Thursday 6 December 2012

Why mirrorless cameras are not popular in the US?

Amazon's lists of best selling cameras are very interesting source of information. According to Amazon, currently Fuji X-E1 zoom kit is second the most popular compact system camera after heavily discounted Nikon 1 J1. However, Nikon 1 J1 occupies position #93 in the list of all digital cameras, and X-E1 is not even in the "all digital cameras" list.

Interestingly, Nikon 1V1 (with a viewfinder) is selling for less than the J1. For ~US$350 (one quarter of Fuji X-E1 zoom kit price in Australia!) it looks like a really good buy. It is cheaper than Sony RX100. With the image quality on par with previous generation on m4/3 cameras and arguable the fastest autofocus among mirrorless cameras, I see it as a very attractive camera for my purposes except for landscapes where the big sensors shine.

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