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I dont think there is much difference between the makes. Sony A1 was a bit ahead when released but had few lenses, Nikon caught up with the Z9 and have steadily released replacement Z series lenses which are optically very good but no better than Canon/Sony/ Nikon F glass.
Moving from F mount to Z mount seems to have little benefit apart from the removal of the FTZ adapter from the equation. The new Z series lenses when you look at the physical design seem to be little more than a F lens with a built on FTZ adapter. I guess some of this is driven by lens physics but with all the exotic lens glass mixes some physically smaller lenses would be great. This has been achieved with the newer Z series telephotos and long zooms. My Z series 100-400 lens is a smaller beast but still very heavy.
I think the way the technology is going the big advances will come with things like better electronics and global shutter to replace the current mechanical and electronic shutters. This will probably make the cameras a little lighter but no less bulky as extra battery power will be needed.
No one seems to have fully embraced the notion of lightweight mirrorless systems, with the possible exception of Fuji.
What most manufacturers seem to be blind to is making cameras dimensionally smaller does little to make the cameras lighter, just more awkward in the hand. Coupled with existing lenses which were invariably heavy with prestige fast glass and full frame functionality, you get something that’s no lighter than mirrored systems but now more imbalanced in the hand. Lighter in the wallet but nowhere else!
Fuji lenses are some of the lightest I have come across and offer a more balanced coupling with their DX bodies.
Frankly I’ve been underwhelmed by the mirrorless revolution.
While some have achieved some benefits most have just produced a different version of what we had.
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