Photonic Shunkan

When I first started shooting with an interchangeable lens camera, I chose a Canon and considered myself a Canon shooter for a long time. These days I shoot more Fujifilm, both the X and the GFX Systems. I have kept the Canon EF mount system because there are so many lenses you can't get for Fuji mounts. Today, I would discuss how the field vs studio camera difference  that we previously discussed comes into play in practice. Of late I have been shooting a lot of macro work after making friends with Kiki the neighbourhood brushtail possum! They are encountered often in suburbia here in Australia. Here's a little link to the story on Instagram . Kiki is quite the Fujifilm fangirl. When she sees my camera, she comes rushing down from the treetops to say hello. She is fascinated by the Fujifilm camera and goes right up to it, sniffing it and touching it with her hands. There were issues I had with shooting this scene. The biggest one comes from the fact that poss...

I have said it before, and I am reiterating it yet again. Canon has no choice but to reintroduce the pellicle mirror into the EF mount DSLR line of cameras: https://photonicshunkan.blogspot.com/2019/05/prediction-canon-will-reintroduce.html The key factor is that there are too many EF mount users to be able to expect them to dump this mount for mirrorless EVF cameras . The only way to modernise the EF mount line is by reintroducing the pellicle mirror. This will give the camera live exposure preview along with all the other features that are drawing users to mirrorless EVF cameras. Canon will probably introduce IBIS along with eye detect AF because the Nikon D6 is going to get IBIS just like the mirrorless Z mount bodies have already got it (once Nikon adopts a feature Canon follows suit). There is a rumour that Canon is ending its 7D lineage of cameras . I predict that at the same time that the 1D line is upgraded to a pellicle mirror model, the 7D line will also be upgraded to...

As always, Tony Northrup is someone whose opinions I respect. Here are his predictions on which mounts will survive and which will not. A summary of the points with predictions based on sales points can be found at the  Mirrorless Rumors   website. The analysis is based on sales data from Amazon US data and CIPA Japanese data. Tony's strength is that he typically has data to back his analyses up. I am going to counter a little with respectful counter-analysis of his views. First, the things that back him up. Sales of Sony mirrorless cameras are topping the sales lists of nearly all major Japanese sales outlets. Yodobashi camera sales 1st June to 15th June 2019 : 1. Nikon Z 6 24-70+FTZ mount adapter kit 2. Sony α7Ⅲ body 3. Sony α7Ⅲ lens kit 4. Sony α6400 double zoom lens kit 5. Sony α7RⅢ body 6. Nikon D5600 double zoom kit 7. Nikon Z 7 24-70+FTZ mount adapter 8. Canon EOS Kiss M double zoom kit 9. Nikon...