In terms of the bodies, both companies found the winning formula and stuck to it while the market shifted slowly away. DSLRs must start to get interesting again. With video, neither company has really pursued a high spec hybrid stills / video approach like Panasonic with the GH4. Video modes are still in the dark ages on DSLRs. As for apps & software now so vital in 2014, neither company has innovated in the apps or connectivity space. Photoshop, photo sharing, innovative apps like Hyperlapse from Instagram – all the big innovation is American. Japan does not seem to have the same software culture and remains largely hardware based.