Originally posted by Nicolas06 Well EVF as technology will mature and likely penetrate the high end market. It need a few years - maybe 5 - to be at same level and a few more - maybe 5 years more - to be the technology most the pro use.
As for the size, I still think some of the paid pro and enthousiast will get heavy, big camera with their big sensors and lenses. Because they want the best of the best.
The other will take even more photo with their phones who will become even better. They grow their sensor size, benefit of most the research, make even faster lenses. The biggest problem in the end is the zooming capability.
But mirrorless as the same zooming problem. You go mirorless for replacing you phone or compact with high quality but still get a small camera. But all mirorless tele are quite big, even more if they are reasonably fast, something that is really important for a tele lense...
I think that's right but it's also a concern for a relatively small segment of the market. The pro sports photographer may
never use anything but a DSLR for the two obvious reasons: their lenses are huge (making body size almost irrelevant) and EVF lag (no matter how much it shrinks). And let's remember the lag on electronic camera viewers can't be too bad otherwise the TV networks would struggle to ever televise a football, basketball, or hockey game.
But for what percentage of buyers will either of these perhaps permanent disadvantages matter? Most people don't buy huge lenses. Most people don't try to get fantastic courtside photos that could best be captured with a D4 or whatever. For everyone else, MILCs become viable once the lens selection becomes large and the bodies come down in price to match comparable DSLRs (plus other technology gaps narrow).
I have a feeling, and that's all it is, Canon is using their consumer DSLR line to perfect the technology they'll eventually put into a serious MILC lineup. The 7D Mk II looks to be that testbed as they continue to advance the state of on-sensor PDAF which they only need now for video. When they're comfortable it works really really well, what's to hold them back from introducing a really good MILC?