sonicbuffalo_RIP
Senior Member
From my perspective, I see the mirrorless battle being won not by Sony but by Fuji, Oly, and Sony....albeit, not necessarily in that order. The only thing missing from the mirrorless camp is legacy glass. But to Sony, that's not going to stunt their growth. You see, the Sony A series can use just about ANY glass with an adapter or two.
Sony's latest invention that is silent, and with no blackout (a real advantage) is a game changer. It proves once again that mirrorless is here to stay and they plan on leading that innovation. You see, they already put IBIS into their cameras as far back as the A7II models. As far as full frame mirrorless, Sony is the leader. They will continue to lead the pack as they listen to what the photographers want in a camera, and damned if Sony doesn't deliver the goods.
Canon, Nikon, and the rest of the mfgr's. will have to either jump on board the bandwagon of development of their own ff mirrorless systems, or go the way of Kodak, namely bankrupt. Nikon, especially, should have been first out of the gate with their killer series of mirrorless bodies. Instead, it seems like Nikon just developed their mirrorless system as an afterthought, or more descriptive...a 'toy' to satisfy a fad. Sony took it many steps further, showing that they were in it for the long haul with their mirrorless systems. They have also established that they have some great glass too. Sony's glass is not just about their partnership with Zeiss. They have established that they were more than ready to manufacture damn good glass under the Sony banner. I'm not some Sony fanboy that just jumped on the bandwagon. Nope, I saw the images that Sony's NEX line was producing, and the size of the cameras, and I was blown away by those images, which proved to me that Sony already had the best sensors on the market.
I'd love to see Nikon get off their flaccid butts and knock us on our butts with a new system that could utilize their predominant inventory of great glass, AND to raise up some even more technological breakthroughs in a serious mirrorless campaign. That would be the ideal situation. That would keep our buyers costs down as they seriously compete with Olympus, Fuji, Sony, and others. Oh, and did I mention that Sony developed a new battery that can take a pro level of shots in a session?
In short, I've rambled enough, but I want to see Sony have serious competition in full frame mirrorless systems. I think it's now proven it's capabilities with the A9. Competition is healthy for everyone and especially to motivate the engineers to come up with spectacular systems. Also, to be fair, even though the A9 is predominately a sports camera, it's fair to say that it will be utilized by wedding photogs, landscape photogs, and just about every genre of photography. Enough said. What do you think?
Sony's latest invention that is silent, and with no blackout (a real advantage) is a game changer. It proves once again that mirrorless is here to stay and they plan on leading that innovation. You see, they already put IBIS into their cameras as far back as the A7II models. As far as full frame mirrorless, Sony is the leader. They will continue to lead the pack as they listen to what the photographers want in a camera, and damned if Sony doesn't deliver the goods.
Canon, Nikon, and the rest of the mfgr's. will have to either jump on board the bandwagon of development of their own ff mirrorless systems, or go the way of Kodak, namely bankrupt. Nikon, especially, should have been first out of the gate with their killer series of mirrorless bodies. Instead, it seems like Nikon just developed their mirrorless system as an afterthought, or more descriptive...a 'toy' to satisfy a fad. Sony took it many steps further, showing that they were in it for the long haul with their mirrorless systems. They have also established that they have some great glass too. Sony's glass is not just about their partnership with Zeiss. They have established that they were more than ready to manufacture damn good glass under the Sony banner. I'm not some Sony fanboy that just jumped on the bandwagon. Nope, I saw the images that Sony's NEX line was producing, and the size of the cameras, and I was blown away by those images, which proved to me that Sony already had the best sensors on the market.
I'd love to see Nikon get off their flaccid butts and knock us on our butts with a new system that could utilize their predominant inventory of great glass, AND to raise up some even more technological breakthroughs in a serious mirrorless campaign. That would be the ideal situation. That would keep our buyers costs down as they seriously compete with Olympus, Fuji, Sony, and others. Oh, and did I mention that Sony developed a new battery that can take a pro level of shots in a session?
In short, I've rambled enough, but I want to see Sony have serious competition in full frame mirrorless systems. I think it's now proven it's capabilities with the A9. Competition is healthy for everyone and especially to motivate the engineers to come up with spectacular systems. Also, to be fair, even though the A9 is predominately a sports camera, it's fair to say that it will be utilized by wedding photogs, landscape photogs, and just about every genre of photography. Enough said. What do you think?