As of January 1 of this year, any $5000 mirrorless camera was either medium format or
else a Leica. The only non-collectible cameras with sensors smaller than medium format in that
rarefied price bracket were the two sports-focused DSLRs and a bunch of cinema cameras that
would (reluctantly) take still images as well. Interchangeable lens digital cameras had started
out in that price bracket (Nikon’s D1 was arguably the first semi mass-market DSLR – although
Canon’s EOS-D30 and a couple of Kodaks can also be argued), and costs have gone down so
much that a $5000 camera had become almost impossible to find, although the bottom end of
the market has been swallowed by phones to such an extent that $500 cameras are also going
extinct as everybody focuses on $1000-$3500 cameras. Well, the $5000+ camera is back, and
it’s back with four models with three very different design goals (Sony’s A1 and Nikon’s Z9 have
similar goals). As has long been true, the technology in these expensive cameras ...
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Dan Wells, "Shuttterbug" on the trail, is a landscape photographer, long-distance hiker and student in the Master of Divinity program at Harvard Divinity School. He lives in Cambridge, MA when not in wild places photographing and contemplating our connection to the natural world. Dan's images try to capture the spirit he finds in places where, in the worlds of the Wilderness Act of 1964, "Man himself is but a visitor". He has hiked 230 miles of Vermont's Long Trail and 450 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail with his cameras, as well as photographing in numerous National Parks, Seashores and Forests over the years - often in the offseason when few people think to be there. In the summer of 2020, Dan plans to hike a stretch of hundreds of miles on the Pacific Crest Trail, focusing on his own and others' spiritual connection to these special places, and making images that document these connections.
Over years of personal work and teaching photography, Dan has used a variety of equipment (presently Nikon Z7 and Fujifilm APS-C). He is looking for the perfect combination of light weight, ruggedness and superb image quality.
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