Originally posted by Winder Not all markets can afford the latest and greatest. I was talking to guy who teaches photography in Atlanta and his school just bought a bunch of A7II bodies at a discounted rate for students to use. They have a boat load of adapters to use just about any lens from any system. There is still a market for these cameras and I would guess that Sony still has inventory to move. In many ways the A7II is still a better camera than the Canon RP.
And in many ways the A7II is a 6 year old camera that lags the RP in certain areas, particularly in video and auto focus. Certainly those are probably not important for students, but they are reasons that people look at newer MILCs instead of some of the original models.
Honestly, I have no idea how Canon and Nikon's entries into that market are going to effect Sony. I can't think that it will help them any, but maybe it won't hurt them either. I don't think we will see the full impact of Canon and Nikon's releases till they have more complete lens line ups, which is coming pretty quickly for Canon. Overall, the MILC market is certainly going to be more competitive which should make for better prices for consumers and that could hurt the bottom lines of all involved.