>>3249229Modern mirrorless cameras can swim with the big dogs these days, although in the past they struggled to make the photo-taking experience as streamlined as it was with a DSLR. Part of the problem was that the first mirrorless cameras weren't marketed to experts, but rather to non-photographers. The topic is still rather complicated because everybody's needs are different, but these cameras have come a long way.
>Problem: No [good, native] lensesSony is releasing a lot of native lenses now, but third parties are really taking up the torch for E-mount as well. Also, when Fuji got into mirrorless, they did their lenses so well that X-mount has become the de-facto standard for how to do fast primes for mirrorless cameras right.
>Problem: You had to menu-dive to change (and sometimes even view) basic settingsSony has added a lot more buttons and dials to their cameras to put these controls at your fingertips. Fuji added their iconic analog dials for shutter speed, aperture, ISO and exposure comp. Other mirrorless (M43) cameras seem to be headed in the same direction.
>Problem: The EVF is barely usable low light, backlit and underexposed conditionsAll mirrorless cameras are being improved here in terms of resolution. I know that with Fuji, you can set one of the Fn buttons to toggle on/off "exposure/wb preview," which makes the EVF usable in these conditions. Also, Fuji has a camera that has a hybrid OVF at low focal lengths.
>Problem: The focusing experience is generally inferior, both AF (speed) and MF (by wire with native lenses, no distance gauge)Big improvements have been made here over the past 5 years to the point where people actually now consider mirrorless to be a step above DSLR's for focusing precision, although DSLRs still stand at the top for AF speed and tracking accuracy.
The big unresolved problems are battery life and ergonomics. Some people try to solve both with a vertical battery grip, but these can add quite a bit of bulk and weight
