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Note I made no comment on how fast mirrorless was moving or whether that was good or bad! Likely the debate of dSLR vs. Mirrorless will continue for quite a while. Yet, I found some interesting 'facts' in the CIPA data for the 1st quarter of 2017. DSLR shipments declined globally (-8.3%) for...

CIPA released the latest data for Interchangeable Lens Cameras and the picture is still not good with a significant drop in shipments in May 2016. As to mirrorless vs. dSLR, mirrorless shipments are slipping to the Americas, now down to 1 out of 10 in the latest period. Globally mirrorless is...

CIPA June 2015 data is now available and shows mixed results. Shipments of all units fell below 2014 again for the sixth straight month. However, ILC's were up slightly over 2014 for the first time this year. Mirrorless units continue to do very well in Japan where ~41% of all ILC's are...

CIPA shipment data for May 2015 looks pretty much like a repeat of last year's cycle... only lower. Here is the graph: http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/e/dw-201505_e.pdf For those who want the data: http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/e/d-201505_e.pdf Mirrorless is very strong in Japan...

I know this forum isn't a great supporter of Tony Northrup, especially once TN said he was switching from 5DMIII to Nikon D810. However, TN did stay w/Canon for the 70-200 f2.8 lens (and the 7DMII). Now, he has found another reason to stay with Canon. He had purchased a used Nikon 70-200 lens...

This presentation was made at PMA recently by Heino Hilbig of Mayflower Concepts, a management consulting firm. http://youtu.be/bfCJDIf-NeA A complex presentation, it explains that the reason for the rapid decline in camera sales - which is followed by a lag of two years by a decline in ILC's -...

Does anyone understand the science - if there is any? - behind the DxO perceptual megapixel concept? According to DxO: "The DxOMark score for Sharpness is based on the Perceptual Megapixel (P-Mpix) concept that weights the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) of the lens with the human visual...