Mirrorless vs DSLR

Five years ago, I was working as a chef in a local lodge. I took photos but it wasnt my primary job. My boss and I were talking about cameras and he was surprised to learn that I was shooting with a DSLR. A Nikon D810 at the time. He said “you dont have a mirrorless?”

A year later, I ended up breaking my D810 and when I was replacing it, I decided to buy a (used) D850. It was cost prohibitive to me to buy mirrorless at the time since I wasnt making money.

When I got into weddings, I quickly realized that I needed a second camera body. I didnt know if the mirrorless was going to produce better photos or not, but I saw the writing on the wall and knew that I’d need to eventually make the switch.

My shooting style was way different between the two systems and I finally decided to go all in on mirrorless. I had my apprehensions since the focosing on the Z7 was way slower and I seemed to be missing a lot of shots. I contributed it to my own shortcomings, but I realize now it was the focusing system on the camera itself. The photos that turned out were exceptional, but I still wasnt totally happy with missing as many photos as I did.