>>3865885>Not saying I'd want to use this all day professionally as a photojournalist or somethingI'd say it might be appealing to photojournalists, or maybe even narrative photography.
With the EVF and a grip of some kind, either first party or 3rd party, then it makes for a nice and compact beast.
Add to it one of the I Series Contemporary primes, or perhaps even the 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art, then you have a compact, light tool with incredible sharpness. And unlike the Canon DSLR boomers, you won't have thugs beating you up and breaking your camera, because it looks far less... obvious.
We're in an era where anyone with a big camera is immediately "papparazzi" or "the mainstream media". Going small, going stylish might provide the ability to be somewhat incognito in the crowd.