[joachim]

Yes, I agree here. The mirrorless gang has to be prepared to go for a long battle. The camera market is a religious one.

However, unlike Canikon they have no constraints and on the long run this will make a difference.

Or to phrase it differently - when was the last time, Canon and Nikon came up with a (DSLR-centric) innovation ?

But yes, given their brand strength, they could still turn the tide any time.

IF they would come up with mirrorless cameras of similar capabilities (than their DSLRs), they would sell like hot cake. Even the half-hearty EOS-M did better than expected given the quality and scale of the system. In this case, nobody would even raise a question anymore whether mirrorless is the real thing.

Honestly exactly that happened over at Sony. Their DSLR lineup is dead.

Same with FT and mFT. The former are gone. But then Sony and FT struggled with DSLR but found a niche with mirror less.


If Nikon and Canon would jump to mirror less - how long would it take them to be competitive?