make a difference with tracking fast action sports and flying birds. Optical viewfinders work at the speed of light without a video buffer. Will a DSLR ever have an animal eye-detection auto-focus mode? Would it not be nice to have an aftermarket split-prism to manually focus a mirrorless?</p><p></p><p>There are trade-offs with going either way. It is up to you to reflect on what you see yourself using the camera for tomorrow and 3 years from now. Then basing you decision on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 762385, member: 48483"] The brutal truth is that stand-alone interchangeable lens cameras are only being bought by professionals and some photo-hobbyists for actual use taking still photos. Otherwise they are being bought as a more affordable digital video camera by people making YouTube videos and some other projects. So guess what segment of the market is being served more? The camera makers are trying to capture that active video market in a market that has shrunk to a small fraction of what it was 12 years ago. The smartphone has killed things that much. Mirrorless serves the video market better, so that is where the manufacturers want to move. They do have to balance the established market in the overall scheme. But they want to make people want the mirrorless bodies and phase out DSLR. Sony had the advantage of not having an established DSLR legacy. So what do you buy? Do you even care about shooting video? Want to do stills and video? Most mirrorless viewfinders lag in displaying the image by some fraction of a second compared to an optical finder. It does make a difference with tracking fast action sports and flying birds. Optical viewfinders work at the speed of light without a video buffer. Will a DSLR ever have an animal eye-detection auto-focus mode? Would it not be nice to have an aftermarket split-prism to manually focus a mirrorless? There are trade-offs with going either way. It is up to you to reflect on what you see yourself using the camera for tomorrow and 3 years from now. Then basing you decision on that. [/QUOTE]
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