I'd recommend mirrorless, there's pretty much no advantage to DSLR at this point. Mirrorless are smaller, lighter, and faster.
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Mirrorless, no contest.
- Small form factor
- Can use virtually any DSLR / SLR lens, and many rangefinder lenses
- EVF that lets you zoom, Zebra, preview, show focus areas, etc.
I have an a7r that I use with Minolta lenses from the 70s and 80s. With such a short distance to the sensor you can get adapters for everything, old lenses, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
As a current Canon photographer (700D owner) going mirrorless is definitely the future. Canon and Nikon have basically given up on DSLRs. (https://www.engadget.com/why-nikon-and-canon-have-given-up-on-dsl-rs-133042286.html).
However, I want to highly stress out to avoid Canon for mirrorless. The reason behind it is that Canon has been "defending" their mirrorless mount relentlessly. Meaning, that no other 3rd parties without Canon's blessing can make lenses for the RF mount. (Source: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/06/canon-confirms-its-going-after-lens-makers-for-patent-infringement/)
So unless you wanna spend big bucks on Canon approved lenses, I'd go with either Nikon, Sony or one of the other mirrorless brands.
Fun fact, Sony is actually quite permissive in the licensing of their E mount. So they will basically let everyone make lenses for the E-mount.
Just use the converter and you can mount all the EF lenses on the new bodies
That will work as long as EF lenses are still available.... But Canon already took some lenses out of production.
So basically, that's gonna be a dead end path.
Yes, get a mirrorless. I went from a Canon 7D to an R7 and I don't regret it.
I literally just faced this same dilemma! I went online looking to upgrade the kit lens I've had on my Canon EOS 70D for nine years and got sucked into the mirrorless hype.
In the end I sortof ended up upgrading both... I got a great deal on a second hand Canon mirrorless body, and because it has in-body image stabilisation I could then spend a lot less money to get a 25 year old 'L' series EF lens rather than a newer one with IS in the lens.
I'm extremely pleased with this set-up so far, and even more pleased that I can add to my lens collection in future for much less money than if I needed IS hardware in every lens.
Nikon F mount lenses have decades of body compatibility. You can shoot lenses from the 60's on modern Nikon DSLR bodies. IMHO a Nikon DSLR will give you the most options on a sub-1k body.
You can use Nikon F lenses (and most other SLR mounts) on mirrorless cameras with a cheap adapter, so if we're counting old lenses any mirrorless has significantly more options.
I went mirrorless and got an adapter for my existing EF lenses
Edit - If you have a look through my post history (not my comment history) you'll see lots of bird photos. Anything with a 2023 or 2024 date on it was generally taken with my old EF 70-300mm lens using an adapter ring to mount it to a Canon r50.
Have you run into any caveats while using the adapter? I've heard comments about adapters sometimes causing issues with EXIF data, but I could easily see that being caused by cheaper adapters.
You can buy cheap dumb adapters that are just metal rings and transmit no data or more expensive adapters which transmit data and allow autofocus. Buy cheap adapters for any old lenses you want to use and expensive ones when you value the lense tech.
I've got a D750 and an XT100. Given the smaller size and the cheaper old lenses I can run the XT has gotten more use in the past few years.
Since you mentioned the XT100, what do you think about the lack of the large right hand grip versus your D750? I like the retro aesthetic, but I've got larger hands and I'm unsure of how comfortable it would be long term.
I haven't experienced anything like that. The only real issue is that the autofocus isn't quite as fast.
FWIW there are adapters to go from Canon RF to EF. I haven’t personally used them, nor am I experienced enough to weigh in on if they are worth it, but it might be something to look into.
I literally just moved to mirrorless because I saw the writing on the wall and also had to decide whether to invest in lenses on the format going away or the new format. I figured I would be futureproofing myself for a bit.
I'm Canon as well and am going mirrorless. My current lenses should adapt quite well according to my research.