The temptation to move toward a mirrorless camera environment has been super strong. This video looks at my decision to stick to the mirrorless camera platform for the time being and not move away from my trusty DSLR

It is most important to note my current workflow. I work in a videocentric environment, and therefore, do not prioritize photography. That being said, my photography workflow is important. I use photos in my video edits quite a bit and pride myself on great photo quality.

I was owner of a Sony A6000 for a little over a year. I liked the camera but for various reasons, I sold the camera to move on to other things. I posted a video about the cons of this camera in my workflow. For my workflow they list as such:

A6000 cons

Poor battery life
No descent battery grip options available
Poor memory card placement
Terrible articulated screen
All zoom lense on E glass options leave you at f/4
Power adapter is too expensive
Noisy shutter for event shooting
Problem with overheating when filming
Video record button is small and poorly placed
Here is the video in question

I do not hate mirrorless cameras

That being said. I truly believe that the Sony A6000 is nothing less than unbelievable. For so many reasons it is an amazing camera. It has redefined not only the camera itself but also re designed how pictures are taken and the workflow that goes with it. For my workflow they list as such:


Excellent skin tones
Super small form factor with breathtaking results
The new XAVC-S codec is really spectacular. Even though only 4:2:0
Small flange distance: Adaptability to any lense
Super quick photo burst rate
Price! Price! Price!
Good kit lenses
Cell phone charger charging
Configurable buttons
Neat looking

Although my experience with the Sony A6000 does not represent my experience with all mirrorless cameras, it did give me the possibility to see what the mirrorless offering was and how it differs from DSLRs

Enter the Sony A6300

In came the new Sony A6300 offering 4K, lots of really cool video specific features, fantastic action photo qualities, and a new and improved everything. To be quite honest, anything that improves on the Sony A6000 has got to be a winner. But it fell short of improving any aspect of th camera that would upgrade my personal workflow for many specific reasons. Granted, all the improvements were stunning: 4K, over 400 focus points, total live view and many many more, I was looking for stuff I believe none of the mirrorless offering had.

Not just a Sony thing

So my main reason to go for a DSLR was not only a Sony thing. It involved all the mirrorless offerings. As you will see in my list, my reality states that the mirrroless landscape falls short all the time. Sony is just an example of how it falls short. My list is seperated into brands and where they fall short.

For financial and practical reasons, I need a camera that will TRULY take all my existing glass

I need a camera that will offset my shitty eyes. APS-C in my collection is important.

I need the canon video look. In terms of desirability, I truly prefer the look of the camera

Sony was crushing Canons but the 80D fixed that and at least matched the Sonys. Mind you, not as many focussing point but excellent focussing performance

Touchscreen and touch focus were offered by the 80D
Sony offers fast burst rates. With experience I have found an 11fps to be quite useless and the new 80D offers 8fps. This, to me, is not only satisfactory but exceptional
Re learning something to me is just not an option
100% view
The mirrorless offered me continuous servo auto focus, the 80D now offers that
Battery life of mirrorless is getting crushed in a way no one could imagine, Jason Lanier tells trivialises the fact that the battery life on Sonys suck by telling us to just change out your batteries. No noe wants to add an action to a workflow you are working on.
The 80D offers a full flip screen. Sony does not offer it on one of their cameras. All variations on the original flipscreen design are crap and just do not make any sense. To me , they should just not be considered.
Each brand fell short. Panasonic fell short because I did not want to deal with the micro four thirds system. Sony for many of the reasons I have stated. Fuji fell short because it is so concentrated on just photo.

There is still some bad. Why the Canon 80D does not offer focus peaking, zebra and other video centric traits is a mystery to me. Correct me if I am wrong but to add these types of features doesn't one only have to work on what the computer chip in the camera?

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