[mst]

Flickr stats are interesting indeed. Probably not representative for the whole camera market, but they give at least an impression. For example: Sony FF owns only a tiny fraction of the whole FF market, which is still dominated by Canon and Nikon. And in itself is only a niche market.

So, in other words: the total number of FF cameras sold by Sony is most likely very low. Not only compared to the competition, but also compared to the rest of Sony. Unless the FF cameras play an important role in the whole portfolio as high-end products which also shine down onto the lower grade products (which is no longer the case when NEX FF is released) there is hardly any reason to keep this small business segment alive.

-- Markus