I have now are 13 months the Alpha 99 and I'm still blown away. The operation and features in conjunction with the operating speed of earning a praise. A great balanced camera that could not be replaced by a new acquisition of Alpha 7R. Both have their advantages both for me and meet me at different purposes. The Alpha 99 is very quiet, very discreet, despite the size does not make them any attention to himself. No children frightened by the closure, not disturbed by the camera during the wedding. And these are not just the strengthening of A7R! The 99, despite more weight than the A7R better in the hand, can be better and more intuitive operation without eye safe to take from that Händling with large lenses work better in 99, is simply better balanced. But due to the size I have them not always. And there I meet the size and weight of the A7R. Small camera and small lenses carry with me more about this, you have more here. The image quality of the Alpha 99 is very good for my needs, noisier than other similar cameras from Nikon or Canon for home, but has it in my eyes a better receipt of textures. Since everyone has to hold itself to decide for themselves what is important. For me, the Alpha 99 is a very good all-rounder with a justified price of currently 1800euro.