>>3677615 (OP)As silly as it may sound this is one of the reasons I would not buy an A7 despite being intrigued by cheap full frame with the ability to adapt a lot of lenses.
It just makes no sense to me to have a dial like this on your pro camera. It makes it look like some snapshot tool. Who is actually going to be changing modes that often? ISO, aperture and shutter speed is all you need and you can intuitively switch between aperture priority, shutter priority and full auto by selecting the auto setting on the specific dial.