Where Mirrorless is Headed in 2019 by Thom Hogan Mirrorless had a big year in 2018, with many full frame entrants (4, or 10% of all cameras introduced), plus some good energy on either side of that size from Fujifilm. Lenses came in droves for mirrorless this year. I count 27 significant mirrorless-only lenses introduced this year (plus things like the Sigma Art series in FE mount adds quite a few more). 2019 is likely to be more of the…
Apple and Sony both announced new technology products on the same day last week. Both companies are high tech powerhouses. Both are throwing lots of new core technology into the electronic guts of their products. One plays like a pro. The other seems like an awkward teen trying to play like a pro. This is a marketing difference, a message difference, an integration difference, a user solution difference, and a product line difference. Apple, having done this for decades now,…
It is time for Nikon and Canon to listen up. Your financial charts are going on a downward slope. You know it and we all know it. So start paying attention to what your customers want. Your customers are buying Sony A7 series cameras with the intention of using their Nikon and Canon lenses on it. You know this. So why would you not design a camera to compete with it? Why allow your customers to go somewhere else? Scott Wyden…
My friend Chris and I have had back and forth conversations about the merits of the µ4/3 camera systems compared to the Fuji X series and Sony α7 compact systems cameras. I'm considering moving away from the DLSR -- I have a Nikon D5100 -- to reduce the bulk of equipment I carry around. Chris holds the position that µ4/3 is lighter, smaller and that the lens is cheaper than the Fuji and Sony equivalents. I looked up the weight…
