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OTOH, it never hurts to get as much incentives as possible, to start hacking said camera's....and go way beyond the rather limited imagination & creativity of the manufacturer....:))

Worse, according to Mr. Posner: any choice would be final, no going back.

Vendor-Lockin of the different kind....:))

The EOS 1N-RS had to be send in to Canon, for this particular upgrade.
IIRC, it was not for free....
(ha, even US$250, so Sony is cheap....;))

From days long...

Some, p(r)i(vile)g(ed), would receive more options/upgrades than the others, of course.

Just imagine it were a Leica....:))

It just dawned on me that this very (specific pro-)concept is pretty crude, as in 'instantly demanding an update, in hardware'.

Like an AI remote-controlled 3D tripod head, pointing the camera in...

Remote-locked lens sounds fun indeed....:))

Finally a true vendor-lockin....:))))

Note also that we had a related discussion a few months ago, about the usefulness of custom-coloured AF-frames....:))

In Venezuela, the camera options/upgrades would be first nationalized from the manufacturer, then handed out to the people, for free.

....;))

We can go back in time even further, to the analog days.

Minolta was the most obvious, with physical smart-cards, unlocking/implementing a dozen different features/settings/preferences, like AEB...

Also tell me how I should do such a >>360 swing *hand-held* by a series of AEB's, in the *same* time I can do a fluid-motion swing.
IOW: you are forcing me to a tripod at the same time (with...

You are creating a false dichotomy here, because *both* spec's/quality-performances can be true.
As in: there is NWIH by which *only* this panorama-performance could be boosted, while AEB-sec...

@justinwonnacott:

Not even a fast-skip clickable set of those 5 topics, as video-starts....;((

@TerryV81:

You forgot to mention (in-camera) panorama(-stitching).
Or better, actually: HDR-(Art-) panorama.

Casio once did a fine job with their HDR-Art, *and* panorama[*], but sadly never...

'DP, phone home.'

I did see topless men, but no Hulk.

OTOH, I just read about a green fluorescent monkey, so there is hope.

For LF you mean a few decades to come.
(for real MF just as well....;))

I now also wonder whether this could improve (speed up?) in-camera panorama-swings?
(despite Sony having been rather lousy/limited in that department, at 180 degree & landscape-orientation)

Mind...

Editor alert....;))

"The a9 II is built around the latest Bionz XR processors, giving eight times as much power as the a9 II."

FWIW, would any of the automotive super-capacitator start-boosters be a good (potential) addition, as external power?
(DIY-modified/-hacked, of course)
(if only for also being able to be recharged...