Buy DSLR: manufacturers, uses and trends

Since each manufacturer cooks his own mash, one has already fixed with the entrance. Suppose you start with a starter case and two lenses. Then you can later buy a higher quality housing from the same manufacturer and continue to use the lenses without any problem. However, the lenses do not fit the case of other manufacturers – with few exceptions.


How do the different manufacturers' systems differ?


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Other manufacturers of lenses such as Sigma or Tamron offer their lenses with connectors for the models of several camera manufacturers, but synonymous for a Canon-built lens only a Canon and a Nikon built only a Nikon.


Are there DSLRs for specific applications?


Although flashing devices are connected via a standardized flash shoe, they look as though they are system-wide, but they are not. As a result of the complex automatic functions, the flash unit must also be replaced during a system change. Only simple accessories such as filters or memory cards, on the other hand, are completely independent of the camera manufacturer.


I still have old lenses from analog times - is this a purchase criterion?


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No. The use of a DSLR is determined much more by the lens, than by the camera itself. And also there is not only the focal range, but also the initial opening. It determines with the light quantity on the sensor and decides about depth depth and thus makes a significant contribution to the image design.


Special DSLR features are only required in exceptional cases. This includes


No way. New manufacturing techniques also make better lenses possible, so modern lenses are superior to any "oldie" in imaging performance. If you buy a DSLR because you want to take better pictures, working with old lenses makes no sense.


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In addition, even with suitable connections within a system, not all functions are transferred from the housing to the lens and vice versa. So you're losing a significant part of the camera's automatic functions.


Buy your DSLR then if you need it. The quality has improved significantly in recent years and this will continue in the future. In addition to the trend towards larger sensors - ie, more full-format cameras - their growing resolution is also to be observed. Faster processors also save more images in less time and better quality.


The trend is increasingly moving towards mirrorless system cameras in the long term. Classic DSLRs are, however, far from being on the "red list". The fact is, the gap becomes smaller. DSLRs are becoming more compact and handy as DSLRs are catching up with image quality. Whoever enters the DSLR world today can be sure to be able to access a system with top quality in many years as well.


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What trends are observed?