A couple of SAR readers sent me emails about A7 and A7r shipment delays info they got from some Sonys tores and other US or European stores. Rumor has that these cameras will ship in early January and not mid November as expected. I contacted a couple of store managers and for now they all confirmed that there is no delay at all. What may happened is that Sony service shared some wrong info or confused the shipment date for preorders with the expected availability for those people that will order the camera now.
Those of you that ordered the A7 and A7r cameras the first days should not be worried for now.
One more thing: One of the store managers confirmed that Sony is expected to launch new great cameras in very early 2014.
Specs and Preorders in US and Canada (Click on store name to see direct preorder page):
Dedicated Sony announcement page at Amazon US (Click here).
Sony A7r body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony RX10 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 24-70mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 35mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 55mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
70-200mm A-mount at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony A to E adapter with mirror at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
A7/A7r leather case at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
A7/A7r vertical grip at Amazon, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony W Series Battery Charger at Amazon, BHphoto.
Sony FA-CS1M Off-Camera Shoe at BHphoto.
Semi-Hard LCD Screen Protector for A7-A7r at Amazon, BHphoto.
Specs and Preorders in Europe:
Sony A7r body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Sony A7 body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony RX10 at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Zeiss 35mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,
Zeiss 55mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT
Asia:
A7r at Digitalrev.
A7 at Digitalrev, Amazon Cina.
A7 with 28-70mm lens at Digitalrev.
51 Responses
Why does all the European stores says ship from mid-November and US stores in December?
With the global warming, the time difference got bigger.
Oh no! It’s Obamacare that slows down US
Obama lied. There is no getting around it. He said: “If you like your camera, you can keep your camera, PERIOD.”
Now, this camera better ship on time!
I have confirmation for the 20 november (Switzerland)
Pointless rumor- no substance. Go check your pre-order to figure that one out.
Fear not, it is only SAR debunking its own rumor from a couple days ago
I have A-mount full frame lenses, if I want to use them on the A7r is there an adaptor I can purchase? I want to retain AF if possible.
Si
The LAEA4 adapter from Sony has an SLT mirror in it to retain AF.
There are some links to product pages above (under “Sony A to E adapter with mirror”).
Thanks
Si
The LA-EA4 is the adaptor with autofocus for the A7/A7r. It’s supposed to be available, but when I check Sony.ch or Toppreise.ch it’s not marked as available for the moment. http://www.toppreise.ch/index.php?search=LA-EA4&sRes=OK
It’s marked as available in 10 days.
LA-EA3 and the LA-EA4 should do the job
Can LAEA1 work?
No, it’s only for APS-C , it’ll work only in crop.
That’s not true – when I placed my order for the a7 my order confirmation email stated a delivery date of 4th or 5th of Nov.
So there’s already a delay as I’ve not had the follow up dispatch email and my order status now says “We temporarily have a stock shortage” and doesn’t any longer give me any predicted date 🙁
hoping for the delivery on 19 th of november, great
Mine is here November 22nd New Zealand
From which store?
Swedish store says between 21 and 22nd of November, it’s been the same dates since I placed the order 3 weeks ago.
The delays have to do with the 55/1.8 lens that will be shipping in January. If you ordered both at the same time (one purchase number), both will ship when the lens is available. I therefore cancelled the lens order and expect the cam on Nov19th/20th.
Your wording of “Those of you that ordered the A7 and A7r cameras the first days should not be worried for now.” plus people saying it’s been delayed has made me lose hope that I’ll receive my pre-order anytime soon. Thanks!
Got this email from Adorama just a short bit ago actually
“Thank you for your inquiry into the status of your pre-order.
This is a brand new model and it is in high demand. Currently, there is no official ETA from the manufacturer for our next batch. They determine when we get each batch and how many we receive per batch. Orders are fulfilled in the order we received them, on a first come first serve basis. We cannot share line placement nor can we estimate what batch your order may be fulfilled in.”
Why don’t they share line placement? Is that to keep people from looking for other vendors if they are too far back in line, or just so they can insert connected people into the front and not have anybody know?
Probably so you don’t go looking for someone else when you find out your 4,000 back. I was actually going to get mine straight from Sony, but I didn’t feel like paying the extra $150 in tax.
