Originally posted by ThorSanchez I think it's a very tenuous connection between flickr numbers and people supposedly not liking mirrorless cameras and EVFs. There are a myriad of causal factors that are reflected in number of posts on a certain photo-sharing platform, from demographics to price to features to country of origin and on and on.
If I had to guess I'd say mirrorless cameras are under-represented on flickr because flickr is used by an older demographic raised on SLRs and OVFs, along with the smartphones everyone old and young has in their pockets. Also mirrorless cameras have made significant strides during the last few years, at the same time almost all camera manufacturers have shifted to low-volume, high-price models. So there are many more cameras from the pre-2015 era than the time since, and the earlier time period was dominated by SLRs with OVFs.
You go with what you have until you have something better.
Which is why I said "Given the Sony numbers on flickr stats, it's not clear an EVF helps or hinders. If anything , they suggest it hinders."
That means, "you can't make any conclusions but some preliminary data suggest it hinders". I didn't realize I need to be so technical.
The sentiment remains the same. The number of people shooting with Sony cameras doesn't translate into a larger presence on Flickr. And many of us have bought new cameras since the A7 came out in 2013. Many of those DSLR shooters on flicker are not shooting with cameras older than Sony mirrorless. Most of us had the choice to go Sony and passed, for our last camera purchase. You should really try and be more objective in your fact selection. Looking at the last 5 years since the release of the A7, more people have bought DSLRs than have bought mirrorless.
Yesterday 105 A7r users uploaded 431 items.
https://www.flickr.com/cameras/sony/ilce-9/
119 K-1 users uploaded 1,845 images.
https://www.flickr.com/cameras/ricoh/imaging_company_ltd._pentax_k-1/
The most used Sony camera the A6000 had 533 users uploading 19,796 images.
A6000, 24.3 MP, and comparable to a K-3 not a K-1
I know it may be hard to interpret exactly what those numbers mean, but the early guess, if I were designing further research is that most Sony user aren't as demanding of their gear at least in terms of resolution than Pentax users and probably in other ways as well, with Pentax having a much higher percentage looking for premium quality images. Especially since for this resolution it looks like there are more K-1 users than Sony A7r users.
With Pentax the most popular camera is the K-1, their most expensive offering. And the A6000 which leads the charge for Sony with apex. 600 users well Canon 6D 1212, Canon 5Dmkiii 1509, you have to go all the way down to a Rebel T6 to find numbers like the A6000 in canon.
The D750 has 1218 users.
The 850 has 555 users. 4 Nikons have better numbers than A6000.
We re talking here about what people use, not what people have bought.
There are more K-1 users and images uploaded than D850 or A7r users.
I'm seeing something here, even if you don't.
The legacy thing is hogwash. We've almost all bought new cameras since the A7 was released. We could have switched. And in fact many only bought A7s because there was no Pentax FF alternative at the time. We used to here from people who wanted to use their FA ltd.s om FF as they were designed to be use. Sony has lost that part of the market.