[davethebirder]

In my book, the price tag of the R7 is just too high.

The R7 costs as much as an S5. So unless you need it for some type of action photography, it seems to be a bad deal.

It does seem to be marketed at sports and action à la D500 ....... it wins on resolution and frame rate (mechanical shutter @ 15 Fps) ..... it just needs to go those extra few steps  ..... 

 .............. is it that Canon cripple hammer ?? ..........

  ....... Sony has the same bad habit ........ gives a new model some new impressive headline specs with one hand ....... and removes existing features with the other .... thus all meaningful paths lead to the A1 !!