Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
I love DSLR too, but after I got the GH3, I don't need to worry about "battery life, about slow focus, about small EVF, about buffer, about anything". Sometimes, I think that I'll keep the D700 for events and portraits, but the portrait lenses for m4/3 are better than anything I can afford for 35mm. Sometimes, I think I'll miss the OVF, but not when I see the instant review in the GH3 viewfinder or I switch to video by pushing a button, still not removing my eye from the viewfinder.I took a break from DSLR for a long time for all the reasons we love mirrorless: light, discreet, cheap, etc.
But I shot a D3x last week and boy, what a revelation! Didn't have to worry about battery life, about slow focus, about small EVF, about buffer, about anything. just took the camera and shot. And the results came out as what I envisioned.
Yes, my shoulder is still sore, but I'm seriously thinking about getting back to DSLR again.
I've considered keeping my OM Zuiko lenses and use them with an A7s for shots in the dark and very shallow DOF portraits, but then I ask myself: Is that worth $3,000? An f/0.95 lens on the GH4 that I'll buy anyway will solve that, and even the PanaLeica 42.5mm f/1.2 gives me shallower DOF than I'm usually comfortable with.
To me now, optical viewfinders end up in the same category as film; they are nice for nostalgic reasons, but as opposed to film, they have no impact whatsoever on the image quality. I'll keep the F6 though, and will probably buy some nice 35/85 or 28/50/85 combo for it. Apart from that, optical viewfinders are fast becoming ancient history, at least for me.