The 19 Most Popular Compact System and Mirrorless Cameras with Our Readers By Darren Rowse

The 19 Most Popular Compact System and Mirrorless Cameras with Our Readers

By Darren Rowse

Earlier in the week we revealed the DSLRs that were best selling among our readers over the last few months. While DSLRs are still the most popular type of readers among our readers this last quarter has seen a big rise in the number of you using compact system/mirrorless cameras.

In fact if we combined the two lists we’d now see compact system cameras in the top 20 cameras bought by our readers with the Sony Alpha a6000 and the Sony Alpha a7II both making that list.

Also an indication of the growth of sales in the compact system camera class of camera is that today we’re listing 19 of them while last time we created this list we only saw enough sales to justify making it a list of 9 cameras.

Here are the most popular compact system cameras among our readers!

Note: we’ve included cameras with interchangeable lenses and fixed lenses in this list.

This post was updated 24 November 2016.

1. Sony Alpha a6000

2. Sony Alpha a5000

3. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7KK

4. Sony Alpha a6500

5. Sony Alpha a6300

6. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G85MK

7. Sony a7R II

8. Fujifilm X-T1

9. Fujifilm X-T10

10. Sony Alpha a7II

That’s our top 10 – here are the next 9 most popular compact camera systems.

11. Sony Alpha a7S
12. Sony a7
13. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH4K
14. Fujifilm X-Pro2
15. Samsung NX3000
16. Panasonic LUMIX GX85
17. Olympus OM-D E-M10
18. Olympus E-PL7
19. Fujifilm X-E1

Popular Digital Photography Books

Popular Digital Photography Books

1. Tony Northrup’s DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography
2. Understanding Exposure, Fourth Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera
3. Adobe Lightroom 6 / CC Video Book: Training for Photographers
4. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Book for Digital Photographers
5. Mastering Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Exposure: How They Interact and Affect Each Other
6. The Digital Photography Book: Part 1
7. Studio Anywhere: A Photographer’s Guide to Shooting in Unconventional Locations
8. Digital SLR Photography All-in-One For Dummies
9. Picture Perfect Lighting: An Innovative Lighting System for Photographing People
10. Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots

Popular Accessories

Popular Accessories

This section is always fun. This quarter many of the most purchased accessories for digital cameras came from our 15 Must Have Photography Accessories Under $25 post. The list is a perfect place to look if you’re starting to look for stocking stuffers for Christmas for a photography enthusiast.

1. LensPEN Lens Cleaning System
2. Opteka Hot Shoe Two Axis Double Bubble Spirit Level for Digital and Film Cameras
3. Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster Large
4. Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter
5. Mennon Set of 2 Gray Card’s size 6″x8″ and 8″x10″, 18% Gray / 92% White
6. Adorama Filter Wrench. Set of 2. Fits 46-58mm Filters
7. Opteka RC-4 Wireless Remote Control for Canon EOS Digital SLRs
8. Interfit Strobies Small On Camera Diffuser
9. Neewer 43-inch / 110cm 5-in-1 Collapsible Multi-Disc Light Reflector with Bag – Translucent, Silver, Gold, White and Black
10. Kingston 4 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SD4/4GB
11. LimoStudio Photo Video Studio 10Ft Adjustable Muslin Background Backdrop Support System Stand, AGG1112
12. Lowepro SlingShot 202 AW

Popular Mirrorless Cameras

Popular Mirrorless Cameras

Mirrorless/Compact System cameras have been a fast growing segment of the camera market over the last few years and more and more of our readers are joining the large numbers of people attracted by these smaller format but high quality cameras.

Here’s what’s currently hot among our readers in this class.

1. Sony Alpha a6000
2. Sony Alpha a5000
3. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7KK
4. Sony Alpha a6500
5. Sony Alpha a6300
6. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G85MK
7. Sony a7R II
8. Fujifilm X-T1
9. Fujifilm X-T10
10. Sony Alpha a7II
11. Sony Alpha a7S
12. Sony a7
13. Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH4K
14. Fujifilm X-Pro2
15. Samsung NX3000
16. Panasonic LUMIX GX85
17. Olympus OM-D E-M10
18. Olympus E-PL7
19. Fujifilm X-E1

Other Brands of Popular DSLR Lenses

Other Brands of Popular DSLR Lenses

Many of these lenses from third party suppliers like Signma and Tamron can be used on different brands of cameras (just make sure you’re buying one with the appropriate mount for your DSLR.

1. Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM FLD Large Aperture Standard Zoom Lens
2. Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 Art DC HSM Lens for Canon
3. YONGNUO YN50mm F1.8 Standard Prime Lens
4. Tamron Auto Focus 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro Zoom Lens
5. Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM ELD SLD Aspherical Super Wide Angle Lens
6. Rokinon FE14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Lens
7. Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X116 Pro DX II Digital Zoom Lens
8. Sigma 35mm F1.4 ART DG HSM Lens
9. Rokinon HD8M-C 8mm f/3.5 HD Fisheye Lens
10. Tamron SP 70-200MM F/2.8 DI VC USD Telephoto Zoom Lens
11. Sigma 150-600mm 5-6.3 Contemporary DG OS HSM Lens
12. Sony 50mm f/1.8 SAM DT Lens
13. SMC Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4

Popular Nikon DSLR Lenses

Popular Nikon DSLR Lenses

As with Canon – the 50mm lens is king here – doubling the sales of its nearest rival in the Nikon range – again its to do with quality of the lens and the value for money!

1. Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens
2. Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G Lens
3. Nikon AF FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D Lens
4. Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-200MM f/4-5.6G ED Vibration Reduction II Zoom Lens
5. Nikon AF FX NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G Fixed Lens
6. Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G Vibration Reduction II Zoom Lens
7. Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens
8. Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED Vibration Reduction Zoom Lens
9. Nikon 70-300 mm f/4-5.6G Zoom Lens
10. Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED Vibration Reduction Zoom Lens

Popular Canon DSLR Lenses

Popular Canon DSLR Lenses

As usual the f1.8 50mm lens wins in the Canon range – a huge seller (see notes before). It’s a great quality lens and considering its price and how fast it is – it is almost a no brainer to have one in your camera bag.

1. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens
2. Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens
3. Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens
4. Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Standard Zoom Lens
5. Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens
6. Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens
7. Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Medium Telephoto Lens
8. Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
9. Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
10. Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens