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Looks are a personal thing anyway tbh and I'm sure not a main reason to buy a camera I know I'll get flamed for this but the Sony's just don't look or feel as high level for some reason. Again wouldn't stop me using them, I'm a big fan and as you know if it wasn't for the grip room I'd have swapped to the Sony A7RIII from the D750, and now to the A9.The sony is OK, rather than being smacked hard with the ugly stick. TBH I don't even notice the looks, because it's got nothing outstanding about it.
But then what about the vast array of used DSLR cameras and lenses, even cheaper?The lower cost comes in the amount of used kit available, so my slightly used A7III was £1350 instead of £2K+ etc. Plenty of used lenses about now with prices gradually getting more sensible.
I agree, inn the future mirrorless will be better than DSLR but I still think for the here and now there's not a compelling enough reason for a lot of DSLR users to swap. Better AF in mirrorless? Debatable comparing like for like, and even if mirrorless is better now is it significant enough to swap? If I had a D850 or D500 I wouldn't see a significant difference enough to swap for this alone. Likewise with a D5 or 1DX-II, is the A9 enough of an improvement?Why would people move? For better AF, for lenses that don't need adjustment for accurate focussing, for functionally useful live view, for small size (apparently not true for Nikon?) for a system that is having development applied instead of one that is legacy only, for sensors with greater resolution and better dynamic range. Granted some of those are only true for the Sony system at this stage because the other makes are lagging, but they'll surpass their DSLRs with their ML cameras eventually. One of the compelling factors behind buying the A7 was that the AF was reputedly better than the D750, and I'd become fed up with the poor AF of my D610 that was actually less good than in my entry level sony A58, so didn't really trust the AF of the D750 either.
TBH the D750 is an amazing camera, nailed pretty much everything. Yes the A7III is supposedly better but the D750 got the shots. I'll always have fond memories of it, my first FF camera and a camera that I had complete confidence in.
I'm not sure DSLR are legacy yet, or will be for some time. Nikon have a D760 coming out, the D6 and there's even talk of a D860, let alone what Canon have planned. I think we're more likely to see 'cross-over' cameras.
I've been reading a lot recently and from what I can gather pros still have more confidence in the 1DX-II and D5 over the A9 (don't shoot the messenger ) and of course the pro network is still better. I do expect this to change over time, but in the here and now there's nothing to convince a lot of sport pros to switch, especially with the release of the 1Dx-III and announcement of the D6.For pros, the choice must be about whether changing systems will enable they to get work that they'd otherwise not have, and better AF, better lenses and dynamic range might well be enough to justify investing. The wedding business seems to be a key place where this has already happened.
I'm no sony devotee or fanboi - just want a decent system that works well. My impression without handling a Z series camera is Nikon fumbled the ball when they should have scored. Canon were always going to do less well because their sensor tech is trailing and doesn't seem able to catch up, but with their experience in pro and enthusiast cameras Nikon should have looked ahead of the status quo and designed accordingly. I suspect they are actually getting better images from sony sensors than sony themselves, but that's not enough to be competitive.
I"m not sure Nikon are baking the raws tbh, just the EXIF is causing Lightroom etc to apply NR and other such things, you can still choose to rest these to get a 'true raw'Only because they are pulling a fuji and baking the raws, Sony made it clear with the rii that they would keep the best sensors for their own cameras. What happens after the sensor is down to processing adjusts and baking into pp.