Originally posted by sunny16 It does seem silly to deny that there are some advantages generally with “mirrorless” cameras but it also seems that just like many types of cameras have coexisted for many decades, so will DSLRs and mirrorless.
A lot of people struggle to see any advantage of a mirrorless camera. There are advantages for camera makers: less parts, more simple to assemble, no need of calibration of AF in the assembly line, simpler firmware (no need to multiplex logic between PDAF sensing, AE sensing, with mirrorless everything is done by the same image sensor).
Originally posted by sunny16 , highest res EVF on the market
Would that sentence alone mean that there is an effort to improve EVF comfort that wasn't even something to work on DSLR? If yes, how can mirrorless be an advantage if it must be improved to get closer to a DSLR vision?
Knowing about marketing => mirrorless equal. making DSLR cameras and lenses obsolete in order to start over again selling complete new systems to customers. I call this a business advantage for running a camera business, but I wouldn't call it an advantage for customers.
The absence of advantage for customers is that a lot of customer keep using their DSLR. A lot of Canon DSLR users are just happy with their DSLR, they don't rush to get a mirrorless model, simply because there is no reason to do so.
Camera shops tell me, mirrorless is better, you should buy one. I say ok "why is mirroless better?" and the answer is either silence, or the answer is "it's better because it's better". I say, Ah ok you are right, here is my credit card