Why the first Chinese mirrorless cameras will massively disrupt the market — and why that's a good thing

Insta360 Ace Pro 2 action camera housed inside grip accessory, in user's hand.

Almost all of the big names in cameras — Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm, Panasonic, OM System, Sigma, Ricoh, Pentax and others — hail from Japan, the birthplace of digital photography.

Want one of the best mirrorless cameras? Unless it's a Leica or a Hasselblad, right now it'll come from Japan. But a new superpower is rising up in the camera industry, and that's China.