The ones rattling of all the gear are few and far between in real life they just like to congregate on forums and brag.
Do you know how many pros and amateurs still using dslr’s.
I think apart from the huge alpha rumours hype and a few users across forums it’s probably a bit underwhelming to be honest.
The a7v launch was similar a lot of hype and then it died quickly and now I don’t see that many that have changed to it or bought it.
On one of the larger uk forums I think there is me and one other that have bought a a7v and I’ve seen one that was going to order a a7rvi.. but he recently also bought a r5ii a7rv and has a z8.
Since the a7iii for photo it’s pretty much plateaued and just been incremental increases and prices have risen a lot.
The faster readout on them both is the stand out thing that gives them an advantage on the predecessors, (but still banding under certain lights)other than that there isn’t anything the last gen can’t do that these can do a lot better
An a7rv at half the price is likely a more sensible buy for most.
Craig Gillette wrote:
I think it's more from having enough to effectively support initial demand than slow purchasing. It's not inexpensive but reading the gear lists some rattle off with multiple bodies and multiple multi-thousand dollar lenses, it's not, for many, that expensive.
The bracket makers need access to the final form and the good ones probably had design features in mind waiting fit details, the "copiers" need something to copy...
It might also be that in countries like the U.K. individuals have but 60% of the disposable income as in the U.S. I suspect that camera purchases are rather few in rural China. Honestly, I see few people using cameras of any sort when I travel. So, DSLR, or Mirrorless is a distinction that most could care less about.
Jun 08, 2026 at 07:16 PM
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