Finally Amazon has the NEX-3 available for preorder (via third-party)
Accoding to BHphoto the approx. arrival is June.
Adorama is a little bit more pessimistic…Delivery scheduled to start end of July 2010!
Amazon Germany says that NEX cameras will be in Stock in 1-2 months
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according to sony style france :
NEX5 mid june
NEX3 end of june
and august for the NEX5 + 18-200mm
I placed an order with Amazon Germany on May 13. I just received the estimated delivery date in the time span June 12 – July 1.
Wir können Ihnen jetzt den Liefertermin fuer Ihre Bestellung (Bestellnummer #xxxxxxxx) vom Mai 13 2010 nennen.
Und hier finden Sie den oder die Artikel mit dem jeweils voraussichtlichen Lieferdatum:
“Sony NEX-5AB Systemkamera (14 Megapixel, Live View, schwarz) Kit inklusive SEL-16F28 Objektiv”
Voraussichtliches Lieferdatum: Juni 12 2010 – Juli 01 2010
Amazon has no information other than the Sony press release. All of these dates from Amazon (and probably other retailers) are guesses based on the laws of the region and the info that sony has put out. Sony is unlikely to have committed to any dates to anyone– if they could commit to dates they would do so publicly.
When Apple releases a new product they commit to a date and they do so publicly. The choice whether to do this has marketing and legal implications– and Apple and Sony just choose different ways of going about it.
But this means, nobody, outside of sony, really knows the shipping dates. (So the info from the sony french website is more useful than the date Amazon puts on a page.)
The people who make these pages at amazon are low level people who are just guessing, at best.
The official Sony website says “Accepting Pre-orders — Available on or about 06/21/2010. We will email you when product ships.”
Seems rather specific?
Amazon Germany cancelled the order for a NEX-5 that I placed on May 13. It looks like they were guessing after all…
To be honest, I dont know much about the NEX5, I think you would be more happy with the Nikon D5000. To take total control of your pictures, and produce what you want, a traditional SLR will give you the control and feel.