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Sunday, 6 November 2016
Mirrorless or DSLR camera?
If you are in the market for a system camera, i.e., one with interchangeable lenses, there are basically two choices: A mirrorless system like Micro Four Thirds, or a more traditional DSLR system. So how are they different?
To illustrate, here are two enthusiast cameras in the categories: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II and Nikon D7200:
One difference between them, which is not easily visible in the picture, is that the register distance is much shorter for the mirrorless camera on the left: 20mm vs 46.5mm for the Nikon F mount on the right. This allows for making smaller cameras, obviously, but it also allow the designers make smaller wide angle lenses.
This is illustrated with the Samyang fisheye lenses pictured: They are functionally the same, but the fisheye lens for the mirrorless camera can be made much smaller due to the smaller register distance. For longer tele lenses, there is not so much difference for the same focal lengths, though.
The Olympus is an enthusiast mirrorless camera. Even if it is two years old, it still has pretty much state of the art image quality for M4/3.
In addition to the compact size and generous direct controls, it also has a lot of technically advanced features, like a sensor shift high resolution mode, and a very effective in-body image stabilization.
On the right, the Nikon D7200 is also an enthusiast level camera. However, the classic single reflex reflex (SLR) design means that the swinging mirror takes up more space, and the camera becomes larger. This is both bad (more camera to lug around), but also good: More space for a good grip and better ergonomic features.
We are expecting the camera to be replaced with a newer model in 2017, but this is still a very good camera. At the price, I think it is a fantastic camera: Very good photo image quality, fast, accurate autofocus, and a good user interface.
From the rear, the camera basically have the same features:
The Olympus on the left has a swiveling LCD, which I think is very useful. On the other hand, the Nikon has room for a top plate LCD display, good for quickly checking the settings.
To illustrate, here are two enthusiast cameras in the categories: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II and Nikon D7200:
One difference between them, which is not easily visible in the picture, is that the register distance is much shorter for the mirrorless camera on the left: 20mm vs 46.5mm for the Nikon F mount on the right. This allows for making smaller cameras, obviously, but it also allow the designers make smaller wide angle lenses.
This is illustrated with the Samyang fisheye lenses pictured: They are functionally the same, but the fisheye lens for the mirrorless camera can be made much smaller due to the smaller register distance. For longer tele lenses, there is not so much difference for the same focal lengths, though.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
The Olympus is an enthusiast mirrorless camera. Even if it is two years old, it still has pretty much state of the art image quality for M4/3.
In addition to the compact size and generous direct controls, it also has a lot of technically advanced features, like a sensor shift high resolution mode, and a very effective in-body image stabilization.
Nikon D7200
On the right, the Nikon D7200 is also an enthusiast level camera. However, the classic single reflex reflex (SLR) design means that the swinging mirror takes up more space, and the camera becomes larger. This is both bad (more camera to lug around), but also good: More space for a good grip and better ergonomic features.
We are expecting the camera to be replaced with a newer model in 2017, but this is still a very good camera. At the price, I think it is a fantastic camera: Very good photo image quality, fast, accurate autofocus, and a good user interface.
From the rear, the camera basically have the same features:
The Olympus on the left has a swiveling LCD, which I think is very useful. On the other hand, the Nikon has room for a top plate LCD display, good for quickly checking the settings.
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