Canon R3 vs. Nikon Z9 (Price)

IMO, Canon isn't surprised; Nikon needs the Z9 to be aggressive. Canon's probably thinking they're going to still do the R1, and price it above the A1, since it has features the A1 and Z9 lack (eye-controlled AF, mech shutter for the Z9).

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Sony is working to refresh glass to compete with the RF glass, but, lacks DO technology and some of Canon's expertise in glass. They do have third party glass however.

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Nikon will play catch-up with lenses and firmware. You get what you pay for.

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The R3 is overpriced, sure. Or is it the Z9 is underpriced? It's both IMO. Nikon has to make that Z9 stand out vs that A1 or they'll become irrelevant. Think about it; what makes the Z9 special vs the A1? Nikon ergonomics? Yes, and price now as ergonomics alone aren't enough, I agree.

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Canon needs to just keep making more interesting glass, and perhaps consider improving their AI / deep learning in terms of multi-shot noise reduction on their upcoming stacked CMOS sensors as that can permit that sort of thing, and, pixel shifting for super-res, and fine tune their color responses.

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IMO, we're reaching the beginning of the end, and have for some time. Things are going to stagnate where the R3 and R1 are "it" for some time. What more are camera makers going to give us? Free coffee? Seriously. Sony and Nikon are not going to match Canon's eye-controlled AF for at least 2 gens, if, Nikon survives as the A1 still has a lot going for it (smaller, lighter, more mature software).

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Now what I do find an interesting thought; dropping the shutter and making a RP-replacement with that R3 sensor akin to the A7C. That'd be slick. May be some time for that.