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If you're shooting weddings and you're looking to replicate your Canon experience, I'd only consider the A9 and (theoretically) the A7RIII. The main reason is on-camera flash. With the A7RII (and I've been told, the other A7 series cameras), when using on-camera flash, there's a fraction of a second delay when taking the picture for some reason. It's been remedied with the A9 and I presume also with the A7RIII, but it's certainly something I'd wait for confirmation of if you're considering it.
About a year ago, I started second shooting at weddings and used a 6D, 5D Mark III, 5D Mark IV, and a 5Ds (only two at a time, I was in the process of upgrading during my first few weddings) and of course, the flash system was great. I decided to stop second shooting weddings (which was the main thing tying me to Canon) and then decided to try Sony. I loved the A7RII so much that I ended up switching, and quickly. I told myself when I bought the A7RII that I'd take a full year or two to switch if I thought it would work for me and I ended up switching in less than 3 months.
During that 3 month switch, I was contacted by another wedding photographer asking if I could second shoot with her and I agreed. As a trial, I simply assisted her during one wedding but also brought my camera along just to get back in the groove. This is when I saw for myself that the A7RII has a delay when using on-camera flash. It's probably a quarter of a second. So, it's not an incredibly long delay, but it's enough to know it's happening. I've since purchased the A9 and it definitely does NOT have that lag.
As another person mentioned, the Godox system is fantastic and SUBSTANTIALLY cheaper than the Canon RT system. It also provides more options as you can not only go with the V860SII (on-camera flash) but you can also pick up the AD200 which is an off-camera-only flash with about 3x the power of an on-camera flash as well as the AD360 and the Godox AD600 (off-camera strobe) and ALL of this can be controlled via the same radio trigger (or on-camera flash). And again, this is a RADIO system, NOT an optical system, so there's no "line of sight" required. By the way, you can buy the same system for Canon so even if you don't switch, it's an option for you.
Another note: I'd also consider purchasing a bottom plate (or "L bracket) for the Sony cameras if you appreciate the grip of the Canon cameras (I definitely did). I've determined that the Sony bodies are actually too small (and I have "medium" sized hands according to every glove I've ever worn) for me to hold comfortably. But, adding a bottom plate made an enormous difference. I highly recommend the "Really Right Stuff" bottom plate. I have one on my A9 and it's absolutely superb! It completely changes the handling of the camera for me as my pinky no longer hangs off and I can use 3 fingers to grip the camera instead of 2 (which was causing me major pain in the first knuckle of my middle finger - to the point that I was going to sell all of my newly acquired Sony gear and move back to Canon or give Nikon a try).
All that said, I highly recommend the A9 for weddings and, I presume, the A7RIII. Face detection will change your life. Seriously. Eye detection is even better. Also, if you EVER focus and recompose (or crop for composition in post) you'll never have to do it again. Ever. Because the AF points go to the edges of the frame, there's always an AF point wherever you want it (with the A9, the A7RIII doesn't have quite the same spread but it's still a larger spread than any FF DSLR).
With the A9, there's no buffer issue either. Even while it's writing, you can review images. Same, I believe, with the A7RIII.
IMO, as a wedding photographer you shouldn't be looking to adapt too much of your glass. You should plan on purchasing native lenses for the most part. The exception might be if you REALLY like using f/1.2, then stick with the 50 and/or 85 L lenses you have. But if you're okay with f/1.4, then switch those too.
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