GET THE BEST FROM YOUR MIRRORLESS

Use the camera format’s strengths to your advantage to achieve top shots

REVIVE YOUR OLD LENSES

Perhaps you’ve got a loft full of glass gathering dust, and that’s what’s been putting you off investing in a new system. Most mirrorless systems allow you to use old lenses via an adapter – they’ll likely make your system a bit bulkier, but it saves dropping cash on a brand new set of optics.

THE SILENT TREATMENT

Mirrorless cameras shoot silently thanks to an electronic shutter. That gives you a huge advantage when working in conditions such as weddings, wildlife and close- contact sports, but it also makes shooting subjects such as family occasions less intrusive too.

LIGHT FANTASTIC

Electronic shutters allow you to shoot at super-fast speeds. You can expose the sensor to light for a tiny fraction of a second – that’s perfect for freezing super-fast moving action, as well as allowing you to use wide apertures in sunlight without over- exposing the image.

SNEAK PEAK

If you need to manually focus – perhaps when shooting detailed close-ups – you can display something called ‘Focus Peaking’, either on the screen or via the viewfinder. With this, the display will show, in a brightly contrasting colour, exactly where you’ve achieved pin-sharp focus – making it quick and easy.

ABOUT FACE

If you like to photograph people, then switch on Face and/or Eye Detection. It’ll help you to get pin-sharp portraits by automatically detecting your subject’s eye, and tracking it around the frame. Some recent models can detect both human and animal eyes, which is great for pet and wildlife photographers.