Canon R3 vs. Nikon Z9 (Price)

Larawanista wrote:

rlaplaca wrote:

I'm a very happy owner of an R5 camera with 4 RF "L" lenses, including the spectacular 100 - 500 mm zoom lens. I can afford an R3, but continue to choke when I remember the price ($6000 US). I simply can not justify that price given the resolution and overall capabilities of the R5.

Then today, I see that Nikon's Z9 is priced at only $5500 US and I wonder what Canon is thinking now. I'm surprised that no one on this forum has mentioned this up to now. Before Nikon's announcement, I was thinking that Canon's price for the R3 is very aggressive. Now I think it's just plain arrogant.

Canon released the R5 and the R6, and in the process announced they're back in the game by getting serious in FF mirrorless. These are cameras within the spending power of more users.

Nikon releases the Z9 and announced they can make a better FF mirrorless camera than Canon's R3. It's beyond the price range of many users so they need to make the technology trickle down to future Z bodies in the price range of the R5 and R6.

z9 is a slightly better R5 for $1600 more.

But hell yeah, the Z9 just slapped the face of the R3, and that except for the Eye AF, the Z9 wins this round. This is good news. Sony and now Nikon (again) will keep Canon busy innovating and farther away from its old habit of being incrementalist. Some might say lenses, RF has the edge over Z mount and that's fair. But older Nikon lenses can be adapted too, just like EF lenses for Canon.