What is a Mirrorless Camera? What’s different from a DSLR?

Compact size and image quality not inferior to DSLR, Mirrorless cameras are gradually becoming an attractive choice of consumers. So what is a Mirrorless camera, what are the characteristics, what is different from a DSLR camera, let’s find out.

What is a Mirrorless Camera?

Mirrorless cameras are mirrorless digital cameras, based on the mechanism of eliminating image reflections on the viewfinder – an important component of DSLR cameras.

Since there’s no mirror, the image sensor, which is directly exposed to all light, allows you to preview the actual image on the rear LCD screen or on the EVF (Electric Viewfinder).

Additionally, the term Mirrorless is often used to describe ILC (interchangeable) digital interchangeable-lens cameras with an electronic viewfinder or simply without an EVF.

Highlights of Mirrorless Cameras

Size

Mirrorless cameras have a compact size and are relatively lighter in weight than other DSLRs. Because of its compactness, Mirrorless cameras are popular with many people and compete well in the camera market.

Lens

Lenses are an integral part of a camera that help produce beautiful, high-quality photos. With the development of Mirrorless cameras, vendors have supported the best and fast way to continuously offer a variety of lenses to suit users.

Like DSLRs, mirrorless cameras use bayonet-style mounts to attach different lenses. Each manufacturer has their own proprietary mount, however, many third parties will also produce lenses for those mounts.

The only exception here is Micro Four Thirds, which is used by Panasonic, Olympus and a few other manufacturers such as DJI and Blackmagic Design. Any Micro Four Thirds lens can be used on any camera with the same mount, regardless of brand, compatibility is almost complete.

One of the great things about interchangeable-lens mirrorless cameras is that the distance from the mount to the sensor is much shorter than with a DSLR. This allows users to attach most lenses from DSLR camera manufacturers using the adapter.

Sensor

Despite being much smaller than DSLR cameras, mirrorless cameras can still have similar sized sensors. Canon and Nikon include crop-frame and full-frame sensors on their DSLRs, and similarly, Sony uses both in their mirrorless cameras.

Companies like Fujifilm have gone a step further, equipping not only crop sensors but also medium format sensors, which are even larger than full-frame sensors.

Viewfinder

Mirrorless cameras digitize the scene before shooting with the lens. Equipped with an EVF electronic viewfinder that allows you to zoom in to focus on subjects in low light.

Focusing ability

The autofocus capabilities of mirrorless cameras vary depending on the manufacturer and the lens used with the camera. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether mirrorless cameras have an advantage over DSLRs in this capacity.

In the early days, mirrorless cameras were weaker because they relied on much slower contrast-detect AF systems, but this has improved dramatically in recent times.

Mirrorless cameras are getting much better these days, but DSLRs tend to offer more consistent performance, especially in low light or when shooting or recording moving subjects. motion.

Battery life

Due to the continuous use of the sensor and the LCD or live view EVF, mirrorless cameras typically consume battery power much faster than DSLRs.

For now, the all-day battery life of many DSLRs is still a big plus for some photographers, especially those shooting sports or other live events.

Shooting speed

When the mirror mechanism is removed, the mirrorless camera’s continuous shooting ability is maximized and captures movements at high speed.

Less noise

The Mirroless camera uses an electronic shutter system, so it will limit noise when taking pictures.

Accessory

Mirrorless cameras are becoming more and more popular, so the accompanying accessories are also very rich such as: There are many lens options, many Hot Shoe pins for attaching removable flash, speedlight or Grip to increase battery capacity for the device. ,…

What is the difference between Mirrorless and DSLR cameras?

	Mirrorless Camera	DSLR Camera
Dimensions and weight	Smaller, lighter, and fairly simple in construction.	Large and quite bulky.
Ability to focus	The real-time capture system enables faster image capture when using the LCD monitor.	Better, especially for high-speed moving objects.
Image preview	Can preview the image on the screen, but less effective in low light conditions.	The through-lens optical viewfinder shows you exactly what the camera will capture, even in low light.
Image Stabilization Mode	Using the lens stabilization method, however, with fast movement, it is not good. In addition, some models offer 5-axis image stabilization.	Uses sensor stabilization, works with all lenses, but doesn’t have 5-axis stabilization yet.
Image quality	It has the same quality as a DSLR camera, can take high-quality images, with the same resolution and noise, thanks to the fast processing chip and good noise reduction.	The sensor used is large in size, so it is capable of capturing sharp, well-lit photos with mirrorless quality.
Video quality	Because of the on-chip focus sensor, Mirrorless cameras are generally better suited for video recording.	Since phase detection cannot be used during video recording, they must use a slower, less accurate contrast-detection focusing method.
The ability to take pictures continuously	The simple mirrorless mechanism allows for more pictures to be taken per second, at higher shutter speeds.	Except for the high-end camera lines, the remaining lines have slower shooting speeds than Mirrorless cameras.
Battery life	Consumes a lot of energy due to the use of LCD or EVF.	Provides longer battery life.
Lenses and accessories	The use of lenses is very limited.	Most lenses can be used.
The price is	Usually cheaper than DSLRs, but you’ll need to buy an extra viewfinder.	Generally more expensive than mirrorless cameras. Diversity and price to suit your needs.

Above is the most basic information about mirrorless cameras as well as the difference between this camera line and DSLR cameras, hopefully to help you in choosing to buy a camera.