One Little Known But Very Valuable Benefit Of Mirrorless Cameras

10-stop Breakthrough Photography filter was on the front of the lens for a color shift test..  I could clearly see this scene and the camera autofocused just fine, quickly and accurately. With a DSLR, one could not see the scene to
compose nor focus. (click to enlarge)
Fujifilm X-T2, 16-55mm f/2.8 lens @ 16mm; 2.5 seconds @ f/8; ISO 200

We often talk about the obvious benefits of mirrorless cameras such as seeing your completed image in the viewfinder before you press the shutter or extremely high imaging rates (up to 60fps) or being small and lightweight, but there is one of which I was reminded the other day when I was out testing my neutral density filters.

With a mirrorless camera, you can place at least a 10-stop neutral density filter (maybe even more dense) on your lens and you can a) still clearly see your scene through the viewfinder or on the LCD and b) accurately and quickly autofocus the lens.  You can't do that on a DSLR!

That means that you don't have to compose, focus, attach the filter, take the image, then remove the filter to re-compose, re-focus or otherwise change something.  Nope.  You just make your adjustments, press the shutter to autofocus and make your image.  Nice.

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Dennis A. Mook 

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