Going to mirrorless? Thoughts?

Here's my 2 cents about going mirrorless, I stuck with canon so I could use all of my lenses that I had invested in over the years. If you think if you would ever want to use your existing lenses, I would stick with a Nikon and buy the adaptor.

As for hiking, I LOVE my mirrorless for that... so much lighter! And I would highly recommend the black rapids strap (I can link it if you're interested).

 

If you get one, I'd love to read your review. You are a fantastic nature photographer. I greatly enjoy your pictures on Facebook.

Years ago I lugged around a Nikon D90. Was more of a macro girl, through. I bought a small Pentax mirrorless with the ability change out lenses. But, I got lazy. I never bought the additional lenses.

When the iPhone 11 Pro came out, with the three built in lenses, I pretty much stopped using anything else. I can get pretty good macro shots with it...and I do attach an additional macro lens the iPhone. Thus, I am not help with recommendations for you.

 

@bcgal00 I didn't until I saw the post above

 

I’m probably going to go completely mirrorless this year. Since I shoot with Canon, I’m going to stick with that so I can use my existing lenses. I really want a looonng birding lens so it is pushing me to get a mirrorless body because I don’t want to put a lot of money into obsolete lens technology.

 

I'm just here to follow the recs since I want a true DSLR. lol

 

my husband used a nikon d3x... but it's heavy as lead... He switched to a nikon z7 ii with 24-70mm two years ago. He is very satisfied with it - convenient to use and razor sharp.
I still have my D800 for reportage work I do for the council... For personal shots I use a fuji XT30 - mirrorless but not FF... but for me the quality is sufficient...

 

I would go mirrorless once there is an affordable model that I am able to do both sports photography and videography. Right now, those models are way above my price range and close to the price of the higher end pro DSLR sports camera. I tend to use my google pixel phone for everyday shots especially now because my camera is at Nikon being fixed.

 

The weight of the DSLR was also the deciding factor for my husband to switch to the Nikon z7ii.

 

I totally agree. It's such a big investment, I worry about making the wrong choices. I have never loved my Canon 6D, though, so I'm ready to move on to the new tech.

 

All my gear is Nikon and I invested in an f-mount Sigma Art 35mm 1.4 for my D3S before I made the switch to mirrorless (Nikon Z6). The D3S is a beast, which is finally why I decided to switch. I don't regret it but the lens adapter adds so much weight to the mirrorless setup, not to mention a good bit to the size. But it's so hard to make the investment in a z-mount 35mm 1.4 for the Z6 (thousands $$$!). We could take a vacation for that lol..

It's just something to consider. The adapter kind of negates some of the weight/size savings you get when going mirrorless.

Edited to add...I didn't read the full thread before commenting lol I see the decisions have been made. Carry on!

Also, I have the black rapids strap and yes I agree it's great!

 

I switched last year from a canon 6d to the Sony a7 iv. I use some of my lenses on an adapter but it’s slow so I’m not a huge fan. I’m slowly selling my canon stuff and switching to full Sony. It’s been a change. I feel like the Sony colors still sometimes throw me off but I love how lightweight the camera is and how much I can do in camera.


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