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Bugger, I totally forgot about that….
Bugger, I totally forgot about that….
I'm amazed that the tiny cameras on phones take as good photos as they do.No but your camera is. As are most phones when it comes to astrophotography!
You forgot alcohol.I'm amazed that the tiny cameras on phones take as good photos as they do.
Throw in the big distances of space and you can only expect blurs.
I've found with the addition of an ultrapod or mini-tripod and the freedom you get with certain camera apps, my phone is now outperforming my old Olympus Pen-F in almost everything I shoot (with the exception of zoom photography).I'm amazed that the tiny cameras on phones take as good photos as they do.
Throw in the big distances of space and you can only expect blurs.
Mrs has an Olympus 5060 which still does all that is needed. Coupled with some schwanky lens and it is still a pretty handy camera.I've found with the addition of an ultrapod or mini-tripod and the freedom you get with certain camera apps, my phone is now outperforming my old Olympus Pen-F in almost everything I shoot (with the exception of zoom photography).
It's a little bit bittersweet as I love the Olympus but it does make travel a lot lighter.
Apparently Olympus are getting out of the camera game, which is a bit sad although I'm hoping that might mean I'll be able to pick up a compatible big-arse telephoto lens on the cheap.Mrs has an Olympus 5060 which still does all that is needed. Coupled with some schwanky lens and it is still a pretty handy camera.
Apparently it can also do IR and I'd like to fiddle with that one day too.
It is shame. They did some nice cameras in their time. It has always been difficult to find attachments for the 5060 as they seems to have changed how they mount to the camera. The one you find isn't the one you are looking for.Apparently Olympus are getting out of the camera game, which is a bit sad although I'm hoping that might mean I'll be able to pick up a compatible big-arse telephoto lens on the cheap.
Honestly there's almost no reason to get something with a mirror assembly these days. I had a Sony A7ii, now on a A6500 (crop sensor, smaller) and they're great. Had always been on Canon before the A7ii - went through 350D, 40D, 5D, 1DmkIII, 6D before moving to Sony. EVFs are way better than they used to be and you get used to them quickly.Has anyone tried a mirrorless SLR camera? My wife wants an EOS RP (or whatever Canon are about to release next) as she has a few nice USM lenses for her current camera (Canon 6D).
That’s Hyrax money you’re wasting....Has anyone tried a mirrorless SLR camera? My wife wants an EOS RP (or whatever Canon are about to release next) as she has a few nice USM lenses for her current camera (Canon 6D).
I dunno. I'm starting to think mirrorless are going to be a bit like Minidisc. A great idea but unfortunately doomed because they're sandwiched between two vastly more popular things.Honestly there's almost no reason to get something with a mirror assembly these days. I had a Sony A7ii, now on a A6500 (crop sensor, smaller) and they're great. Had always been on Canon before the A7ii - went through 350D, 40D, 5D, 1DmkIII, 6D before moving to Sony. EVFs are way better than they used to be and you get used to them quickly.
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Sony, Canon, Nikon all have professional and prosumer-level mirrorless bodies with full-frame sensors that equal or rival their SLR counterparts. Go to any of a bajillion weddings on a given weekend and you'll see Sonys in abundance both in photography and videography.Professional photographers will always plump for a big-arse you-beaut SLR from either of the big 2 whereas the casual market is well catered for by phones these days leaving the mirrorless market a bit of a wasteland. Olympus and Sony were dominating it for a few years with some really good designs but now there's only Sony left, I think.
I suppose I'm going off my personal experience with lens-shopping for my Olympus and my father's (keen nature photographer) old-school preference for SLRs with minimum 800mm lenses.Sony, Canon, Nikon all have professional and prosumer-level mirrorless bodies with full-frame sensors that equal or rival their SLR counterparts. Go to any of a bajillion weddings on a given weekend and you'll see Sonys in abundance both in photography and videography.
Not sure where a mirror assembly makes for an advantage over mirrorless when using telephoto lenses, if anything it's the opposite because the rear element can be closer to the sensor reducing overall lens length for the same focal length - my Tamron 70-180f/2.8 is the same size as my old Canon 24-70 f/2.8 was.
Phone photography is definitely a monster, but it's a barrier to entry to enthusiast photography that eats the entry-level compact/point-and-shoot market, not the mid-upper range markets where people will always start from the basis of needing a dedicated camera.
Situation makes sense with Olympus because the main selling point of the micro-4/3rds platform (small sensor) was that it made for small cameras and small lenses that were good to put in a pocket - high tech multi-lens phone photography definitely cannibalises that market, and the small sensors meant they were never really going to cut it as a professional camera. The others are just pro cameras without a mirror/prism that means they can be half an inch narrower and half a pound lighter. They still do everything else the same, including spying on your neighbour with your 800mm lens.I'm in agreement with all the arguments in favour of mirrorless versus SLR but I can't help shake the feeling that given the expense involved when you go to the professional end of the market, people will tend to go all-in and get the larger units but then I don't know enough about the market to be able to speak definitively on the subject.
Hey! I’ve not posted a dog pic in years!Situation makes sense with Olympus because the main selling point of the micro-4/3rds platform (small sensor) was that it made for small cameras and small lenses that were good to put in a pocket - high tech multi-lens phone photography definitely cannibalises that market, and the small sensors meant they were never really going to cut it as a professional camera. The others are just pro cameras without a mirror/prism that means they can be half an inch narrower and half a pound lighter. They still do everything else the same, including spying on your neighbour with your 800mm lens.
Also piss off @moorey when was the last time you posted anything in the appropriate thread?