A couple of fast aperture Sony primes would be most welcome to join this photographer's roller bag. Chief among those would be a Zeiss 28/2 and/or 35/1.4 ASPH with a floating element. A refreshed 85/1.4 IF APO would be most welcome also (the Leica R90/2 APO is sorely missed every time I shoot the current 85/1.4 against back light). A Zeiss 180/2.8 APO wouldn't hurt either.
Personally, I would pay almost any amount of money for a Zeiss 55/1.2 and 85/1.2 in AF versions. :thumbs: Those lenses are the ONLY reason I miss Canon at all.
I never saw the A900 as a replacement for the Nikons. To some degree, it was the camera Leica should have delivered (with added Leica design touches and AF) ... frankly, that was exactly how I saw it ... so I sold my DMR/9 and all those fine but manual focus Leica optics. (The DMR also delivered at lower ISOs and struggled with higher ISOs.) That is a decision I do not regret in the least. Nor do I regret off-loading the ZF collection, since that was just a stop gap prior to the Sony/Zeiss solution.
BTW, I do not have any issue with miss focused D3 files. I had the camera calibrated by Nikon service which took 4 days door-to-door, and then zeroed in each lens individually. As far as selection of what to focus on, all I can say is practice makes perfect. Shooting 1000 images in 8 hours every single weekend tends to make for fast hands and a sure eye as to exactly where and how to place the focus point. Just because there is automation doesn't mean it does ALL of the thinking
I've used the D3 AF in studio with the Profoto high speed strobes for fashion stuff and had zero misses, so missing shots there makes no sense to me.
I'm not into trashing one system to engrandize another. Each has it's place and ways to earn its keep. I have a couple of high-end outdoor weddings coming up where I will have a second primary shooter as back-up, and will be most delighted to carry the A900s to those. But, trust me, the Nikons WILL be in the Volvo just in case the sun goes down :ROTFL: