That thing is rather amazing.

There's one problem with it though. Once you start comparing the camera with the lenses mounted, it's not really much smaller or lighter than a DSLR.

We also have a Canon 6D (my wife uses it to shoot her sculpture). I can tell you the A7ii is significantly smaller and lighter with relatively similar setups.

Canikon are slow to innovate and dSLR is increasingly irrelevant except for a few niche users. If I were buying, I'd think twice about pouring more money into any dSLR system. Ymmv.

I agree about DSLRs and innovation, but have you seen the Battis lenses? They're huge for what they are. Also, all the mirrorless lenses are a step backwards in one way. They all use linear focus motors and no focusing helicoids. Manual focus is really focus by wire and they can't have simultaneous auto/manual focus like Canon USM and Nikon SWM lenses.

All that said, I've sold off some of my Nikon stuff to fund the Fuji XT1 and lenses. I just got sick of lugging the weight and bulk.

The FE 55/1.8 is one of the best pieces of glass I've owned/shot and it is plenty small/light. The Batis lenses are getting rave reviews but I'll likely get the 90mm macro instead of the 85 Batis.

I know guys who love the XT1 but it didn't really thrill me. I find I'm faster without the dedicated dials, and I really didn't like the raw files I got out. Plus APS-C vs FF, in-body shake reduction (in the A7ii and A7r2), much better high ISO and video performance - for me the Sony is a big win. If you prefer the analog dials and like the slightly smaller Fuji glass (which is very good), then the XT1 is compelling. Depends on what you like, how/what you shoot.

I have a big Nikon system. D800 and all the 2.8 zooms as well as a bunch of 1.4 primes.

If I could go back in time I wouldn't have bought any of it. The new sonys smoke Nikon in every way. I won't be surprised if Nikon goes bankrupt in the next couple years, the vulchers are circling!

I shoot raw fine and the noise is visible at 100%.

What I run into is shooting a car or truck with pleasing exposure on the exterior and then trying to crank up the shadow exposure to get some definition in the black of the wheel well. What I got with my D-300 was a bunch of colored pixels mixed in with the black. The D-610 images withstand this extreme manipulation much better. You can actually see a little detail instead of a weird blackish mess.

I was hoping I could find a good example for you, but I'm on the road and don't have a good one on my laptop. All I have is some shots of a model truck. Here are screen shots.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1435113113.jpg

Before turning up the shadow exposure


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1435113147.jpg

After turning up the shadow exposure. Notice there are no color pixels in the wheel well. With my old D-300 there would be speckles of red and blue.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1435113437.jpg