I don't know Thom Hogan, nor have I particularly followed anything he has had to say in past. I just reread this specific "commentary", and found it well balanced ... both in support of "Mirror-less, but also pointing out current shortcomings that potential users of cameras may encounter in the near term.
What's the harm in that? All it does is inform readers of a perspective that may save them a premature investment into a system that won't meet their specific needs in leu of "buying the system" to find that out.
I also find the terminology a bit misleading. "Mirror-less" is nothing new ... every Leica M ever made is mirror-less, so are most consumer cameras way back to the Kodak Brownie ... as are all view cameras, tech cameras and MF cameras like the Mamiya and Fuji rangefinders or Hasselblad SWC.
The revolution revolves around the method of viewing the image from a Mirror-less camera. This is all about OVF making the transition to EVF ... and the elimination of the SLR mirror-box or complex rangefinder method of viewing. Thus the ability to return to smaller cameras verses DSLRs.
My experiences with mirror-less/evf has been limited to Sony due to a preference for FF. To be clear, I love the notion of "you see what you get" right in the viewfinder.
Those experiences have also informed me of current limitations for many critical applications ... requiring a DSLR to fill in for those applications. It is those current mirror-less/evf limitations that Mr. Hogan touches upon, and discrediting him personally doesn't alter that.
- Marc
What's the harm in that? All it does is inform readers of a perspective that may save them a premature investment into a system that won't meet their specific needs in leu of "buying the system" to find that out.
I also find the terminology a bit misleading. "Mirror-less" is nothing new ... every Leica M ever made is mirror-less, so are most consumer cameras way back to the Kodak Brownie ... as are all view cameras, tech cameras and MF cameras like the Mamiya and Fuji rangefinders or Hasselblad SWC.
The revolution revolves around the method of viewing the image from a Mirror-less camera. This is all about OVF making the transition to EVF ... and the elimination of the SLR mirror-box or complex rangefinder method of viewing. Thus the ability to return to smaller cameras verses DSLRs.
My experiences with mirror-less/evf has been limited to Sony due to a preference for FF. To be clear, I love the notion of "you see what you get" right in the viewfinder.
Those experiences have also informed me of current limitations for many critical applications ... requiring a DSLR to fill in for those applications. It is those current mirror-less/evf limitations that Mr. Hogan touches upon, and discrediting him personally doesn't alter that.
- Marc