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Hi all, I believe Sony will not release the A99 Mk2 before January 2016 for the following reasons: 1. Sony has been overwhelmed with success of the A7r Mk2. 2. Sony is pushing the FE lens series. 3. Sony is gaining significant sales of the A7r Mk2 body from Canon users as they move from Canon to Sony with the advantage of not having to sell all their Canon lenses. 4. 3rd party adaptor manufacturers are flocking to make adaptors from other lens manufacturers to the Sony A7r Mk2 mount. 5. Sony is reasonably expecting being nominated 2015 Camera of the Year with the A7r Mk2 from virtually every photographic publisher in the world, why would they bring out another "show stopper"? 6. From a marketing perspective, the A7r Mk2 has created the "wave", by releasing the A99 Mk2 in 2016 it maintains the marketing wave. (Keeps Sony's name on the lips of the photographic world.) 7. Sony has successfully created a light full frame camera of excellent quality and performance, the replacement A99 Mk2 will be significantly heavier than the A7r Mk2. 8. The A99 Mk2 would have to have significantly higher specifications compared to the A7r Mk2 for people to buy it over the A7r Mk2. Will it? 9. If it is better spec'd, by how much could it be? Would it be enough to swing the tide of users to the A99 Mk2? 10. What audience would the A99 Mk2 be focused. Apart from existing A99 and other Alpha lens users? 11. So, in short, regretfully, the market is small (compared to the A7r Mk2), and existing alpha lenses can be mounted to the A7r Mk2 with a Sony adaptor. I am interested in hearing comments from other Alpha mount users. I wish I am wrong, but I believe my logic is sound. My 5 cents, David