Our reader Haija sent us the screenshot you see here on top to confirm that after 154 days delay Amazon US is now shipping the first NEX-7 with 18-55mm kit lens. Right now only third party resellers at Amazon (Click here) are offering that kit (overpriced!).
I missed that: While I was comfortably sleeping in my European bed plenty of Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lenses for NEX (Click here) were available at Amazon. It run out of Stock quickly but it managed in that short time to become the most sold mirrorless item of the store (Click here to see the current rankings).
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NEX 7 release is the worst in history.
Out of Sonys hands I’m afraid. Earthquakes, tsunamis and floodings. Mother earth truly hates photographers that want new awesome cameras. :/
I am not sure if this excuse is valid any more. Canon, Nikon, Olympus all released new stuff.
Of course, it’s valid. You think every company was affected the same? And check when did Canon, Nikon and Olympus released new models.
You obviously haven’t tried buying a D7000 during that time either.
Some people really are clueless about how hard companies were hit.
And how do you know? Do you work for Sony?
I read the news, perhaps you should too.
Sony’s factories where in Thailand. canon and Nikon’s where in less affected areas of Japan and CHINA where nothing happened. So until you learn to read the news and use google. Sony was one of the absolute worst affected companies in the tsunami and its lost THE ENTIRE factory in Thailand. Can you just change your name to hello Troll?
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Randy and Sony77 are just Sony fanboys and they have no idea what they are talking about. It must make you feel good to THINK that you know! Losers
And,
Perhaps you should read about how smart businesses design their factories and datacenters. Have you heard of something called HA and DR? I guess reading few news feeds doesn’t make you smart!! hahahah
You really are clueless. You can’t have an empty, fully tooled production facility, complete with local skill workforce.
You clearly no nothing of business continuity and cost benefit analysis.
Are you MCP by any chance?
Hello world (your name clearly implies you live in a cave)
Yup Im a Sony Fan-boy thats why I own one sony camera. I guess you could call me a Sinar Fan-boy or a Leaf fan-boy(maybe) Well I am a Sony f65 Fan-boy. You though are clearly an idiot-boy. Umm try to buy a hard drive lately? Do you go and slam all the HDD makers? They aren’t even expected to be back to full capacity for another 6+ months. Never felt the need to do this but seriously what douche bag you are.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ That’s me. Who the f are you?
Great news but I can’t seem to get the same price/deal that this person got from Amazon. Just look at the order total below the left side red circle!
LOL ………
$44.80 – Wow what a price(in US dollars I assume) for the NEX-7 body & 18-55mm lens
I wonder if anybody cares any more :-/
All the hype has gone now I think. And there still isn’t any real competition from Canon or Nikon. The V1 could be a threat later though. The image quality is surprisingly good for the small sensor, and Nikon have already promised small fast prime lenses for it.
I tried a NEX with the 24/1.8. Not a bad camera, but it’s SO expensive for what you actually get.
+100
This is why I ordered the E-M5 (weather sealed and IBIS).. after seeing what M4/3 can do with this new sensor I don’t need a bigger sensor.
http://robinwong.blogspot.com/
Got tired of the wait from Sony and not much of a choice when it comes to quality lenses. I will be back for the Nex 7N or whatever they come out with later.
The Olympus with the rather expensive (but still cheaper than the Sony 24mm, tried it and it’s awesome!) 12mm F2 is fairly small and takes excellent pictures. It really is wide at the 35mm equivalent of 24mm.
Hope Sony continues with their class leading innovation, but takes into account the consumer needs.
Sorry for going OT.
The V1 will always have its small sensor, no matter what.
And I am very surprised to see a statement about NEX-7 being “SO expensive for what you actually get.” Are you joking? Compared to what?
yep, theres’s still no competition for the Nex-7, maybe the new Olympus, but that’s it…
The Nikon V1 is not in the same league, it’s an auto-camera, with a small sensor and cooked raw’s with NR, and the “famous” in sensor PDAF only works in good light, then it switches to CDAF (a really bad one…)
Nex cameras have big sensors, and their AF can get better, Nikons have good AF (in good light…) but their sensor will never get bigger…
It’s so expensive for what you actually get. I stand by that statement.
At the end of the day it’s an APS-C sensor with a 24/1.8 lens. Not that special really. And since that’s the only decent NEX lens, it’s pretty limited. It’s £1900 for NEX7+24 in the UK. That’s ridiculous for an APS-C sensor camera and one lens.
Yes it’s a bit more compact and less obtrusive than a dSLR, and it has some nice features no doubt. But there are much cheaper ways to get that image quality in a much more flexible package (i.e. a system with more than 1-2 decent lenses).
You can ridicule the V1 for small sensor, but almost every review I’ve seen have been massively surprised how good the high ISO is.
