Certainly the traditionalists will defend their traditions… expected.
@jaytkay “Shooting through an extra layer of glass is problematic. It cuts the light 20%, which would be a detriment for low-light shooting.”
It is accounted for with spectacular efficiency. Perhaps you’ve not read the latest tests on a65 and a77 with latest firmware. We shouldn’t base our assumptions on first generation a33’s and a55’s. The technology has improved to equal or better specs than anything available. The 24mp puts it even farther ahead of the competition. The unique peeking focus another giant leap forward beyond prisms and mirror systems.
@jaytkay “SLT-type cameras were tried and abandoned forty years ago by Canon.”
It’s come a long way in forty years. But even Canon could see the advantages as far back as that. There is no comparison between the old and new technologies. Such statements are fanboy ad-hoc.
@jaytkay “SLRs have a bit more shutter lag (delay after you hit the button) than SLTs…”
And much more vibration too, evening out any perceived image quality loss that isn’t there in the first place. SLT’s are much more reactive than any SLR could ever be. All Sony’s have image stabilization built into the camera body… not the lenses, like all CaNikons are. This means that EVERY lens is image stabilized, including wide angles and vintage glass. The Sony IS system doesn’t move the viewfinder around either, challenging the photographers preferred cropping whilst causing sea sickness like CaNikons do.
@jaytkay “SLR’s… have a “sports mode” which will lock the mirror up for multiple shots.”
Try shooting sports blind.
The a77 provides full view at 12fps at 24mp. Now that’s a sports camera dream.
Plus, the SLT design allows full contrast detection AF for all video modes… whereas all CaNikons and everyone else has to settle for the slower barely adequate phase detection AF for video. There is simply no comparison.
@whitetigress “Don’t go for the Nex5 or Nex7. SLR’s at the moment are still sharper than SLT.”
Nex5 and 7 are not SLT’s. They are EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens).
The a33, a55, a65, and a77 are SLT’s. The NEX5 and 7 can accept the LEAE-2 adapter and become SLT’s if desired.
@whitetigress “at the moment The mirrors of SLR are far more superior in absorbing light and producing overall resolution”
An SLR mirror has nothing to do with image quality or resolution.
Do yourself a favor and check out any of the SLT viewfinders… even the first generation a33, and a55 have a viewfinder which is nearly three times larger than any APS-C SLR design. It’s brighter and has numerous focusing aids that SLRs cannot provide.
The a65, and a77 viewfinder is 3 million pixels and extremely large. All of the SLT’s, amateur or pro have viewfinders that are the same size at the most expensive FF CanNikons available. No more tunnel vision for APS-C SLR’s.
@whitetigress “I feel SLT’s are more for the “normal” every day person with automatic settings, as to where SLR’s are meant more for human control.”
The Sony Alpha SLT’s have all the manual controls available and even more manual features like peak focusing and level gages built right into the bodies.
@workaholic “Thanks, but is it really antiquated if so many people are still using it?”
Sitting next to a hybrid car, or electric, or hydrogen powered vehicle… my gas powered car is antiquated by comparison. And though my guzzler will be around for a while, make no mistake that it will be replaced by better technologies in the not so distant future.
@workaholic “I want to take a photography course and all of them are offered for people using DSLRs.”
If your instructor doesn’t allow EVIL or SLT cameras, then he shouldn’t be instructing. I’m sure they’d accept a Leica Rangefinder, and that’s not DSLR either. Neither is Fuji X100. Be the first to show him the new Sony tech and you’ll be teachers pet. Chances are the teacher is at the store buying one right now.
@workaholic “Are SLTs easier to use?”
Odd to answer this question. The controls and features are the same. But SLT and EVIL systems can make many standard operations more efficient and easier to access than with SLR’s.
With SLR’s you have to remove your eye from the viewfinder and check the back LCD for exposure/color test.
With EVIL and SLT, you preview the shot, exactly how it will be, before it’s even captured right inside the viewfinder without ever having to remove your eye from the shooting position. You can preview photos inside that finder without the sun reflecting on the back LCD panel. You get a histogram on a live image. You see the actual changes made during all settings including ISO, Color Temp, shutter speed and aperture adjustment.
The sweep panoramic mode will make giant panoramics right inside the camera without having to stitch them together in photoshop later.
There are crazy advantages to the newer technology.
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Look, when digital cameras first came out they were rejected by togs under the “That doesn’t look like a real camera” line. Manufacturers listened, and eventually created DSLR’s that perform exactly like the film cameras from more than a decade ago. But nothing has really advanced since then… it’s all been playing catch up to the dogma of what once was.
They’re even designing some cameras to look like old rangefinders now. The only thing that’s changed is that they are digital instead of film. No real advancements in camera functionality have evolved.
But now that they’ve succeeded in duplicating traditional SLR designs, in spades, we are finally able to pursue intelligent camera evolution to where it should have been going all along. Real beneficial features are arising from this. Alas, there will always be those who cling to the old ways. To each their own.
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