B&H Lists the A99ii Discontinued

I see now that this is "old news" but I missed it and the A99ii had been available until not too long ago. 😔

They are also showing the A77ii as discontinued. Only 17 out of 31 Sony A-mount lenses are in stock. Sadly it looks as if this could really be the end of the line for the A-mount.

Edited by Evildogsofdoom - 19 December 2020 at 06:17

Does this mean the A-mount is dead?

skm.sa100 wrote: Does this mean the A-mount is dead?

perhaps zombie is the more appropriate phrase?

Mounts come and go, it is only natural. One day we will write the same about FE.

Where's that interview with the Sony executive professing the continuation of A-Mount? 'round here somewhere...

Any suggestions as to which camera company or mount I should put an end to next. My record is uncanny Olympus OM, Kodak, Minolta, Olympus Four Thirds, Sony A-mount, Olympus (not dead yet but organs are being harvested).

Edited by LAbernethy - 19 December 2020 at 23:18

The kodak of today is like the nokia of today (yes, also still an active brand, but now with a different niche) ... neither are the original companies though, just all new people who've bought those household names.

At least with Olympus the staff/factories will continue with their new owner rather than start from scratch like new Kodak and new Nokia.

I was transitioning from Canon FD > EOS with a few bits of Olympus OM when Olympus decided that their OM future could continue if they were priced like Leica. Understandably the shops/dealers just decided to stop stocking them, pretty much overnight. OM was killed off by that risky decision. Leica continued with manual/film and there might have been room for another 'non-Leica' manual brand (at a better price).

I like how bold Pentax have been and that they've stated they will continue with dSLR. 'IF' Canon/Nikon do move away from their dSLR mounts then I can see a Pentax following continuing/growing. They've been niche for a while. The KP (APS) and K1 (FF) look to be fabulous tools (reminding me of the Dynax 7D and Pentax 67). The lens line-up is a real mixed bag though (respected optically, but the lenses seem to have little direction). Hope Pentax re-think their optics, it is a challenge understanding what does what. I'm mid-system and looked hard at Pentax. Ruled out on risk.

I'm fascinated by what will happen to Nikon F and Canon EF. As a former Canon EF (film) and Nikon (dSLR) shooter it is amazing to see how small a market share Nikon dropped to. They've both been hurt by Fuji's respectable APS system and by Sony's full-frame. With Nikon coming to mirrorless again after a failed 1-system and Canon making about a dozen APS body models for every lens (over-reliance on people being frankenstein fans and bolting things together while pretty much ignoring any new users). I, personally, find nothing compelling in the Canon/Nikon mirrorless department.

m43 will have a rocky couple of years while the Oly camera brand refreshes and Panasonic realize they've been caught asleep on the job (even fuji makes better video gear than Panasonic now!). They've bet big on FF, hope they remember they had/have a m43 division too.

Fun times ahead.