EVIL

In a previous post I proposed the name 'DXL' for the new crop of mirrorless DSLRs. I just discovered that some people have already come up with a punchier name: EVIL (electronic viewfinder interchangeable lens). Clearly they are not that thrilled by this new emerging technology :)

ISO 128,000,000,000...

While doing my research on the Leica M9 I also spent some time looking at what the current state of art is in the DSLR market and one of the topics is sensor noise. I've been hearing all the talks about amazingly high ISO settings offered by the current crop of DSLRs, something that originated from the high end full-frame models and now trickled down to the mid and entry-level models.


Although I'm sure that there are always fundamental improvements being made in sensor technology that increases the signal-to-noise ratio, but on the other hand I think camera makers are to some degrees exaggerating the high ISO performance claims (for marketing purpose?).

Will mirror-box and optical viewfinder become obsolete?

The fundamentals of SLR is being challenged...first was the m4/3 system, and now Samsung has taken another bold step:
NX10

All these mirror-less new camera systems really should be given a new name instead of DSLR, as the 'R' no longer applies. How about DXL (digital exchangeable lens) cameras?