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I am continually receiving info from dealers and people that preordered the NEX-7. Thanks!!!
The situation is the following:
– Sony is dislocating the production form the factory in Thailand. I don’t know yet how much it will take until the first bunch of [shoplink 8454]NEX-7[/shoplink] cameras can be produced there.
– Sony already produced a first Stock of NEX-7 cameras before the flood hit the factory. These cameras will be shipped regularly to the very customers that preordered the camera. This means that people that preordered the camera the very first days here on Sonyalpharumors could get their cameras. A few dealers contacted me to confirm that Sony will ship them small amounts of NEX-7 cameras in early November!
– The lens production is not affected! These are produced elsewhere. The new E-mount lenses, the [shoplink 8450]Zeiss 24mm f/1.8[/shoplink], the [shoplink 8448]Sony 50mm f/1.8[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 8444]Sony 55-210mm[/shoplink] will ship regularly.
UPDATE: First preorders are now available on eBay too. In Europe the [shoplink 9822 ebay]NEX-7 body (Click here)[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 9823 ebay]NEX-7 with 18-55mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]. Ask for the availability time before to buy them!
Here is a part of the well written report by Imaging Resource: “On October 13th, efforts to repair a damaged dyke at Ayutthaya’s Hi-Tech Industrial Estate were abandoned. One notable plant located at Hi-Tech is Sony Technology (Thailand) Co. Ltd., which manufactures p
roducts including Alpha SLR and NEX compact system camera bodies, as well as interchangeable lenses. Shortly thereafter, Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc. announced that it was postponing Japanese-market availability of products including the NEX-C3, NEX-5N, NEX-7, and Alpha SLT-A65, and Sony Hong Kong followed suit with a delay for the NEX-7 in that market. Note, though, that the company has yet to announce any such delay in the US market. (A possible reason for this relates to the time factors involved in shipping by sea. Countries closer to the factory were likely scheduled to receive stock from later in the production run, where those further from the source may already have stock enroute from earlier production.)”
And here are all NEX cameras and lens preorder links (Click on shopname to check price and availability):
Sony NEX-7 [shopcountry 8454].
Sony NEX-5n [shopcountry 8452].
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 [shopcountry 8450].
Sony 50mm f/1.8 [shopcountry 8448].
Sony 55-210mm [shopcountry 8444].
NEX-5n viewfinder [shopcountry 9110].
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Thank you for the info! Do you have any news on the NEX-VG20 production and dates? Or it is not affected by the flood?
All the best,
István
I think I’m going to get the 50mm. I want auto-bokehliciousness, I’m getting kinda tired of MF
Any news about the a77 + 16-50mm availability??? I’m in France and I ordered through Sony’s web site on september 26th (the same day the camera was available on the web site) and I still have no news about the shipment date… :-/
I have been wondering the same thing… I placed my a77 pre-order on August 27’th via Amazon USA… and i have no word when/if it will be available.
This article makes no mention of the a77… so i’m wonder what it’s status is…
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1319515483.html
“Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc. announced that it was postponing Japanese-market availability of products including the NEX-C3, NEX-5N, NEX-7, and Alpha SLT-A65, and Sony Hong Kong followed suit with a delay for the NEX-7 in that market.”
They (Sony) called me two weeks ago to say that they’ll be shipping the a77 + 16-50mm by the end of october… I’m not really believing it anymore…
I received an e-mail today in the US saying my A65 will be delivered on October 31.
La FNAC have the A77 in stock… But only the kit with the 18-55mm lens! :-/
This is not cool. It sounds like this is worse for Sony then the tsunami…
I have pre-ordered the SEL55200 from Warehouseexpress.com here in United Kingdom. Does anyone know when this model is likely to be available for shipment. Amongst all the information this model is not mentioned and availability is a mystery to me.
i got in contact with the ebaydealer and asked him about the availability time. he then told that just now sony got in touch with them and told them that sony doesnt have an release date because of the flood. he is very sorry to disappoint me but theres no other news.
the A580 is on top at Dxo
the A580 is a better
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Compare-Camera-Sensors/Compare-cameras-side-by-side/(appareil1)/734|0/(brand)/Sony/(appareil2)/675|0/(brand2)/Sony/(appareil3)/685|0/(brand3)/Sony
the 580 score
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Camera-Sensor-Database/Sony/Alpha-580
old news…
I expect the NEX-7 to be better without the mirror in the way.
My A77VQ arrived XD Now to save up for NEX 7.. See you next year SAR XD
(Ordered Tuesday, arrived today 😀 and I’m in US)
why buy nex and a77 can u enlight me? because the nex is far from being a portable camera like the fuji 100. i dont see any interest of byuing both….
i live in switzerland, preordered the a77VQ end of august as the preorder started. announced release date was early october but till today never saw any a77VQ!! called sony about a week ago and they told me they will ship them after the 24 of october, but still no a77 around in all switzerland and since today the preorder button in the sony store is gone and there is written “this item is temporarily not available”….. hmmm 😉 good luck!!!
Same case here in France… Unavailable on the store online (for both the a77V and A77VQ but A77VK available)… Crossing my fingers here! 😀
all of the a77 versions are not available here in switzerland but funny is that every version of the a65 is available to order and will be shipped within 24 hours….
Same on the French Store… The a65 with on lens and the one with two are available right away! I’m not understanding anything anymore…
Haha…this happened with my HX100V. People randomly received them weeks before and after date on Sony’s website.
My local small camera store here in Switzerland have the Alpha 77 since 2 days in stock
Sony.fi is sold out on both body and kit. This may of course mean that they got none if either. Ah well, maybe February/March we’ll get NEX-7 here.
Sony can’t afford to have this thing wait. They will do everything they can to get them out by holidays I am sure. It really isn’t demand that will push them to get it out, it is competition.
Once a manufacturer goes to the release stage on a product, they only have a short amount of time before competition catches. The longer the slip the greater chance another company will announce something and take market away. I am sure other manufactures are working hard and fast ever since the specs of this came out, Sony knows this.
There is no magic Sony can do. Starting up from scratch will take months, I am sure, and then it takes time for them to manufacture enough cameras to fill the shipping crates and then some three more weeks or so until the cameras reach the destination country and yet another week for them to be distributed to retailers. I guess March is about the right time for Sony to get *any* new NEX or SLR cameras to the store shelves, and early next year there will probably be basicly no NEX/Alpha cameras at all for sale. I hope I am wrong.
They don’t start from scratch. Most things are automated these days. I highly doubt they had all software programming, mold designs, assembly procedures located in that one factory. At the worst, if they cannot cnc and mold new assembly components within the weeks for flood waters to receed, they sure as hell will have all the pieces and parts together to quickly pull all the jigs, bits, tables, etc.(pieces that would not be damagedby water) out of the damaged factory into the newly configured assembly lines almost immediately.
I give it less than a month delay for an anticipated product like this.
Hi,
What % of people will wait another 4 or 5 months more already from August for this camera?
People can be fickle and other companies will cease the opportunity, if they can, to push their own products – special offers and deals etc.
I just bought a NEX-5n with EVF for a good price instead, saving almost £450 on the price of a NEX-7 with lens, I personally am not prepared to wait that long.
So far its good with the 5n. It does lack the tri navi and other features but all my personal chosen controls once set are available on the bottom of the touch screen after you click the scroll wheel button.
That said, never say never and may still buy a NEX-7 in a year or so when hype gone and price has dropped to £800 or so.
Kind Regards
Glen