jojib wrote:
I think the A6800/A6900 might be coming next. I wonder if Sony will use the new battery. If they go A7000 with new battery and vertical grip---I'm in!!!
I have an A6400 and A6700, and A7Riv. If one handles the A6400 and even A6700 with 18-135 against the A7Riv and 28-200. I like the size of the A6400 but the 'same battery" and performance jumps of the A6700 have basically put the A6400 away.
I like "same battery" and can see a time, now, when many might be in that tolerate but not appreciate the new battery over the inconvenience of dealing with two battery types. The battery change didn't really hurt A6400 to A6700, for me, I had a Smallrig L bracket with a front grip piece so the larger A6700 grip was fine. I'm not sure how the continuing creep upward in sizes will work out - across the ff and aps-c lines.
I'm not sure they haven't waited/ignored/defied us out on the high performance aps-cs or if that will continue. Not to say the price differential to the ff line isn't still a burden, major burden, or full stop barrier. The A7Rs, A1s, too, can be a "large body aps-c" in crop. But there's that big price difference. I look at the higher end Fuji offerings in the price gap between the A6700 and the A7s. (Hey, I look at the Nikon Z8 price, too.)
For the "big bodies," side market or used A7Rvs are below $3000 now and may hit that $2500 point or lower, especially nice used ones, before long.
The A7CRii is maybe lurking out there, too. The A7CR didn't tempt me away from the A7Riv or A6700. I wonder where the A7CRii will be (full mech shutter anyone, make room for that big battery and full motion panel?) but expect priced close enough to the A7Rvi to keep the aps-c community frustrated.
May 19, 2026 at 01:30 PM
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