Image courtesy: SLRclub
SAR reader Oleg (Thanks!) got this mail from Amazon which explains why they removed the A7II preorder option (Click here):
Since Sony hasn’t given us a date that we will receive and be able to ship these, we do not have a date listed. I checked on your order and it is still in effect. We are not allowing more pre-orders at this time as we have filled our pre-order slots.
A new A7II preview has been posted on the Korean SLRClub site. The reviewers first impressions are:
– He thinks the A7II grip is the best of all mirrorless system cameras.
– A7II is matt like the A99. Therefore, It is mightier than A7 on the scratches and dusts.
– Boot up time is faster than on the A7. You can press the shutter button before display is turned on!
– A cons is the body weight and size.
He also posted a Simple AF Tracking Test (GIF included): http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?id=minolta_forum&divpage=168&no=897313
Plenty of A7II image samples have been posted on Fengniao.
USA preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon (non available), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon (non available), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto (Click here).
EU preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for 1.799 Euro at Amazon Germany (Click here) and at Sony UK (Click here), Wex UK (Click here).
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for 2.099 Euro at Amazon Germany (Click here) and at Wex UK (Click here). In Finland at Verkkokauppa.
46 Responses
Mine.
Do you have a pre-order reserved?
Ja.
Not much better grip than what A7/r/s has. So far best grip from ANY camera is in E-M1 and it very hard, if not impossible to beat.
Get a grip.
So you already had it in your hand? I am jealous.
He’s judging from pictures and using his imagination. I
This guy is TROLL !!
Yawn. Everything about nano four thurds is easy to beat
If I needed an autofocus 55mm lens I would buy a Sony Zeiss 55 f/1.8 with a Sony A7II attached.
What if you didn’t need a 55 mm autofocus lens?
Exactly. For a lot of people their existing system with their existing 50mm autofocusing lens serves them just fine.
I’m happy to see IBIS make it to the E-Mount line of cameras, but yeah, it’s gonna take more than a super sharp 55mm (with only average subject isolation) for everyone to “jump ship to Sony from canikon” as so many bloggers and Sony fanbois like to predict is always right around the corner with every new release of an E-Mouny body.
I, for one, am sticking with my 24MP with IBIS (A900) DSLR body and my 11 perfectly wonderful A-Mount DSLR lenses until this A9 miracle camera starts shipping and the promised, I think it was, “20 lenses by the end of 2015” start actually appearing in photographers’ hands. And if there aren’t a whole bunch more F1.4 options (like the 35mm F1.4 Zeiss for E-Mount that was announced but hasn’t even been made available for pre-order yet), well, then I’m still gonna wait a few more years before I even think about switching to E-Mount.
Can’t blame you. I’m only using an A7 for full frame now, but I have resisted the temptation to sell off my A mount glass. I don’t see the point and for portrait work I prefer more subject isolation when needed. I think Sony will abandon the notion of no slow lenses as soon as they can catch up by the end of next year with A mount. Then they can make an argument for pretty much forcing users to migrate over with the introduction of faster native lenses and bigger bodies…which the A7II alludes to.
At the present time I see no other compelling reason to buy a Sony A7.
The rest of the E-mount lenses are second rate.
Even the 55 1.8 is second rate, compared to the Otis 55 mm. Your standards are very high, I could only imagine what lenses you are using now. If anything.
The kit lens that came with his Canon Rebel. 🙂
Agreed.
I don’t mind manual focus at large depths of field. Much of my work is done in low light and large apertures with autofocus, unfortunately ruling out Otis.
What a load of TOSH, take off your sunglasses and have a proper look!
“Therefore, it is mighter than A7 on scratches and dust”
Not really. It just means that when it does scratch it will be less noticeable.
Still repeating the obvious, no word (recording) about the shutter sound, for instance.
The shutter sounds like this: ‘click’
Nope, it was rather a “clunk” with A7, and CLUNK! with A7R.
I’ve actually been startled by the A7r’s shutter taking pictures at night in the forest.
Can’t wait to get it and test it for iLHP magazine! http://ilovehatephoto.com/
Do you think the A7s is going to get the mkII treatment? Grip is welcome change. IBIS is not that important to me, but will take it when using older manual lenses for quick shots where I don’t have time to grab sticks. What is really a bummer on the A7s, and needs to be improved (IMO), is the extreme rolling shutter lag.
Very disappointed to hear about the poor performance of the ibis:(:(
Yes, only 4.5 stops of stabilization. What were they thinking.
Why are the guys that have the most negative things to say have no real photos to back up anything they say? Is there a human condition I can attribute to this?
These blogs are made up of chronic complainers and brand X fanboys that can’t deal with new innovations and products that threaten their little bubble of non reality.
While you wait you can check the A7II REVIEW at eoshd.com > here:http://www.eoshd.com/2014/11/sony-a7-ii-review-5-axis-stabilisation-video-mode/
Video has line skipping, stablizer does not work too well with video vs Olympus system. Quite poor EVF..
for me the EVF resolution is key.. I have GH2 and G6 atm. Only the GH4 that i have tested has a reasonable usable EVF. Need to test the 5ms lag EVF of Samsung NX1 .. I hope Sony installs a 1920×1080 EVF on the A9 / A7RII.. and USB3 instead this 3 year old stuff.
All postage stamp sized sensor cameras with crappy high ISO and point and shoot quality stills. No thanks.
Kenta, maybe in your hands of an inexperienced photographer it produces P&S quality.
Its the same EVF as the current A7 series. Take Andrew’s opinions with a pinch of salt sometimes…………
Which means it is not as good a viewfinder as the GH4, EM-1 or XT-1. He did say it was not as good as the Fuji as well.
Good viewfinder terrible 4turds sensor. 🙂
I’ve looked carefully through the GH4 EVF, you obviously haven’t……….
More sensor envy, go to the m43 message board and have a circle jerk with the rest of the point and shoot camera users. No One here is interested.
Here is the problem though, although the EM-1 does not have all the frames rates to choose from, the video quality is better than the A7. So the A7II need to have IBIS using video as good as the EM-1 not worse. It also needs to have better video.
EM-1 is a POS, if that’s good enough for you then fine. I’m not interested in point and shoot cameras. I’m sure everyone on the 4turds forum can’t wait to hear your bogus report.
Check out the EOSHD website and you will see where the A7 comes in the list of video quality. Not that high. See how far up the list the EM-1 comes. Try looking at some actual footage from both cameras and again you will see why the A7 video quality is so poorly regarded.
I take it you know how much of the sensor both these cameras use for video don’t you… I am guessing not, otherwise you would have not have made such a silly comment.
There are a lot of M43 users over there. That’s a big circle you’re talking about.
I’m not buying the A7II but waiting for the A7sII or possibly A9, but I don’t like the unnatural smoothness of IBIS for video (esp olympus and their video quality is just bad compared to panasonic). People shoot handheld for a reason and little micro movements are important. Stabilize video the old fashioned way with a rig or specialized tool.
The video quality is not bad on the Olympus, in fact it is better than the A7, A7r and the GH3. What lets it down is the fact it does not have all the different frame rates yet. There are plenty of professional film makers out there who do highly rate the IBIS system that Olympus uses.
jk