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And here comes the next huge price drop on the A77. You can now buy it for $1122 at [shoplink 15299 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s $276 less than the price at Amazon (Click here).
And the new NEX-6 is in Stock and shipping at Amazon (Click here). Actually selling as well as the discounted NEX-5n (here is the ranking). And top end there is a Gold Box deal on a Sony Cybershot camera (Click here and scroll to see it).
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Sorry to go into semantics, but doesn’t a price drop imply a permanent lowering of the price (done by Sony)? This is just one individual company selling A77 at a discount at eBay, no?
The actual price drop is probably coming by next summer, though.
Sorry as well; Oxford dictionary says:
Drop:
3 make or become lower, weaker, or less:
Nothing about who or the need of it to be permanent. 🙂
Anyway: uninteresting, important is the lower price.
THX Andrea for all the good work!
A99 is now at #30 ranking under “bundles.”
Frame buffer is too shallow for A77, 24MP is too much for APS-C
Put a 16MP sensor and increase the frame buffer to allow for 5-8 sec max fps shooting…I’ll buy one!
There are cheaper A77’s and brand new on eBay…
mine was brand new and I had to return it as the top LCD was not working, so make sure to buy it from a proper dealer !!
to the Admin: do you think we are expecting an updated model ?? a79 like?
Still don’t understand why people want ridiculous high rate shooting. What is the use of manual mode if you are going to hold your finger down on the trigger? Wait and snap at the right time.
Just wonder if Sony would offer Buffer upgrade service to existing a77 cameras like Nikon did for D3 back in 2008…
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/28999822
The cost was USD468 + shipping, in order to shoot 36 frames (RAW) continuously.
My heart sinks a bit with every a77 price drop announcement. Seems to me that they are priming this body for the scrap pile and will release a refresh relatively soon – meaning no more firmware upgrades. (T E T H E R I N G, JPG rendering improvements, ISO noise optimization, buffer optimizations, etc.)
“We’re Sony – no way in Hell will we give you a simple software upgrade that does anything useful when we can / will charge you for a new body to get software enhancements every year!” 🙁
Very tempting. I’m not interested in Full-Frame at the moment because I probably won’t have enough money in my budget to invest in proper lenses. I’m also not shooting as much as I used to. I can probably wait until Sony announces a follow up and get one of these for dirt cheap. I’m not sure what Sony can add to this camera to make it extraordinarily better(for me at least). It would be a big upgrade to my old and trusty a55.
Who is going to buy A77? A95 and A88 will be out to fill the FF market and A75 will replace A77 soon.
someone who needs one of the best aps-c camera NOW not waiting for the A75.5
@Andrea: when can we expect new SLT model (APS-C) announcement/rumors here ?
Did some lens adjustments for a77 and noticed several strange things, which may be reported before. I’m surprised that all my Sony lenses backfocusing on a77, while not on a900. When did lens corrections noticed strange things, that enlarge button not working about 2s after I did shoot. After 1-2s a77 allows enlarged view. Then when I finally enlarge last image, it is not possible to scroll Front control dial in order to see the same enlarged previous image. Camera says “Enlargement not possible”! WTF? When I go to previous image, either enlargement and scrolling is possible. Sony still not corrected this even in FW1.06…
Same here – “Enlargement not possible” – this bug is often really disturbing
Actually…. I did buy one from this exact vendor and it is a kit camera w/ the lens removed, the warranty removed, and it’s british. Buyer beware. I am going to just saw screw it and keep it, but they refunded me $20 as I had to buy a power adapter.
Big issue with this product from this seller? IT IS PAL. NOT NTSC!!!! You will NOT be able to use the HDMI out. I thought about it and decided to keep it anyway as the HDMI out is a feature I do indeed rarely use. I was borderline returning it….
Guys keep in mind that any Sony camera you buy that isn’t sold by an authorized dealer Sony has the option to *not* honor the Warranty.
Price drops are more than likely a sign of the economy more than a sign of the camera being retired.