Canon says DSLR are still superior to Mirrorless cameras.

In an interview with the Dpreview team Canon explained why they don’t bet high on mirrorless:

DSLRs can capture the moment better than mirrorless, because you’re viewing directly, not through an LCD.

Another reason is:

In the US, in terms of total number of cameras sold, mirrorless cameras account for less than 20%.

But Canon “will continue to produce new mirrorless cameras and although our competitors in this field are very strong, we hope we won’t be beaten by them.“

Well these are the official answers from Canon. But I do believe they know that if they would go serious with Mirrorless they would have two negative side-effect:

1) They would compete against their own DSLR cameras. Not a smart move seen that they are the king of the market.

2) They would have to publicly the Mirrorless cameras and this would bring attention to a market segment where the competition is very strong.

My two cent: Canon (and Nikon) will only make a serious mirrorless system camera if Sony-Fuji-MFT will start to erode their DSLR market. That’s it.

SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD (In Stock) + X-T1 Combo Initial Impression

Hello Everyone,

If you are waiting to purchase the SanDisk Extreme PRO SDHC/SDXC UHS-II Memory Card, I wanted to share the news that it is actually available for purchase directly from SanDisk and as of the posting of this article it is in-stock (albeit at a higher price than B&H’s preorder.)

The SanDisk store link is here.

Mine came in just in time last week along with the Fujifilm X-T1.  And I have to say kudos to the engineering gods at Mt.Fujifilm for bestowing upon us mortals the compatibility of their X-T1 to this next gen SD card.  It makes total sense…Nikon take notice. (XQD? What?) ;)

You can read on my initial impression of the combo on my blog.  I’d say it’s a “match made in heaven.” :)

I went to Yosemite National Park in California this past weekend to further put this union through its paces and I will be posting more in-depth user first impression and images soon.

Have a great week, everyone!

-{h}
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New Olympus PEN cameras coming in May-June.

There is one big deal on the Olympus E-Pm2 double kit which now sells for $399 at Amazon. And the reason for such a great deal is simple: The successor will be announced sometimes between May and June!

A couple of store managers told us Olympus discontinued the E-PM2 and E-P5 cameras and they are now discounting these products to clear their stocks.

There is no info about the specs of the E-PM3 and E-P6 cameras but as usual with Olympus we can expect incremental changes only. Recently Olympus manager Watanabe also made it clear that the bets position for the EVF is in the middle of the camera in line with the optical axis. This rules out the possibility of a sort of “rangefinder styled” Pen camera.

Canon EOS M-2 will never be sold in USA!

Well, the big players Canon and Nikon keep showing their back to the mirrorless world. Imaging Resource received a message from Canon USA confirming that they do “not have plans to sell the EOS M2 (in US) at this time“.

I believe Canon and Nikon will bring serious mirrorless cameras only if Sony and Fuji will manage to erode some of their DSLR market shares. And this is not happening yet.