WHAT is this continued bashing of lens size on CSC cameras? I simply dont understand it. It seems to come mostly from DSLR users when they want to come up with
another made up problem about CSC's to prove why they are silly cameras. Please observe...
OH NOES!!! Big ungainly lenses also show up on DSLR's!!! Real photographers are using whatever they need to get the shot without worrying about the way their camera looks or handles!!! Oh noes, who knew!!??
Put some of the bigger L zooms on a 5D III or 1DX or whatever...its not going to 'handle' well. Thats why you see the people shooting these lenses in the field using mono pods or tripods. The 'compact' in Compact System Camera in no way means that it is
always going to be a nice tiny camera with a cute little lens that you can put in your pocket.
It means that, depending on the model, it is to a larger or smaller degree more compact then the existing system cameras, i.e. DSLR's. BUT....you can choose to make it bigger and less compact if that is what you need to do to
get....the....shot.
With the grip off of my A7 and a tiny little prime attached (and a few more in a small bag) I have a wonderfully compact and light tool for cranking out images with
stunning IQ. If I want to shoot some bigger telephoto primes or huge zooms I can pop on the grip for more balance and if things get to unweildy I can use a monopod. But the fact of the matter is that I always keep the grip on and always shoot with small old manual focus primes.
But I always have the option to make it tiny and compact no matter how I shoot it. Something you cant do with a 5D or 1DX.
And if I want to go uber tiny I use my NEX 7 with a metabones speedbooster and my Yashica ML 50/1.9. That package is crazy small and can fit in a loose jacket pocket while putting out wonderfull imagery. It handles like a snubnose .38 special.
The point of all this is the camera is nothing but the TOOL a photographer uses to (hopefully) make compelling imagery. Some photogs are embracing CSC's, some are on the fence, and some are against them. Big deal. This means absolutely nothing. Photography is about making images. Nothing more, nothing less. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy these cameras. Yes, a lot of CSC users are shouting "Ah, the death of the DSLR!!". And you know what? For them it
IS the death of the DSLR. I am one of those photographers. DSLR's and their primitive optical path prism arrangement are dead to me. The mirror stands in the way of me using the old manual focus lenses that I love and adore and use to capture images that I find to be very moving. So yes, DSLR's are dead.
But for many other photogs, this isnt the case. DSLR's are alive and well. Again, who cares? Medium Format is also alive and well. So is large format, and film. Hell even Polaroid is breathing again. Cell phones are doing just fine. Crap, they are even bringing back 110 format. 110!!??
I personally believe mirrorless is the future. If only for the single fact that producing a camera without a complex mirror box assembly is cheaper then producing one with a complex mirror box assembly. When the economics of this hit the tipping point for Nikon and Canon you can believe they will drop DSLR's like a dead cat. But that day isnt here, and probably wont be for a while. They are gonna milk old Bessie for ever drop of creamy DSLR goodness that they can. And rightly so. They are companies trying to make a profit.