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Is it time to give up on your DSLR camera?
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Is it time to give up on your DSLR camera?

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Wilko van de Kamp
Aug 14, 2023
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I’ve been lugging around a big DSLR and lens kits for years on my travels, but after my recent trip to New York I decided I’ve strained my back enough. The technology behind cameras hasn’t really changed for years – all the big players really did was switch out film with a digital chip. “Upgrading” a camera is almost exclusively focused on size: a bigger chip, lens, or body seems to be where it’s at. Isn’t it time for some more innovation than just upgrading size?

I’ve been considering making a change for some time now, and after observing the market (and my back) I came to the conclusion that, aside from a silly megapixel war between camera manufacturers, most change is happening in the mirrorless space. The new mirrorless technology was disruptive to some extent, however results were not to the DSLR standards I was used to. To test something different I purchased one of the first, higher end compact mirrorless camera from Sony. Even though it had some good features the image quality …

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