..but honestly, it makes no sense… you could ultimately order from multiple places and cancel all the others the minute the first one processes.. which I’m sure MANY people do.
Regardless, half these cameras are going to be returned thanks to the stupid return policies these companies allow.. most people buy to try and return in the time period allowed.. they’re always first in line.
I am in uk and was told same as Jon so cancelled the 55 for now. They said camera around the 19 and 35 2.8 a couple of days later…I ordered the day of launch
This is what amazon.fr says:
Prix : EUR 1.799,00 LIVRAISON GRATUITE Détails
En stock le 15 novembre 2013.
I ordered it on amazon.fr on the first day. They said the delivery date would be around November 20th, but last week they changed it to “unknown date”. They still don’t know when it will be shipped.
Since they have given up on APS-C manufacturing, all efforts can be focused on delivering these cams, way to go Sony! Who really needs a NEX-7 successor when you can get something that looks and feels just like the SLR’s of yore?
You’ve been misinformed. Sony will continue producing APS-C cameras.
The NEX-3N is still in production, isn’t it?
Why on Earth would Sony abandon the market that’s making them the most profits?
PS4 next week. A7/7R followed right after. Sony gonna be getting a lot of money from me soon.
I spoke to Sony represantive today in Gothenburg ans he said last week in November all stores should have its share. He also said that the 24-70 f4 will be in store in mid December.
When I tested the AF there was a very big difference in the pre-prod software the A7 was much better than tje A7r. The A7r hunted very much under indoor lighting and when there was a TV screen in the background it failed to get a lock but the A7 was quick and on the spot each time without any hunting to speak off.
The 55mm was among the shapest I have seen.
I had the same experience with the A7; It was lightning fast. The A7R performed okay for me (about like my NEX-6), but the angle I was facing had no TVs in the background, just Sony store clerks.
Also regarding the LA-EA4 has no confirmed shipping date so best guess is late December.
Someone on dpreview forums already got their la-ea4
Guess a few will trickle out, Im talking about stock in shops/stores/webshops.
I saw some on ebay not so long ago.
Someone at SAR too: me 🙂
There is indeed a delay. Originally the date was November 26th.
Now it says December 6th on the Bestbuy.ca site and the Sony.ca site doesn’t even list a date anymore.
I called the largest Sony store in the city and they told me they only had 4 preorders and no expected date anymore.
So, it’s not even a matter of too many people ordering them.
Amazon’s ETA was always December. Maybe everybody else was just too optimistic.
I ordered the day after announcement in the UK because of the pricing error on the UK website giving 1699 on page but in basket giving 1829. Anyway, mine said to ship November 4th latest but when I rung them they’re expecting first stock in warehouse on 18th November. Nice that they’ve already taken the money though.
Same story here.
But when I contact Sony UK the answer I got is “sometime after mid November”. That sucks big time.
I ordered the a7 at half past midnight on the first day, when they’d corrected the pricing and also had a confirmation email for 4th or 5th Nov.
My account now just says delays dues to stock shortage; not even an apology or an email with an explanation that I’d expect from most online ordering companies if they fail to meet the date that they’ve stated.
I always knew the 4th or 5th sounded optimistic when that’s what my order stated, but it still leaves you a little disappointed.
When the release date in Japan itself is 15th Nov, where/how sony.uk would be able to deliver it on 4-5Nov. They were just trying to get as many pre-orders as possible.
Amazon promising such things (15Nov, etc) are also doing the same thing.
Although the date of 4th or 5h Nov was stated on the confirmation email for the order. The advertising on the site was still stating mid-Nov.
I think the early date was a mistake, rather than anything more sinister.
I just went to the sony store today, my a7 is in on the 20th 🙂
To admin and all,
While we are indeed anxiously waiting for the goodies to arrive, has anyone got a hold of an operating manual (in English)? All my online searches so far have been unsuccessful 🙁
A (very) short hand’s on review of the A7/r is up on Chase Jarvis’ website
‘A Hot Minute Hands-on Review of the Sony A7r’
http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2013/11/a-hot-minute-hands-on-review-of-the-sony-a7r/
Is there a 4k vg1000 rumor?