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Old 24-06-2013, 05:22 PM
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A cool feature it is... if your camera is powered from mains. This demolishes your battery life.
There you go. Didn't know that.

From my experience so far for astrophotography in mirrorless the best is Fuji X series. They are releasing an XM1 which is even smaller, lighter and cheaper but the same sensor. That will be a good deal. They seem to be going from strength to strength.

The earlier Sony Nex 5n was rated as very good. Have a look at Alex's nightscapes and dob shots with a modified one. They are superb.
Nex 6 is good as well. Both Fuji X series and Nex 5/6 will outperform any APSc Canon. Modern APSc Nikons, perhaps not. ISO 6400 is useable on both with a touch of noise reduction in summer.

Ultimately modern full frame is still the king. Canon 5D3, 6D, 1DX or Nikon D800/E, D600, D4 are way ahead.

Sony RX1 may be good too but you can't change the lens. Same with Fuji X100s. It has even better low light low noise performance than XE1.

Other brands - I don't know, but the above are the leaders in this field. OMD EM5 is also very good with the above a bit better (not much from what I read but no experience with the camera except it has a smaller sensor so physics starts to affect things here no matter how good the processor or sensor design).

There are rumours of a Sony Nex camera with a full frame sensor. Now that could be hot if it eventuates.

DSLRs days are numbered. Use a mirrorless for a while and then watch how you don't drag out your DSLR as much as you used to. All mirrorless have to do is bring autofocus up to DSLR standards. Its not there yet.
In the APSc world mirrorless are already better than DSLRs in almost every way except fast motion shots AF and perhaps price. Lens choice can be a tad limited as well depending on brand. But Fuji for example make lenses a cut above Canikon.

Leica ruled this realm for some time with their full frame M series etc. Once full frame mirrorless hit the shops DSLRs will take an even bigger loss of market share.

Greg.
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