>>4412716No. Stills-relevant camera technology hasn't improved since the a7iii, a7riii, and gfx100. AKA they added dual gain ADCs to pre-existing sensors, once.
It's all been readout speed bullshit even at the cost of DR (the Z8, Z6III, R6II, and R5 have APS-C DR for the 1st gain stage, the R5II is 100% APS-C tier, and the A9III has the DR of micro four thirds)
Video codec shit not directly tied to readout speed is largely arbitrary. They could revise the current batteries (most are literally two AAs, crack one open) and put modern storage controllers and PCIE drives in cameras easy. Just like they could be putting 4k rear screens in. They wont because that would cause them to run out of upgrades to release. The simple fact that they won't update batteries that are LITERALLY two AAs in a plastic shell, despite battery life being the #1 thing holding back firmware improvements, should tell you all you want to know
>how held back?In IRL use the a7cii has 1/2 the battery life of the a7c because running even semi-modern firmware off those bitch batteries sucks them dry. "Sony has shit firmware" was synonymous with "sony has the best battery life" and the a7iv/a7rv/a7cii/a7cr undid that. The batteries nippon will let you have are that shit. A fucking phone can store more energy.
>>4412736More like japan will eventually let actual modern sensor shit trickle through, ie: organic sensors, quantumfilm, RGBW arrays. A lot of genuine improvements already exist and are being held back so they can do several more decades of bullshit like "enable an arbitrary video codec, load the AF algorithm that was developed 2 years ago, and call it a new camera"
Remember how scummy they are - fuji released xtrans to LOWER sensor performance and create more opportunities to get people on the upgrade ladder scam. Reason? Fuji makes CFAs and it was cheaper for them than using an AA filter with the same resolution cutting impact as xtrans. Japanese big tech operates like that.
