Speaking of mirrorless cameras...

10 years 1 month ago #359051 by Fishtaco
What was the purpose behind mirrorless cameras existing?  Was it primarily the reduction of shake because of no mirror?  I'm not trying to be sarcastic.  I'm rather fond of a couple of these cameras.  I'm just wondering what was the engineers main reason for inventing this kind of camera?  


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10 years 1 month ago #359103 by Stealthy Ninja
Mirrors take up space. Mirrorless cameras can be smaller.
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10 years 1 month ago #359131 by Damon
LOL... with out looking it up, can you name which was the first mirrorless camera and what year did it come out?


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10 years 1 month ago - 10 years 1 month ago #359167 by Screamin Scott
Mirrorless Interchangable lens camera or just plain mirrorless camera ? (after all, no point & shoot camera has a mirror)

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10 years 1 month ago #359185 by Stealthy Ninja
Leica have been making interchangeable lens "mirrorless cameras" for a while.

Most people mean EVIL cameras when they say mirrorless though.

(Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens)
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10 years 1 month ago #359187 by KCook
SN is right, the first SLRs came along in the mid-20th Century.  So all cameras before that were technically "mirrorless".  But the marketing label "mirrorless" started with the introduction of the Micro4/3 cameras by Olympus and Panasonic in 2008.

Kelly Cook

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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10 years 1 month ago #360219 by Office Guy
How does a dslr with mirror-up compare to mirrorless?  


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10 years 1 month ago #360251 by KCook
Pretty much the same.  Except, if the mirrorless body has a viewfinder, you can still use that viewfinder.  Locking the mirror up with a conventional DSLR forces you to use the Liveview LCD.

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
kellycook.zenfolio.com/

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10 years 1 month ago - 10 years 1 month ago #360431 by hghlndr6

Damon wrote: LOL... with out looking it up, can you name which was the first mirrorless camera and what year did it come out?


My first camera had no mirror.  Therefore, it was one of the earliest mirrorless models. ;)

I don't remember when it was made.  Let's just say it's older than dirt.

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10 years 1 month ago #360433 by hghlndr6
Anyone else think it's rather silly to name a product based on something that it does not have?
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10 years 1 month ago #360923 by Stealthy Ninja

hghlndr6 wrote: Anyone else think it's rather silly to name a product based on something that it does not have?


I guess they didn't want to use E.V.I.L.
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10 years 1 month ago #360985 by John Landolfi
The earliest camera was the Camera Obscura. It had no mirror...


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