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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zackiedawg" data-source="post: 3529938" data-attributes="member: 88126">I think that's not quite universally accurate anymore - though still truthful in general.  Many mirrorless cameras with more basic focus systems, and older mirrorless, indeed might struggle in low contrast to distinguish the bird from the background - but the latest batch of mirrorless have addressed those issues very well - focus in very low contrast situations has become much more reliable, much more capable, and the focus systems have much more control, with the focus spot points capable of being extremely small to thread through tight spots and still achieve autofocus, with 300-400+ focus points all over the frame, the focus point can be moved to almost infinite positions if shooting off a tripod, and the OSPDAF systems have been tuned much better to work in lower light before resorting to CDAF focusing.As a whole, most DSLRs are still capable of focusing more reliably in low light than most mirrorless...but some mirrorless have imrpoved low light focus, and can take advantage of some nice features to help with focusing in these low light situations, such as being able to gain up the EVF to see in very dark conditions, being able to zoom in on the EVF to see fine details when focusing (both auto or manual), and being able to reduce the focus point down to just a few pixels in size.I still shoot DSLR and mirrorless when birding - I don't find one 'better' than the other - each has some advantages, and each has some disadvantages. But I've also seen many of the biggest disadvantages of mirrorless be resolved, to the point where they are as good, and occasionally better, than my DSLR.  Focusing in dense foliage is a particular skill of my mirrorless camera, as is BIF shooting...both areas where just 2-3 years ago, large-sensor mirrorless cameras were almost completely inept.</blockquote>

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