Actually…anybody that agrees the A1 is better without having seen and used a production Z9 can't make that determination. It may be better…but it may be better only for people that strictly compare specs instead of actually using both and making a judgement. I agree that the A1 is a very fine body…but it would require me switching brands and that's a huge expense in both dollars to replace existing gear and in time to unlearn and relearn all the muscle memory I've got…and the same things would be true if one were to switch from or to any brand…so one must evaluate whether better is the enemy of good enough.Interesting that linking an article about the Z9 turned again into "but the A1 is still better". Can you please take the A1 out of this thread? We already had this discussion 10 pages back or so, and everybody agrees your A1s are best, no need to rehash it.
The real point is that nobody has compared a production Z9 to an A1 yet…so any 'conclusions' before that happens are based on not much more than marketing hype and/or brand bias. And none of that takes into account whether it's 'better' for the images and purposes any individual user.
I agree with you though…I'm really tired of all the Sony fanboys telling me how the A1 is the bestest camera ever. Might be for them but they're making these pronouncements like Moses coming down from the mountain.