Today Amazon launched a new Gold Box deal on the NEX-F3 kit (Click here to see it). You pay $369 for the full kit!
And finally the A99 deal with free vertical grip and free flash is available at Amazon too (Click here).
Today Amazon launched a new Gold Box deal on the NEX-F3 kit (Click here to see it). You pay $369 for the full kit!
And finally the A99 deal with free vertical grip and free flash is available at Amazon too (Click here).
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hope this not april mop hahaha 😀
That’s a really great deal on the A99. It’s too bad I just don’t need it. I might consider buying it, and selling the camera, just for the cheap accessories.
You might want to rethink that possibility. I have seen at least 6 A99’s for sale so far at around $2400. None of them has been sold. I’m not sure the cut-off point but you might end up paying around 350-400 for the flash, or 250-300 for the grip. Not much incentive to going through all that trouble. Again, Sony should just release the damn camera at $1950.
My only consolation is that the deal is not available in Europe. I got the A99 for 2500 € and no grip or flash, at the time.
nice price, where did you buy it?
I bought it on Sony Style Italia, with teacher/student discount.
i live in europe too. With the student discount i can buy it for 2600euros but i got mine in china for 2100 euro which i think, is the same price in us.
The F3 for $369 is a great deal. An APS-C camera for the price of a point-shoot.
Surprised they have this deal. Wonder about it sales numbers.
I wonder if Sony will do anything for the people who just bought the camera recently.
I got mine on November 2, 2012. I called Sony today to ask if they would extend the offer to me. Sony said no. There is no incentive to be an early adopter loyal Sony customer.
I wouldn’t expect sony to just give you a flash and battery grip after having the camera for 5 months. No incentive for early adopters? You weren’t forced to buy the camera and you’ve obviously had 5 good months with it, how long do you expect sony to give you extra free stuff? If in 1 year the price drops by $500, would you expect that from sony?
Why do you assume I have had 5 good months with the A99? You just don’t know my experience. Why defend Sony on this when the only reason for the incentive now is that they are stuck with inventory as it is not selling well? I went out on a limb for Sony to show them support and now they show me none. I understand that is their call to make, but they have to understand that the next time around I will be supporting Canon or Nikon and not Sony. Sony cannot expect loyal customers to remain loyal when they don’t return the favor.
What makes you think you would fare any better with Canon or Nikon? There’s plenty of people who got a free TV from Sony even though they purchased the camera up to a month before that particular deal went live, I have not heard of any such thing happening with neither Canon nor Nikon. Ever. So good luck purchasing your next camera from them and then expecting to get freebies half a year later. Let us know how it goes!
Seriously are you insane? Do you expect that Canon and Nikon will ship you free flash and grip ($800 worth) 5 months after you buy a Canon or Nikon camera?
Any more news on this possible April 3rd Sony announcement?
decided to buy it on amazon in a week or so……just wondering will they fill the stock because this 6 or seven units left won’t last till next week 🙁
NEX F3 is a superb camera, arguably better in some ways than the new F3N.
I love my F3, especially for the image quality. At $369, it’s so worth it. You won’t find a more fun social camera either. And if you get a sharp copy of the 18-55, which I did, it’s especially great.
I want an a99 but I got a flash and dont need a grip, a deal involving a CZ lens would be attractive.
The problem with Sony is that they use only 12 bit RAW. Their competitors use the same sensor but 14-bit RAW and is superior to the Sony one.
There are more issues with this camera than 12/14bits. And 14 bits is available in single shot mode, anything else and you end with 12bits.
If you’re talking about the a99, which is the one where 14-bit raw matters, it does offer that. The only other camera in this article is the F3, an older, consumer level NEX model. I am pretty sure 12-bit raw is fine on that one!
The A99 has a 14 bit RAW mode. Their implementation could do with some work (no AF-C while using it, for example), but it’s there nonetheless.
Al, you are right. I do not know how Canon and Nikon treat their loyal customers. I do know, however,that I am out $930 because of my allegiance to Sony. That is quite a difference in price within 5 months. Aren’t you concerned about the volatility of Sony pricing policies?
WTF are you talking about with “allegiance”? This is no a tribe or religion. You bought a newly released camera. 5 months later it dropped prices. That’s pretty common in electronic industry. It happens with cell phones, tablets, computers, cameras, TVs, etc. Find a new hobby if you a troubled that your electronic gadget dropped prices 5 months later.
I have been purchasing Sony products for over 40 years. I am aware that prices drop on electronic products. In my experience with Sony, I have never seen a 32% price cut (or equivalent in special offers) on a product within 5 months of release. Have you? We all know that in recent years Sony has been struggling in the global marketplace. I just do not believe that such pricing volatility is a positive factor. When coupled with the exclusion of early adopters to qualify for such special offers, it just “rubs” the wrong way. If this causes early adopters to defer on new Sony products, how will that help Sony? By the way, I have purchased Sony products for 40 years because they have been innovative, feature laden, engineering and design cutting edge, and durable.
The F3 is just a one day promo by Amazon, so we can ignore it, but Sony tends drop in value after 12 months.