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You seem to be assuming I know too little about the subject. I could have used examples of other manufacturers because I'm not that tied to one brand. What I don't need is a primer in camera tech. I'm not emotionally attached to my cameras I have more of a technical interest in photography.
Ultimately this seems like a misunderstanding about semantics. I think the innovation has mostly occurred in sensor technology and electronics. There have been some improvements in lens accuracy due to manufacturing improvements and the change from the less accurate film to sensors meaning that advances in lens accuracy could be seen.
I don't agree with a lot of what seems like hyperbole for the last decade of development. It all seems to have been a pretty linear development of sensor technology and the resulting changes in camera performance. It does seem that overall you are counting as innovation capacities that were available for a long time but are now commonplace, like waterproofing/condensation resistance. That's not really innovation.
I'm not a big fan of astro photography though so to me it is an edge case.
It's great that you are excited about photographic equipment though. Like I said initially I'm not arguing about all the innovation in your list but I don't think you can say 'mirrorless' is an innovation. The return to the mirrorless format was enabled by sensor technology. In terms of increasingly sharp lenses, sensor technology enabled us to pixel peep sharpness and the public has been prepared to switch back to prime lenses to get the sharpest wide open lenses. For a while it was all about massive zooms. Now it's changing to phone cameras.