In a comparison of the V1 against the A65, it is within a stop, even after the 24mp is downsized to match the 10mp V1. That’s embarassing!
http://mansurovs.com/nikon-1-v1-review/5
Is it that you don’t care or is it more to do with your last comment?
“but it’s SO expensive for what you actually get.”
That says volumes about why you don’t care…
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7723/87904923.jpg
It’s the total after gift card subtraction, check below for link
The EVF on the Nikon is absolutely HORRIBLE. Otherwise I like it.
I got a Fuji x100 for $1000 less than nex7 w 24mm and love it. Same size sensor but way better built and handles like a Leica
and is great until you want to put another lens on it.
You say that as if there’s more than one useable NEX lens anyway 😛
LOL!
There are many useful lenses if you don’t need AF. However, there is only one really useful body in the NEX-7. That is why we need more NEX bodies with integrated EVF and a flash shoe- both usable at the same time. 😉
@Vivek. These useful lenses are usally not good enough with “the only useful” body. And the overhyped 24/1.8 isn’t good enough with it too 🙂
At last…., but what’s next for NEX?
Watching Sony as I have for years and remembering how I purchased into beta
knowing that is was better than VHS and losing in the end, and then the same happened buying in to Sony’s idea of Laser disk, and seeing how Sony’s been managing it ownership of the A-Mount I do worry how long Sony will promote the NEX camera.
Just look at the disappointing lens roadmap from Sony for the NEX and reading from others that no matter how many wish or a NEX-9 with a FF sensor that it will never happen on the NEX E-Mount platform as it is now.
I have read that Sony was supprised by the NEX success and maybe never planned on making it into the camera we want it to be.
No, you read that Sony was surprised by NEX success.
The last part about never planning making it into the camera you want it to be was just in your head. 😀
You can’t really compare the NEX system with betamax. There’s nothing to stop you from taking GREAT pictures with NEX cameras using available equipment.
As Linh mentioned your analogy isn’t the best one. I understand that Sony’s strategy can be seen as rather disappointing, but then I can find faults with every brand out there. Thankfully, you have plenty of choices.
As to the lens lineup, remember that a lot of users will be using MF lenses or kit lenses, so Sony might be basing their decisions on that.
Great comparison. It’s funny to see how much resources sony put into the development of hopeless SLT that no one takes seriously with the exception of some fanboys.
The fact is Sony don’t have any clue what fotographers really need:
1) Compact camera with FF sensor. They will pay $2k-$2.5k for this for sure. Even APS-C Fuji X-Pro-1 is well selling, so $2-2.5k body will be very popular, even without lenses
2) SLT? What a crap! There are very promising software AF methods that meters the same way as PDAF doo, but without these mechanical misalignments. Hire these guys, practical result will be achieved in 1-2 years for sure.
3) EVF is OK for many situations, but they didn’t utilize it properly. With EVF it’s just ridiculous I can’t quickly choose certain point to focus.
Denis, what camera do you use?
With the EVF you should know that you don’t need to use focus points at all. I don’t, it’s one of the major features of the EVF!
I guess the magazine reviewers (who are CaNikon users) must be Sony fan-boys, as they take the A77 very seriously and give it very serious high scores.
Yep. I bet he’s clueless on how to use an EVF properly.
I got mine from Amazon 3 days ago 🙂
I got mine from B&H yesterday after 2-day shipping. So far I am really impressed. I thought I might keep my NEX-3 as a backup. But, after using the EV for a couple hours, I can see I can never go back.
My only complaint so far is that my rather calloused fingers have a hard time feeling the buttons. Hopefully my fingers will develop a memory for the positions so this won’t be a problem.
The Tri-Nav controls really improves the usability for non-auto shooting. And, I think manual focus shooting with my Canon lenses is now more practical.
You presented first conceptual design 22 month ago, info about 24 MP sensor 14 month ago. Official announcement was 7 month ago. Now Nex 7 is old stuff. When will Sony announce the successor? Next April? Photokina?
I don’t get this Amazon links all the time, Admin? Who buys from them?!
I do and pretty much everyone else in my office too… Great prices and returns policy. + Amazon Prime is worth the money if you buy often.
I think Vivek is not from the US. Amazon is pretty much the go-to online store for many things, especially with their Prime service (has been a member for 5 years straight). Their price is pretty competitive and the service is top-notch. Sadly, their pre-order department is lacking (always get things after the competitor).
Yes, in the Netherlands, I bought the NEX-7 from a small outfit (cheaper than amazon.de or amazon.uk) days before the new years They had 5 samples. After I bought mine, I alerted a friend and he grabbed the last sample. Sony have been distributing the meager quantities among everyone. I like that!
