canon hybrid?

Looks like a very complicated system, would be a substantial delay between focusing and taking the shot if you were using the viewfinder.look at all the parts that have to move.
 
I'd assume it would be a choice of through the mirror or mirrorless. If you wanted an ovf you would initiate the mirror mechanism which would then shoot like a DSLR. If you wanted live view and EVF you switch to mirrorless. I don't think you'd focus with one then shoot with the other.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I'd assume it would be a choice of through the mirror or mirrorless. If you wanted an ovf you would initiate the mirror mechanism which would then shoot like a DSLR. If you wanted live view and EVF you switch to mirrorless. I don't think you'd focus with one then shoot with the other.
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Thats how I also understood it.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I'd assume it would be a choice of through the mirror or mirrorless. If you wanted an ovf you would initiate the mirror mechanism which would then shoot like a DSLR. If you wanted live view and EVF you switch to mirrorless. I don't think you'd focus with one then shoot with the other.
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If you look at the diagrams, the sensor is folded down for mirror, it has a focus screen that sits at the rear of the lens when in normal slr mode, so the focus screen and mirror must move to let the sensor fold up, so you effectivly focus with one and shoot with the other in slr mode.
 
Isn't the focus screen there just to allow short back focus lenses like the EOS-M mount to actually focus with the standard DSLR flange depth? The mirror flips down to display the through-the-lens image via the ovf and the AF focuses the lens. When you press the shutter, the mirror flips out of the way and (in this case) the sensor flips up to the line of sight and exposes the shot. If you're shooting in mirrorless mode, the mirror moves out of the way and the ovf stops functioning and the sensor flips up into place and initiates liveview focusing/shooting.

It does seem like a very complicated setup where you lose the mirrorless benefit of no mirror box therefore a slimmer body in order to gain the choice of both options. I guess there's the risk of it being a jack of all trades but master of none.
 
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i think it's a little late for a hybrid the recent development of mirrorless cameras has caught up with what the best of the DSLR's had to offer, it seems obvious to me canon will have to follow
the hybrid route is flogging a dead horse so to speak
 
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