Just wondering if there are any photographers here who have experience with both DSLR and Mirrorless camera's, have a strong opinion on which one is best, and would be kind enough to share their thoughts. I'm looking to buy either an entry level DSLR like the Canon D650, or maybe go with a new mirrorless camera with a similar price tag.
Details:
1) I have very little experience with proper photography.
2) Is mainly for a project I'm considering. Which is spending a few weeks in Arctic Sweden to photograph the Aurora Borealis and create time lapse videos of the phenomenon by stringing together sequenced shots. Was there earlier this year Aurora hunting, but photography wasn't a priority at the time so didn't take a decent camera.
3) Outside temperature is often as low as -20 degrees celsius, and will be outside photographing for hours each night so battery life and resistance to cold would be an issue.
4) Would also like to be able to use it in other contexts as well, of course.
Reading through articles on the net has been useful, but still left me confused. The appeal of the mirrorless camera's is that they seem to do better at high ISO levels, but it's unclear whether they have other disadvantages that would negate this. Also, they seem to have many newer features like wifi and "remote control" as standard, whereas entry level DSLR's only have these as clunky add-on's.
Don't laugh. I know making a video like this is impossible with my (lack of) experience and camera budget, but everyone has to start somewhere, and this is the kind of video that inspires me and want to aim for:
This video, especially, got me taking mirrorless camera's more seriously. Standard video (i.e. not time lapse) taken with a Sony A7. Not as good as time lapse videos, but as far as I know it's generally considered "impossible" to take regular video of the Aurora with ANY consumer camera. So this video is really good.
Details:
1) I have very little experience with proper photography.
2) Is mainly for a project I'm considering. Which is spending a few weeks in Arctic Sweden to photograph the Aurora Borealis and create time lapse videos of the phenomenon by stringing together sequenced shots. Was there earlier this year Aurora hunting, but photography wasn't a priority at the time so didn't take a decent camera.
3) Outside temperature is often as low as -20 degrees celsius, and will be outside photographing for hours each night so battery life and resistance to cold would be an issue.
4) Would also like to be able to use it in other contexts as well, of course.
Reading through articles on the net has been useful, but still left me confused. The appeal of the mirrorless camera's is that they seem to do better at high ISO levels, but it's unclear whether they have other disadvantages that would negate this. Also, they seem to have many newer features like wifi and "remote control" as standard, whereas entry level DSLR's only have these as clunky add-on's.
Don't laugh. I know making a video like this is impossible with my (lack of) experience and camera budget, but everyone has to start somewhere, and this is the kind of video that inspires me and want to aim for:
This video, especially, got me taking mirrorless camera's more seriously. Standard video (i.e. not time lapse) taken with a Sony A7. Not as good as time lapse videos, but as far as I know it's generally considered "impossible" to take regular video of the Aurora with ANY consumer camera. So this video is really good.