we’re measuring “Flagship” by the haptic feel?
There are a lot other features to make it flagship. Starting by it’s components. I didn’t test the 2a, so I can’t compare, but I managed to not take my SLR camera from it’s bag on a weekend vacation with the family. I took all photos with my NP2, and yes, some photos, in very hard conditions to process, came out over processed (ex: photos of people with the camera facing the sun, people came out over bright to compensate) but other than that, no complaints.
Taking into account what a NP2 costs when compare to other brands flagships… No complaints here.