Firstly my personal preference is to have a native EF Mount.
This is more out of practicality than knowledge.
I've invest heavily in EF lens. I naturally distrust adapters. I always feel they take away from performance.
Even the extenders I'm not convinced about. Yes they work better on the big whites but even then I think the lens are slightly less good and I'm not sure if the picture cropped is better than the lens extended or not.
Weight - I find the 1DX II too heavy and big. The 5DIV size is the biggest I would work with. I'd be happier with a a slightly smaller / lighter camera but it wouldn't have to be as small as a Sony.
Viewfinder - yes it has to be really good , focus peaking etc needs to be there
AutoFocusing - needs to be on par with the mirrored cameras at least
FPS needs to be 16FPS to 20 FPS. I think it will be key to its commercial success. At the high end its the compelling reason to go mirrorless
Battery Life - It needs to be good. Mirrorless just eats batteries. It needs a substantial battery
No interest in Video as I think 4K is overkill (and requires big hardware to process) but I'm sure it would be good regardless.
I'd have no interest in attaching legacy lens. I think this would be a minority pursuit easily catered for by adapters.
My concern would be is that the Canon camera would not be the best it can be if Canon persisted with the EF mount. Nikon is gambling they can make a superior mirrorless camera if they change the mount.
I have a lack of knowledge on the theory here.
All things being equal (assuming a parallel world where Canon don't have an amazing set of current lens).
Would Canon then be better advised to drop the EF mount and design one specifically for mirrorless?
This is more out of practicality than knowledge.
I've invest heavily in EF lens. I naturally distrust adapters. I always feel they take away from performance.
Even the extenders I'm not convinced about. Yes they work better on the big whites but even then I think the lens are slightly less good and I'm not sure if the picture cropped is better than the lens extended or not.
Weight - I find the 1DX II too heavy and big. The 5DIV size is the biggest I would work with. I'd be happier with a a slightly smaller / lighter camera but it wouldn't have to be as small as a Sony.
Viewfinder - yes it has to be really good , focus peaking etc needs to be there
AutoFocusing - needs to be on par with the mirrored cameras at least
FPS needs to be 16FPS to 20 FPS. I think it will be key to its commercial success. At the high end its the compelling reason to go mirrorless
Battery Life - It needs to be good. Mirrorless just eats batteries. It needs a substantial battery
No interest in Video as I think 4K is overkill (and requires big hardware to process) but I'm sure it would be good regardless.
I'd have no interest in attaching legacy lens. I think this would be a minority pursuit easily catered for by adapters.
My concern would be is that the Canon camera would not be the best it can be if Canon persisted with the EF mount. Nikon is gambling they can make a superior mirrorless camera if they change the mount.
I have a lack of knowledge on the theory here.
All things being equal (assuming a parallel world where Canon don't have an amazing set of current lens).
Would Canon then be better advised to drop the EF mount and design one specifically for mirrorless?
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