And Hasselblad’s medium-format versioneven went to the moon.
But its era is over; Canon has just announced that it willdesign no new DSLRs.
Its EOS-1D X Mark III will be its last pro model; the future is mirrorless.
Canon
“Today, mirrorless cameras are taking over in terms of features and sensor quality.
The Reflex
Before the SLR, or Single Lens Reflex, cameras were generally bulky and/or limited.
This lets the photographer see the exact frame that will appear on the film or sensor.
Antonio Calossi
This meant that an SLR could be used to do any kind of photography.
This means you no longer need a mirror.
And because the mirror requires a lot of space, mirrorless cameras are much smaller.
This also means smaller lenses, but there are other advantages.
Today, mirrorless cameras are taking over in terms of features and sensor quality.
For instance, the DSLR shows the exact frame, but it cannot show the actual finished photo.
For that, you have to take your eye away from the optical viewfinder and check the screen.
A mirrorless camera shows you the exact image youll capture before you capture it.
you could preview focus, exposure, even see the image in black and white.
And it appears the market reflects this.
Most of us use our phones to take photos.
But the pros are switching to smaller, faster, easier-to-use mirrorless cameras.
In fact, Leica makes the only professional-level film cameras still available today, and those are rangefinders.
Thanks to physics, large sensors aren’t just about more resolution.
They also give a shallower depth-of-field.
That is, they can blur the background more than cameras with smaller sensors.
But even that’s no barrier to mirrorlessthey just need giant sensors.
