Views from the Top PN Catches up with Some Leading Photographers Who Have Gone Mirrorless

Photo kit Views from the top PN catches up with some leading photographers who have gone mirrorless Peter Dench Drew Buckler Donna Crous Paul Sanders Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Cameras: Panasonic Lumix Camera: Nikon Z 7 Camera: Fujifilm GFX 50S Mark II S1/S1R “Mirrorless is lightweight and “My first move into mirrorless “The key advantages of “The Panasonic Lumix S1 and compact, which makes a big was because of the weight. mirrorless for me are the S1R both have excellent IBIS. difference for me during a full As a landscape photographer, body-based stabilisation and I’m often working with models and want to day of shooting and moving around heavy my bag was just too heavy, to the point adjustable viewing screen for getting the capture both photos and video quickly. The backgrounds; every gram starts to count. I was losing my enjoyment and love of camera down low to the ground. Plus, the in-body stabilisation allows me to capture The other advantage is being able to see the photography. I switched to the X-Pro1 and speed of focus, water-resistant body and smooth video footage without carrying adjustments in the viewfinder before I have a 14mm for a six-month period to get my overall mobility of the camera.” heavy gimbal equipment.” even captured the image.” mojo back. It certainly did that.” peterdench.com drewbuckler.com donnacrous.com discoverstill.com Jay Ben Kapur McLaughlin Camera: Camera: Panasonic Olympus OM-D Lumix S1R EM-1 Mark II “The sensor on “Size is the most important my Lumix S1R is incredible thing for me, since I don’t – the detail and the freedom want my gear to come in of being able to crop and between me and my subject. retain detail is by far the best The nature of mirrorless part. For me, the weight is – and specifically Micro also a huge benefit. When I’m Dominic Fraser Four Thirds – means that hiking long distances, every Camera: Sony A7R III it’s much easier for me to gram counts, and the weight “For me one of the most interact and build a rapport saving from a mirrorless appealing features of Sony’s with my subject, and to camera over a DSLR camera E-mount mirrorless system capture images that I’d is huge.” has been the high-quality EVFs. I was a struggle with using a larger, benkapur.co.uk total convert from the moment I tried one.” more imposing camera.” fraser73.myshopify.com jaymclaughlin.co.uk Hannah Couzens Mike Inkley Brian Lloyd Duckett Marianne Chua Camera: Sony A7R IV Camera: Olympus Cameras: Fujifilm X-Pro3, Cameras: Fujifilm X-T3, “I was very sceptical of eye OM-D E-M1X X-H1 GFX 50R AF when I first picked up a “For me, the key dynamic has “For me, I can’t say there’s “The quieter Fujifilm Sony camera, as I just couldn’t always been the size and weight. any downside to shooting mechanical shutter and the believe that it would be so accurate. The Olympus lenses are among the sharpest mirrorless. Though at first it felt like a option to use the totally silent electronic Weirdly now, it’s a feature I use constantly. available and the cameras and sensors suit huge leap of faith and it took me a while shutter has really helped me in my theatre I’m a fan of shallow depth-of-field in my me perfectly for sport, action and nature. to actually ’trust’ the gear, I quickly got production work and during those intimate portraits, so this is so much help for when I There’s no other brand where there’s an 80- over that, and now there’s no going back wedding ceremonies.” am shooting down at those low apertures. 300mm f/2.8 that fits in your pocket.” to DSLRs.” mariannechua.com hcphotography.co.uk mikeinkley.com streetsnappers.com Go to photographynews.co.uk for more Summer Festival content. NEXT MONTH Mirrorless lenses lowdown This month, focusing modes, a live histogram how-to, getting the most from your battery and advice for buying pre-owned cameras 10 Photography News | Issue 77 photographynews.co.uk.

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