mesposito
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Jorgen - I think you know this, but this is not a completely valid comparison. The A7 was the first FF mirrorless, so it seems obvious to me that it would have a shorter lifespan, especially in today's competitive market. Hard to compare that with the Nikon. (or the way the market worked at that time)Kodachrome, product life: 74 years
Nikon F, product life: 14 years
Sony camera, product life: 1 year
The world is certainly changing. I wish I knew if it was for the better or for the worse
I might agree with you on your true sentiment, which I believe is that it's depressing to be feature milked to death by camera manufacturers.
In this case though, I can't understand why we wouldn't want them to continue producing better versions as fast as they can. After-all, wasn't it you that was moving back to Nikon due to the lack of capabilities in mirrorless? It seems like a no-win then.
Do we want the new capabilities or not? If it were an $8000 camera body I could agree that it would be crazy, but especially with the A7/A7ii it's really a low-cost body.
Back to the A9...
If it materializes with 40+ megapixels, I'll just say this: Be careful what you wish for. I can see the hundreds of threads now bemoaning how native FE lenses can't resolve and we need all new lenses. Mark my words. You don't have be brilliant to see this coming.
I'd rather see them stop at 36mp and just make a better A7r.