>>4413178>the instant exposure/shutter speed view of EVF makes it super dumbed down aka easy and retardproof.True. I can still see this being useful in certain particular situations when your planned exposure is much higher or lower than what the camera would choose (allowing you to detect and correct it via exposure compensation), but again one can do the same through experience and possibly chimping. The current camera isn't ideal for it because the old backscreen gets the colors completely wrong and the photos it displays seem to be somewhat processed; noticeably different from raw anyway.
> low light shootingLow-light shooting is where newer sensors and processors do indeed come into play, friends' latest iphones do better job in low light when shooting handheld, thanks to some inordinate amount of image processing, stacking and vr.
>More discreetWhat I meant there was not just the "he's got a big camera he must be a pro tog" but something that doesn't raise a ruckus with mirror cycling. The 700 doesn't have a Q(uiet) mode that the 780 does (afaik it also has electronic shutter in liveview on top of that)
>you don't NEED to take photos. Its just a fun hobby Kind of, yeah, which is why I haven't upgraded from a 17 year old dslr until now, when the upcoming trip also acts as motivation to deal with the shortcomings the current camera definitely has.
> Mirrorless is too close to a cellphone That's a good way of putting it, never really thought of it this way. Not because it's easier to shoot but because of its artificiality in nature, the direct connection between the eye and the scene severed.
Either way, between the original post and now I have done more research and uncovered more questionable particularities of evf operation (at least on Nikon) e.g. blackouts, evf lag, dubious af tracking algorithms that I'm not willing to put myself at the mercy of just yet etc. I reckon I'll just wait another decade for milc to mature and get the d780 anyway, cheers.
