The difference between mirrorless cameras and digital cameras

1. Different viewing methods

SLRs use optical viewing methods (OVF), which reflect the image to the viewfinder through a mirror and transmit it through light, which is fast. The advantages of OVF are only power saving and zero time lag;

Mirror cameras use EVF and LCD to view the view (EVF). The advantage of EVF is that it can preview the view in real time, and you can see the result before pressing the shutter. , whether it is day and night photography, or long exposure photography.

2. Different focusing methods

Focusing SLRs mainly use phase focusing. Mirrorless cameras mainly use contrast focus, with phase focus assist.

Phase focusing has many inherent flaws, such as structural out-of-focus at large apertures and the inability to achieve focus at high speeds at non-focus points. Contrast and phase hybrid focusing can perfectly make up for this flaw.

3. Different operating performance

Most SLR cameras use two electronic dials to achieve basic operations, such as aperture and exposure compensation, shutter speed and aperture, etc. can be operated together. Performed on two turntables respectively, the operation is comfortable and can reduce misoperation;

Mirror single cameras cannot use shortcut keys to quickly adjust some parameters. Commonly used parameters such as sensitivity and white balance need to be adjusted by entering the menu. The speed is much slower than using independent function buttons and row dials to operate. Maybe when changing the shooting parameters, you missed a lot of wonderful scenes.

4. Different fuselage weights

Weight SLRs require a certain weight from the complex structure itself and from the perspective of reducing the impact of vibration.

Due to its simple structure, mirrorless single-lens cameras have a slight advantage in terms of weight. Coupled with the fact that they are vibration-free, they have a considerable advantage in terms of portability.

Extended information

Micro-lens contains two meanings, micro, micro and compact, single, interchangeable single-lens camera. In other words, this word means that this kind of camera is small and compact. The size and the picture quality of a SLR. That is, a compact camera with SLR function is called a mirrorless camera. Mirrorless cameras are between digital card cameras and SLR cameras, just like netbooks are between laptops and smartphones.