Mirrorless images
WWW.T3INDIA.COM APRIL 2019 T3 Tomorrow’s Technology Today 51
he past few months have been
exciting ones for premium digital
cameras, with Canon and Nikon
both entering the professional
mirrorless camera market with
superb snappers. Usually first attempts tend
to be half-baked disappointments, but
Nikon’s debut full-frame mirrorless camera- the Z 7 - has received acclaim by packing
no-compromise components such as
a 45.7MP full-frame sensor into a svelte,
go-anywhere body that can be attached to
some stellar lenses, including the vast back
catalogue of Nikon’s DSLR optics.
Just weeks later, Canon countered with
its first mirrorless camera built around a
full-frame sensor, the EOS R. Though
outwardly similar to its Nikon rival, the R
recycles many of its internals from Canon’s
5D Mark IV DSLR camera to keep costs down.
While headline specs like 30.3MP trail the Z 7,
and you don’t get sensor-shift image
stabilisation - usually a standard feature in
mirrorless cameras - you can have an EOS R
in your hand for around 30% less cash than
the Nikon.
Most recently Fujifilm has joined the
party with its GFX-50R. Rather than simply
matching the full-frame competition,
Fujifilm has gone even bigger and crammed
a colossal ‘medium format’-sized sensor into
the 50R for maximum bragging rights. This
trick has been done before with Fujifilm’s
GFX-50S, but the the 50R is more compact.T