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Many SAR readers keep asking me about the possible new RX200. I got no info about a replacement coming in early June and I am 99% sure the Chinese RX200 info was a fake. As you know there was a post on Xitek saying the RX200 would feature a 28-140mm f/1.4-2.2 zoom lens and a pop-up viewfinder. The only camera with pop-up viewfinder I saw was that picture of the [shoplink 18303 ebay]Kodak 35[/shoplink] sent to me by a SAR reader 🙂
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Why are you showing a picture of that new Olympus 🙂
The Nex 7n was rumored to be released in May. there was a brief and undetailed statement in SAR that it was delayed till June 2013. That is three weeks away. Yet there is no information on the Nex 7n, nothing at all. Is it being tested in the field? Are there any confirmed specifications? How about lenses to be released with this camera, possible high end glass or new kit? This should be a huge thing as there are very few Sony camera releases this year. The old saying, “build it and they will come” only works when you build the darn thing. Does no one care about this release? Why would anyone buy the Nex 7 when thy know the 7n will be out in a few weeks. We are not talking about waiting months or even years, just days. Anything concrete would be helpful.
Dan
You’re never going to pull the trigger on anything electronic worrying about the next generation. You either like the features on the Nex7 or you dont. I was waiting for the 7n in march but saw a new condition 7n for a few hundred less and bought it. I figure even if they announce it in June you wont see it ship for a few weeks. Its usually a hood idea to check reviews before dropping over 1000. So you’re looking at the end of summer. You can get a few months out of a used nex7 and probably sell it for a good chunk of what you paid if you decide to switch. Especially if it ends up being a 24 mp sensor again. My 2 cents
The nex-7 is selling for for less than 700.00 with a little patience on ebay. The nex-6 sells for about 600.00 new or in like new condition. I finally got a chance to get a nex-7 and I loved it but decided to go with two nex-6 with prime lenses for work. I would have kept the 7 & and purchased another 7 but I do shoot video from time to time and the 7 overheats too fast. If your just taking pictures I would just get a nex-7. I was surprised that the high ISO pics are not bad for 24mp camera especially when I compared them to the 6. I will definitely be getting a nex-7n when it comes out.
“Why would anyone buy the Nex 7 when thy know the 7n will be out in a few weeks”
Most people looking at the NEX-7 will not know about a rumoured 7n, they will still be buying the 7 right up until the 7n is on the shops.
Sony does not care about a few users on this site speculating about a release date and waiting for it. Why should they leak the information and lose sales from current uninformed purchasers who are buying the “old” stock?
If I was a manufacturer it would be a sacking offence to talk about products before any official release of the information. It kills sales of your current model.
I don’t understand the urgency to know whether the RX200 is coming soon or not. I mean, wouldn’t the RX100 do for your needs? Mine one certainly does. Unless the RX200 will have 40mp, ISO1600 like RX100’s ISO400 and a 1.4 lens I don’t see where the urgency is.
And I say ‘urgency’ like if anyone with a real urge to buy it would be so catastrophically out of options in today’s market that his/her masterpiece could never be produced otherwise.
The real question is when will we see the Rx10.
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Nex-3N + kit? hahahaha
I was one of the few folks waiting around to see if an announcement was imminent for an rx200 or rx10 or whatever it would be called. I’ll probably just pick up an rx100 now as you suggest.
I’m in the market but i wasn’t in a big rush and i figured i’d wait it out if something new was on the immediate horizon.
thanks!
New cameras generally come out in the spring and fall, spring to catch the summer vacationers and fall for the Christmas rush. If nothing is out by June 1, I would assume September October as the next window.
Im wondering if Sonys new CEO pressed the pause button last year on new product development. Seeing nothing significant from Sony at NAB this year was a really creepy feeling.
Whatever it is, its seems to be affecting consumer cameras too?
“The only camera with pop-up viewfinder I saw was that picture of the Kodak 35 sent to me by a SAR reader :)”
Besides the Kodak, pretty much every manufacturer had a camera with a pop-up viewfinder.
The world is awash with P&S cams. Let us have some news on the new Sony phone camera with a large sensor. 🙂
You mean the Sony Xperia RX1000?
why release RX200 when there’s no serious competition for RX100 (in term of IQ/Size)?
Well, to establish and reinforce a line of compact but high-quality cameras, for instance.
RX100 is wonderful, but I could do well with a different lens. Nice would be a series of innovative RX cameras with wide-angle or tele zooms, to be used along with your old RX100.
Ok, now I am dreaming…
Is this it?
Nothing new coming?
Are we now just waiting to read lenses reviews?
Well, I thought that the big news was going to be the Sony Nex 7n, but whenever I inquire, people keep telling me to just buy the Nex 7, rather than find out about the details. Why, I have no idea. I had the Nex 7, and it was a nice camera, and now I would like to purchase the new version when it comes out in May/June 2013. I have the Nex 5 and Nex 5n and they are fun just like the Nex 6 and Nex 7, which I owned in the past. Hence my desire to get hold of the rumored Nex 7n. Come on, can we get some kind of word on what is going on with this camera release. Anything at all!
Dan