According to recent survey of Market Research Media photographers have tired to wait for Canon and Nikon to deliver long waited full frame mirrorless camera. Even the long-time loyal customers of Canon and Nikon are leaving in droves photography market giants lagging in innovation to benefit from advanced features of Sony’s latest product offers. In the crop-sensor segment Fujifilm and Olympus are winning hearts and wallets of amateur photographers.
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What do photographers want to get from Canon and Nikon? According to survey of Market Research Media the photographers want:
- Full frame mirrorless camera with EF-mount/F-mount for Canon/Nikon respectively. Photographers want to use legacy lenses without adapter.
- High resolution
- 4K video capability
- Maximized autofocus capability, not crippled in lesser models, as often abused by Canon.
- Sensor with high dynamic range without low pass filter.
- Regular updates of software fixing model bugs
- Advanced features: focus peaking, pixel shifting, multiple lens capability.
Here is a quick list of features that Canon needs to have as standard from an excellent article of Usman Dawood at Fstoppers.
Photographers tired to wait.
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