Nikon F2 mirrorless

[Vilk]

At the local bus station today, big fat taped-over F2 round my neck... A young man, female companion, duffel bag, big smile, "Oh, a mirrorless, nice!"

 

[snapguy]

at least

Well, at least they didn't say "hey, is that a Hasselblad?"

 

[summicron1]

that's because even a big fat taped-over F2 is smaller than some of the DSLRs being used these days. Even my Leicaflex SL2, which is no retiring flower of a camera, is small compared to the monsters the pros use around here.

 

[illumiquest]

What the hell is a mirrorless?

 

[Alan Gales]

A rangefinder, you know, like a Leica M series.

 

[richard ide]

Must be the flat panel on the back. Suitable for applying makeup or whatever.

 

[lxdude]

A rangefinder, you know, like a Leica M series.

 

[gone]

The last time someone made a comment about my camera, it was in passing to their friend "anyone who would shoot film in this day and age...."

That's all I heard, but I guess that was the whole enchilada anyway.

 

[Chan Tran]

When they say mirrorless they don't really mean it do they? Mirrorless cameras were available for like 100 years and nobody used that term only recently. The must mean something else?

 

[benjiboy]

I would have asked him if his girlfriend was knickerless

 

[benjiboy]

What the hell is a mirrorless?

It's the new technology.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...e&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=mirrorless+cam

 

[pdeeh]

it's not very new

 

[benjiboy]

it's not very new[/QUOTE
It is when your newest camera is a Canon F1N- AE made in July 1981

 

[Chan Tran]

it's not very new[/QUOTE
It is when your newest camera is a Canon F1N- AE made in July 1981

Why don't they call the original Leica mirrorless. It doesn't have a mirror (not even a rangefinder system which has mirrors).

 

[pdeeh]

It's true Ben, all things are relative. And so that 1981 Canon is pretty new tech compared to a IIId or similar ....

"mirrorless" simply came into use in the digital world to distinguish the short register interchangeable lens cameras (mostly micro4/3) from dSLRs. No SLR mirror mechanism = mirrorless.

 

[benjiboy]

It's true Ben, all things are relative. And so that 1981 Canon is pretty new tech compared to a IIId or similar ....

"mirrorless" simply came into use in the digital world to distinguish the short register interchangeable lens cameras (mostly micro4/3) from dSLRs. No SLR mirror mechanism = mirrorless.

To me who started my photography in 1953 with a Zeiss Contax 11made in 1936 my Dad brought back from Germany after WW11, my Canon F1-N' s are the the height of sophistication, and as high tech as I want or need.

 

[John Earley]

Here's a nice mirrorless camera.

 

[bdial]

They are improving the resale price of some of the classic lenses, since there are adaptors that let you mount just about any film SLR or rangefinder lens on just about any "mirror-less" body.

A situation that has its plusses and minuses, I think.

 

[benjiboy]

They are improving the resale price of some of the classic lenses, since there are adaptors that let you mount just about any film SLR or rangefinder lens on just about any "mirror-less" body.

A situation that has its plusses and minuses, I think.

True but only if one wants to indulge in digital photography, and plunder the technology that digital has all but destroyed, all it does for the rest of us who are film photographers is put the prices of analogue lenses up.

 

[Chan Tran]

True but only if one wants to indulge in digital photography, and plunder the technology that digital has all but destroyed, all it does for the rest of us who are film photographers is put the prices of analogue lenses up.

Oh now I got it! To be called a mirrorless it has to be digital?

 

[benjiboy]

Oh now I got it! To be called a mirrorless it has to be digital?

I believe that in modern day parlance that's what the general understanding of what a mirrorless camera is, one with an electronic viewfinder that obviates the need for a mirror.

 

[lxdude]

EVIL= Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens
MILC= Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera

Both mean the same thing and refer to what are also known as mirrorless. Regular P&S digitals are not called mirrorless, and I wouldn't apply it to Leica digital M-series cameras, either.

 

[AgX]

What is a taped-over camera?

 

[benjiboy]

What is a taped-over camera?

One with the manufacturers name and model number taped over so as not to attract attention.

 

[AgX]

I thought such was only done with Leicas (and maybe Zenits).
Well, I saw such once and it was a Leica M-something with a Noctilux.