Canon lens prices were one of the reasons I didn't contemplate the EOS R system. £2800 for the 85mm and £2200 for the 50mm, absolute joke imo. OK Nikon's might only be f.18 vs f1.2 of Canon, but £320 and £660 are much more palatable prices. Also, Canon's 28-70mm f2 is £2800 vs Nikon's 24-70mm f2.8 at £1800. I'd rather sacrifice a stop of light and have an extra grand in my pocket, as well as the extra 4mm at the wide end. The native Canon EOS R system is for the seriously wealthy
No camera is perfect tbh and Sony have moved the market forward in fairness. However, I do agree with your point in that I hope they don't now rest on their laurels.
What I don't understand with these camera manufacturers is their decision making, who's in charge as it completely baffles me? I mean Nikon had the chance to build a camera from scratch yet they bring a fleet out that is inherently flawed in that it has one camera slot and no way to use a functional battery grip. I mean what the fudge, who signed that off as a good idea?
And whilst I praise Son'y advancement who signs off some of their decision making. What are we on now 4th gen and still no touchscreen? No focus stacking, stopped down focussing, and still no lossless compression? Now I'm no developer but surely these are pretty easy things to add in this day and age, so someone high up is clearly saying not to put them in. Why?
As a consumer it's very frustrating as there seems no logical explanation. Yes I know that they need new features for the next gen cameras, but these are basics imo, things you should expect when shelling out £1500-3000 on a camera.