The Sony A99 just got a $400 off and sells for $1,598 at Amazon (via Uniquephoto) and Uniquephoto (Click here). And the Open Box A77II sells as low as $797 at [shoplink 35866 ebay]Henrys (Click here)[/shoplink]. Quite some rebates on A-mount stuff!
Thanks SAR reader Adam for spotting this!
P.S.: There is yet no rumor about any new A-mount FF camera announcement in May-June.
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holy cow
thats an insane price
Damn, it’s almost getting tempting to buy one as a second/backup body now…
I’ll probably sell mine when the A99ii is out
A99ii is coming ~!
A-mount is dead 🙂
everyone is dumping their inventory just like all the users are dumping their kits.
That’s quite a deal, actually. Unique photo is a reputable seller, btw, if anyone is wondering. I bought only a handful of things from them, most recently the RX100M3 for $650 new, so these guys do have a great deal every now and then.
That is tempting. Used ones on eBay still go for 1300+. Why can’t they depreciate faster like the Canikons do? 🙂
I guess in May we will see A99ii instead of A7rII
It’s finally a reasonable price.
I bought mine “almost new” in 2013 for $1700.
The used market is a good indication of a proper supply/demand price, slightly discounted for being used. So if something has a $1700 used price… then a reasonable new price would be around $2000-$2200 or so.
The current used pricing of the A99… About $1300 if you look at recent eBay sold listings. (Prices for body only sales in April, between $1200 and $1400). To me, that suggest a current reasonable new price of $1500-$1700.
+100
Well, it’s no surprise really – the Nikon D750 is going for $1999 on EBay and the more equivalent D610 is now sitting at $1649 [ oops!…it’s actually about $1300! now!] so the A99 is beginning to reach its real price.
Most of us are probably hoping it’s a sign of a new A99II on the horizon…..
The D750 is officially going for $1999 everywhere. The authorized price of the D610 is $1500. One can reasonably make the argument that the A99 sits slightly above the D610 (better overall build quality, similar AF limitations), and one can reasonably argue that the A99 should fall between the D610 and the D750 in pricing. In my mind, it should fall much closer to the D610 than the D750 (while it has a couple small advantages over the D750 like a fully articulated LCD and shooting at 1/8000 shutter speed, the quality of the D750 AF system is so much more advanced than the A99, that it does put the camera in a higher league).
ITs about $100 if you factor in the Free Grip at other retailers.
I wonder if A99II will outperform the A7Rii or even A9 future camera… The other advantage of A Mount camera will be to have a larger choice of lenses 😉 until Sony release a LA-EA adapter which is not using the outdated A65 AF system
Oh , how can I sell my A99 now ! :/
Damit
[SR5] Sony A99MK2 features 50.4MP coming soon!
what is this? an antique?
You mean anTANK!
I’m so freaking going to score on this deal.
It’s still $1999 at Amazon.
now that’s a good deal!
should the new a77 outperform the a99 in term of sharpness at lower iso? I think it does.
not mentioning AF.
Although a a good camera, I never bought the a99 because it does not really offer many tangible advantages over the a900. More or less the same af points in the center and slight improvement in sharpness and DR, which on the a900 was already plenty good.
1500 bucks is good price though.