Well they are a hugely successful company, so I guess plenty of people. 😉
I ordered two the day it was first available on Amazon and just got both this past week. I was beginning to wonder if my D800E was going to arrive sooner! 😉
154 days? WOW!
Ordered mine from Amazon on Aug 24th… it arrived last Tuesday.
Clearly Sony built a superb camera systems with its NEX series.
Having said this, there is still a serious lag in lens development and delivery.
With the exception of the 24mm Zeiss and 50mm, the NEX lenses truth be told not good enough.
One noticed this quickly when using the LA-EA2 adapter with alpha mount lenses.
Even the alpha kit lens 18-55 is better than NEX 18-55.
The 16mm/2.8 needs a complete redesign, the 30mm macro is a bit to slow.
“The 16mm/2.8 needs a complete redesign,”
Even if they do that and offer it to me for free, I will not take it. I have no faith that they can do it. Crappiest lens ever!
If it were free, I would gladly take it. Only a fool wouldn’t. Heck, I’d take the current lens for free as well (hint hint).
Yours truly, would not. 😉
I got the NEX-7K since last week and loving every moment of it! It was an awful long wait but well-worth it once its in my hands.
Yup, I have had mine for 3 months now and I love everything about it. Recently, I was able use a A900 again for a shoot (used to be my main cam), and I can see no way I would go back to that. The only thing I miss is the full frame sensor (the whole nex system doesn’t even have a competent 24mm equ. lens, the Leica M stuff is too slow). I am learning to shoot with a 35mm equ. again (24mm is more natural for me). But I know this camera is one hella macro camera. EVF, tilted LCD, peaking and zooming are perfect for this type of photography. And in contrary with most people believe, you don’t need a tripod or a long lens for macro (so no crap like the 200mm Macro is too big for the NEX-7).
SAR didn’t post a full screenshot, here’s the full shot: http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7723/87904923.jpg
And how about Sony 50mm f/1.8 OSS? it’s been backordered for ever! Do they have 2 people in their assembly line?
Also don’t get me started on the lenses R&D! As business, you should be thankful that there is demand for your products. Hire more people. Period.
That’s the answer – hire more people. Drive up your operating costs and then raise prices to cover added expenses. You can’t blame Sony for being affected by flooding. Perhaps some should catch up on current events before going into a rant.
Perhaps you should read about how smart businesses design their factories and datacenters. Have you heard of something called HA and DR?
See my answer to this above. Clueless…
Perhaps you weren’t aware of the flooding? I don’t think there are too many manufacturers that have a secondary location just waiting to be fired up and put to use in the event of a natural disaster. I’m sure you did very well in business 101.
As much as I want one of these I think I’m more leaning towards the A77 as all my glass is alpha mount and I’ve never owned (besides my VG10) an e mount camera. Sony really hit a home run with the NEX7. It’s a shame that pesky flood got in the way.
Why are there so many trolls on this forum? If you don’t like sony F OFF and go get your own forum. Ligit critiques are fine but WHOA Im guessing non of the trolls (buy a new camera a month people :-/) has ever sold an image let alone do it for a living. I just do this shit for a living for the past 23 years. The things you guys look for in a camera (the trolls) is mind numbing. LIke you are going to get ansel adams (8×10)our anything close with a little camera. This other dude maybe you have heard of him BRESSON. His stuff is basically all soft :-/ What a hack I guess. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MmRVVROy-Jo/TGEu5CbBUGI/AAAAAAAAOZ4/YPnfhnT2axA/s1600/cartier-bresson11.jpg
bresson again.
http://www.newvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/NNVG212251-7.png
Sony as a whole is in deep trouble. New CEO was brought in to optimize the business. Imaging division is not a real priority to this electronics giant, unlike other companies like Canon and Nikon that have imaging as its core focus. In the last 6 months higher end imaging had not made any sizable profits for the corporation due to very few units being sold. Exception being lower end stuff which is still selling fine to soccer moms. I doubt Sony will start pouring massive R and D dollars into developing new lenses or FF bodies and A mount glass.
You don’t have access to imaging sales figures, pure speculation on your part.
My local Jessops (Bath, UK) has a sign up today saying NEX7 In Stock. Checked it out. They have *one* NEX 7 and it’s the display model. They said they would sell it to me though, just do a factory reset and re-box it. Should’ve asked if they’d do it for an ex-display discount!
Some should jump to another system and leave the house to take pictures, with some urgency, so read at least would cease whining.
I ordered my NEX7 kit on the 22nd September 2011. It finally arrived on the 7th March 2012! It has been worth the wait!! What a fab camera!!
Nevermind, bought the A77 kit. 🙂
For those who just got their NEX-7.
I bet it was worth the wait.
Loving mine so far.
Still waiting for the SEL50F18 though.