Not yet picture perfect

摘要

While by no means a flop, the most innovative idea to come out of the Japanese camera industry in decades-the mir-rorless digital camera-has not exactly taken the photographic world by storm. By dispensing with the mirror in front of the shutter of a digital single-lens reflex (dslr) camera-which redirects the image seen by the lens to an optical viewfinder above, before flipping briefly out of the way for a picture to be taken-the mirrorless camera promised to be lighter, smaller and quieter, with a specification only marginally less than its bulkier big brother at the pricier end of the market.