Not sure "reliability" is at all related to dropping a camera. Unless you want an armored body that's twice the size and weight of the current one then we just have to accept modern electronics are not designed to be dropped. That's why insurance exists and professionals have multiple camera bodies. Even back in the day when cameras were largely mechanical and probably more drop-proof, multiple bodies was always the best insurance against in-field accidents.
As for the rest of the OP's desires, I'm not really in agreement. "Improved ergonomics" is a subjective thing but for most people it means a bigger body and that is the opposite of what drew me to Sony bodies in the first place. If I wanted a bigger body I'd have chosen Nikon or Canon. I opted for the smaller body and got used to it. My A1ii is already significantly bigger than the OG A9 that I started out with in Sonyland, and I really don't want it to get any bigger. If I wanted a bigger body I'd buy the battery grip, so at least there's that option.
Not sure what the switching between setting gripe is -- Sony makes storing custom shooting setups incredibly easy already. You literally just have to turn one dial one notch to change to another set.
WiFi speed is probably impacted by power requirements, heat generation issues, antenna limitations, etc., so there's no doubt a limit to how fast Sony can push the chips. It's 802.11ac bandwidth now, and no doubt the Mark 3 will probably be ax, but ultimately this is a battery-powered camera, not an AC-powered mutli-channel router with 8 antennas so it's never going to keep up with the fastest hardware especially if you want a global sensor that pushes vast amounts of data per shot. Tethering is always going to be the fastest, most reliable way to transmit large amounts of data. I "tether" my desktop PC at home to my switch/router despite having very fast wireless access points because it's just more reliable, period.
And video features are here to stay unfortunately because the vast majority use exactly the same hardware as stills so just require software implementation, which is not a huge additional cost for Sony for a potentially large additional market of buyers. I've never shot a single frame of video on my Sony cameras, but I don't begrudge those features being there anyway
Nov 04, 2025 at 03:02 PM
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