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OK, I don't want to start a fight, so as the lawyers say –let me stipulate the following...
–DxO has ratedthe sensor on theSony Alpha 7Ras the second highest rated sensor yet, just after theNikon D800e. Since the Sony's rating is just 1 point less than Nikon's, well within the range of statistical insignificance, and the camera it lives in is a smaller, lighter and less expensive body than the Nikon's, we'll let the statement stand. This simply tests out as the best sensor out there.
You might want to readthis articleto understand DxOMark's sensor rating methodology.

– No one likely needs to have the goodness of Leica's M lenses explained. They have been the benchmark against which other lenses have been compared for three quarters of a century. No – all M lenses are not necessarily the best out there, but as a general rule there are few lenses at any given focal length and aperture that surpass Leica's M lenses. So stipulated.
In any event, the f...

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