Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nikon and Canon are pretty much dead in the R&D department. Sony and Fuji have surpassed them. I started using Fuji around 5 years ago. Never picked up my Nikon gear again. Focus is vastly better, color is superior. Lots of folks I now professionally use Sony. I switched to Fuji before Sony really had a decent lens system. Chris Williams www.dcdocumentaryphotographers.com www.zoeicaimages.net 504-231-6261 > On Feb 14, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > ? Peter and Howard have been having a debate on Nikon ( specifically) Z6 > camera progress to replacing all DSLR with Mirrorless models. > > A different perspective.... > First the interchange..... > The loan program shows how desperate Nikon is to convince Nikon users to > move from DSLRs to the EVF models. The latter are competent, as you can > see, > but I am not sure that they will be as versatile as the old mirror prisms > on the DSLRs - especially for the flying bird photography that I do > > Now the perspective.... > The first Nikon camera to be digital was the D1 in 1999. 20 years ago. > They have done a wonderful job of improving and refining the camera(s) > since then. The first Nikon mirrorless is the Z6/7 introduced in 2018. It > is to be understood that the Mirrorless camera has not had the development > time and effort that the DSLR models have. Plus the business decision to > not develop too quickly and have all your DSLR sales go to zero because of > the "better" mirrorless model. ( incentive to NOT change or improve). > A few years ago I predicted the end of the DSLR domination. That is > becoming a fact. Manufacturing infrastructure at Nikon is predominantly > mechanically inclined employees. Mirrorless camera require significantly > less mechanical assembly... they are basically computers with some > mechanical integration. THEY ARE INHERENTLY LESS COSTLY TO PRODUCE. > The Sony A7 caught Nikon lollygagging around.. and Nikon declared the Sony > technology to be inferior...... never going to work as well.... Never going > to be able to AF as well. Never going .... you fill in the final > part..... Then came the Sony A9, which made Nikon shut up. The A9 was > created to defy Nikon. Fix all the naysayers comments, especially the > Birders and teh Sports guys..... Then came the A9II which further > strengthened the Mirrorless position..... > Nikon is in no different position than they were a few years ago.. denying > the obvious superiority of the mirrorless technology because of their heavy > infrastructure investments on mirror-box manufacturing. > Canon has stated no new DSLR lens development. Guess the word is received > at Canon..... go Mirrorless. > If you want a bird imaging camera, with the Nikon brand on front, it is > coming. As good as the D5 or D500. Better. Just wait a couple more > years....... maybe sooner..... > Because you ain't going to see new, high end DSLR development in the > future. Brand N or C.. Or other. > > > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information