Mirrorless Central
Mirrorless Central – The page with ALL things Mirrorless
Welcome! Most of you know that I love the small mirrorless breed of cameras these days and I have been reviewing them for the last few years, since they arrived on the photographic scene. I will be writing about and sharing my experiences with ALL future mirrorless cameras and since my site is a blog format, and sometimes can be hard to find reviews, I decided to list them all here on one page for your convenience.
Mirrorless Cameras are IMO, a huge part of the near future of digital photography. More and more people are realizing that these small cameras can give them the same quality as their large clunky Canon Rebels. With their larger than point and shoot sized sensors and constantly improving speed, these cameras are a force to be reckoned with. Panasonic, Olympus, Sony, Fuji and now Nikon are planting their roots now in this growing market.
What I look for in these cameras are speed, control, build, feel, lens availability and overall image quality. A camera can have the largest sensor available but if it can’t focus in low light or constantly misses then I have no use for it.
This is the place where all reviews and articles on the new breed of small, powerful mirrorless cameras will be listed so you can find them quickly and easily. Cameras like the Fuji X100, X10, Nikon V1, Sony NEX series and more will all be listed here so you can just come to this page to see everything on the site to date on these cameras. When a new article or review is up, it will also be listed here in this index. Enjoy!
*The Latest Articles:
Mirrorless Mania! Which one should I buy?
The Panasonic 25 1.4 Lens Review on the E-P3
My final thoughts on the GX1 vs E-P3
—————————————————————————————–
Mirrorless Camera Reviews, comparisons and articles
Sony NEX Series
The SLR Magic 23 1.7 vs the Zeiss 24 1.8 on the NEX-7
The Sony 50 1.8 OSS Lens Review on the NEX-7
The Sony NEX-5n and Contax G Lenses
The Sony NEX-5n and the Voigtlander 35 1.4
Street Shooting with the Sony NEX-5
A day at the Matterhorn with the NEX-5
Is the Sony NEX-5 the poor mans Leica M9? The Noctilux tested on both!
The Noktor SLR MAGIC Hyperprime 50 f/0.95 for NEX
Sony NEX-7 Video Samples at the AZ State Fair
The Sony NEX-7 with Wide Angle manual lenses
The SLR Magic 35 1.7 Lens on the NEX
The SLR Magic 28 2.8 Lens on the NEX
Using Pentax lenses on the Sony NEX-5n by Tord Eriksson
The Sony NEX-7 with Zeiss ZM lenses by Dirk De Paepe
——————————————————————————————-
The Fuji X Series
The Top 7 Complaints of the Fuji X100 and how I get around them
A Photo Stroll in Estonia with the X100
—————————————————————————————————
Olympus PEN Series
-
The Olympus E-P3 Camera Review
Olympus E-P2 Vs Panasonic GX1 – Part 1, HIGH ISO
The Panasonic 25 1.4 Lens Review on the E-P3
Dark and Gritty with the Olympus E-P3
The Olympus 45 1.8 Lens Review on the E-P3
Out on the Street with the E-P3 and 12mm f/2
The Olympus E-PM1 Review by Amy Medina
The E-P2 Art Filter video samples
The Noktor 50 f/0.95 on the E-P2
The Olympus E-P1 review (at old site)
————————————————————————————————-
The Panasonic Series – Micro 4/3
USER REPORT: The Panasonic GX1 Review by David Babsky
My Final Thoughts on the GX1 vs E-P3
Panasonic GX1 vs Olympus E-P3 – High ISO
Panasonic GX1 vs Olympus E-P3 – OOC JPEG
Panasonic GX1 vs Olympus E-P3 – RAW
1st Look at the Panasonic GX1 and 25 1.4 Lens
The Panasonic GF 1 Review - (old site)
The Panasonic 20 1.7 Lens Review
The Panasonic 25 1.4 Summilux Lens review on the Olympus E-P3
————————————————————————————————–
The Nikon 1 Series
Traveling light in Myanmar with a Nikon V1 by Colin Steel
The Nikon V1 in Vietnam by Colin Steel
Low light high ISO samples with the Nikon V1
————————————————————————————————-
Ricoh GXR
The Ricoh GXR Review with the 28 and 50mm Modules
The Ricoh GXR A12 Leica module review by Ashwin Rao
The Ricoh GXR A12 Module 2nd look by Steve Huff
Leica lenses on the A12 compared to the Sony NEX-7
———————————————————————————————————
Miscellaneous Mirrorless Reviews – Panasonic, Leica, Pentax
Some people don’t believe you are working a 10-12 hour day. I do!
Thanks for this new site.
Is there any chance for you to work on a review of panasonic GX1, I’m thinking nex-5n or gx1… Thx!
I have a GX1 coming along with a 25 1.4 so yea, there will be a GX1 review. Thx
Great, u are the best!!!
Looking forward to it.
Dear Steve. Your are no doubt one of the best reviewers, if not the one. I promise when i buy one stuff, I’ll do it from your site. We can find from your reviews, information we never find from others.
Of course, each photographer will prefer this or that camera depending on the kind of photography he prefers to do.
Each photographer will have a different “Main characteristic criteria for a decisive inescapable, major choice factor”
ONE is “How discrete is the shutter sound” for street photography
Between, OLY EP-3, SONY NEX-5N, SONY NEX-7 (Even though possibly more discrete shutter sound than -5N), Fuji X100, RICOH future Lensor 16Mp 24-84mm (Equiv.), Leica M9P ….
… only Fuji X100 and RICOH meet the demand … due to central leaf shutter … almost silent
Would others have had a possibility to remove the mechanical shutter sound, OLY EP-3 would have been the one choice (ESPECIALLY DUE TO ITS BETTER LENSES and fast AF over SONY’s) _ but: lack of integrated EVF and swivel LCD like NEX-7 (ALSO so essential for street photography).
Fuji X100 ? … SLOW, SOFT LENS
RICOH GXR with future Lensor 16Mp matched with 24-84 (equiv. 35) … ? … still to be tested … and, so far, with A12 28 or 50 lensors (Equiv. 35 mm) …way too slow … AF BUT WITH SNAP AF (hyperfocal distance), could this be compensated … ? … I don’t know. … Snap AF is also possible with OLY 12 mm lens (24 equiv.) and EP-3 … But, RICOH GXR will anyway lack integrated EVF and, at least Swivel LCD …
Leica M9P (Shutter sound can be easily heard) and, anyway … for those who are not professional, and do not earn their living with it, price is so crazy …
By the way Steve, you like EP-3 a lot for Micro ¾ OLY Quality lenses available and fast AF … but miss an integrated EVF and swivel LCD like NEX-7 … So, what about the OLY EPL-3 for you (At least with swivel LCD, not integrated EVF) ?
Rgds
Jean-Philippe
The choice has become easier, by that criterion. The Nikon V1, when set to electronic shutter, can be completely silent.
Do I have to add that it has the fastest focus and best metering?
Now we wait for the digital OM…..
… Sorry, when I wrote SLOW in my previous comment, I meant SLOW AF only … not slow lenses !!
Rgds
Jean-Philippe
Good Day
Why does Panasonic, who is a major playerin mirrorless equal to Olympus, get lumped in “miscellaneous”? It really is not fair on them.
You are correct! Just added a Panasonic section. When I made this page there was only two Panasonic articles listed, that is why it did not have its own section yet. Thanks!
Hi Steve,
Any thoughts on the new Voigtlander M43 17mm f/0.95