canonographer said:
Canon would be insane to come out with a camera that is tied to old technology. This whole argument about making a camera for EF lenses, so nobody has to buy new lenses? Is that Canon's goal, to make sure nobody has to buy new lenses? How exactly do they benefit from that again?
People keep asking what's the benefit of a mirrorless camera. That's the wrong question. The right question is, what is the benefit of a DSLR? Shoot with a mirrorless camera for a while, and then go pick up your DSLR. It's like going back to using a typewriter.
To your first question: you can stuff a great mirrorless design into an EF mount footprint. It will be a mirrorless camera and not an SLR. Why would Canon do this? Getting access to the latest mirrorless tech without having to buy new glass would delight their current customers, which might entice them to buy one of these shiny new bodies -- likely at a healthy profit margin.
As for the typewriter analogy: Can you tell me why exactly a fully functional mirrorless camera that's an inch longer in the mount than your A7 is antiquated? If it has a slick EVF and does everything through the viewfinder like that A7 of yours, has IBIS, 4K, etc. does that still make it ancient?
No. It doesn't. So... Oh, unless that
sweet skinny A7 form factor is where the magic happens. Silly me.
That skinny form factor makes your lenses lighter and less expensive, right? Oh... No?
That skinny form factor means we get well built lenses with mechanical focus-- Oh..
they're all focus by wire?!
Do yourself a favor and consider decoupling the notion of an EF sized body from an SLR. You can make a mirrorless camera from the shape of an SLR with all the functionality of a modern mirrorless system. It's less crazy than it sounds.
- A