This is by far the lowest price ever seen on the NEX-7 kit. It sells now for $598 only at BHphoto (Click here). About time for Sony to launch the A7000!
Sony eBay deals:
55mm FE lens for $744 at [shoplink 34484 ebay]GetDigital on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]
Refurbished 55mm FE lens for $745 on [shoplink 33879 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 34253 ebay]$250 off on the Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 34254 ebay]A3000 with kit lens and Photoshop Elements for $249 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 34255 ebay]Refurbished NEX-5T with two lenses for $399 (Click here)[/shoplink].
$250 off on the Open Box A7r at [shoplink 33898 ebay]Samys eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$200 off on the Open Box A7 with kit lens at [shoplink 33901 ebay]Samys eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$150 off on the Open Box A7 at [shoplink 33900 ebay]Samys eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$250 off on the Open Box A7s at [shoplink 34208 ebay]Samys eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
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Is this still new? A new Sony with iISO hotshoe? Wow, I thought only Hasselblad had that now.
I’m fascinated by retailers who get stuck with old Sony stock, for years, then sell it off at 1/3 price of new. How does that fit in their business model?
Simple… the dealers didn’t get stuck with them. Sony Canada did. They are probably warehouse leftovers that they liquidated to the dealers at a price they would jump at. National Distributors (like Sony Canada who buy from Sony) expect to sell a small % of product this way. The trick is forecasting/ordering the right number in order to make that % as close to 0 as possible.
I agree with this statement. The receipt shows full price with discount applied, so some incentive from the warehouse must have been made to make targets for fiscal reporting period. The other tell is that the fine print on the site says while quantities last.
you should look at canon and nikon business model, to understand thats how photo market works… did you seen nikon J1 prices after 1 year? or how much v2 sales months after v3 came out?
basically canikons release new models (or same models with new name) just to clear old stock at 1/3 price or maybe less
thats the world we all live in, inlcuding sony, deal with it or go somethungelse
I bought mine new two weeks ago for $549 with full two year warranty included, and that is in Canada; that equals about $429 USD. I have sent a few links to the deals up here because our dollar is also so low, but they are not posted on site. Even the 55mm is $610 USD up here delivered and not grey market at all and the 35mm 2.8 is $476 USD equivalent. Buying the Canada market version is the better deal by far right now. After returning my A7II I decided I like the Sony product and bought the NEX7, 55mm, and 35mm plus extension tubes L-plate and tripod for less than the A7II was – I love the camera and lenses!
Where did you get that price for NEX7 and 55mm?
Vistek.ca is running the prices on the Sony E-mount lenses, and Londondrugs.com sold the NEX-7 kit but it is gone now.
https://www.vistek.ca/store/CameraLenses/272203/sony-sel-fe-55mm-f18-za-sonnar-t-lens.aspx
https://www.vistek.ca/store/CameraLenses/272202/sony-sel-fe-35mm-f28-za-sonnar-t-lens.aspx
Are you sure those are not gray market? First hint was the 3rd party warranty, second hint was the lack of a manufacturer’s warranty card noted in “In the Box” like B&H does, and finally, googled Sony CA and not on their rather comprehensive list of authorized dealers. http://store.sony.ca/-cms-page.sony.authorized.dealer.list;pgid=l8xIQbKL8ZNSRpoBKAYm5c3k0000gEtFhCnm;sid=y3Zeebt1mUvIee5x1N84fYl_jbelRP20MEvFCEWQ#uThroughZ (note: the list goes alphabetically across the 3 columns on the page, not down a single column)
Vistek is kinda Canada’s version of B&H, I have been buying OEM equipment from them for eight years. All my new OEM Sony is registered with confirmation back from Sony Canada for full warranty associated with profile. I am also a long time Sony store customer, since very few places in Canada carry Sony anymore. Find whatever reason you want to buy or not buy, and in either case do your research, that’s your responsibility.
why not get the A6000….here in the U.S it is selling for $748 which includes the 55-210mm lens along with kit lens
Where are you finding that price? Amazon, Best Buy, everybody seems to be at $946 for that bundle.
The two dials on top sold me on the NEX7, I can grip the camera better and work my aperture and EV comp really fluidly. The only argument for the a6000 on reflection and a little research is the wi-fi for using my phone and tablet with the camera, otherwise there wasn’t a compelling feature that would supersede the control the two top dials have. Money is not barrier, but everyone loves getting a good value, that is why we are commenting here, so for me the NEX7 turned out to be an incredible value and the ongoing lens discounts are a great value hopefully for everyone.
you had an a7ii and returning it to buy an nex7
im trying too hard not to judge you
count 1,2,3,4….
… 5,6,7 deep breath. It’s okay to not be thrilled with the A7II and still adopt Sony for other photo products. I will wait for the “pro” version of the series and just invest in glass for now while using the NEX7 and the IR converted NEX6 I got to go with it. I use Canon T/S lenses and would like to leave their bodies but the A7x series isn’t there just yet based on my experience owning the A7II. I got the NEX7 because of the two dials on the back-top and the sensor and the extremely low price for what it is; with my RRS plate now on, it is my new giga-pixel panorama camera with the 55mm being exceptional for stitching, and I am using the same lens with my panorama rails for macro so it is perfect light outdoor setup. The NEX6 is converted to supercolor but accepts same L-plate so gives me different options but same footprint of the NEX7. Sony NEX is my third system, but I would like to make it my last.
Why return A7II? 1. My hands are very large, the grip had me pinching with two finger only when not on a tripod 2. I am mostly a tripod shooter so the IS wasn’t a must have for me 3. The dials at thumb and forefinger too recessed for my hands 4. The hump on top for viewfinder takes up valuable space and should be positioned like NEX7, but if it is going to stay up there it will have to be a whole lot better quality for me to spend $2k+ on a body when I already have a body with superior OVF and the NEX7 which has satisfactory EVF for the price I paid.
A7000 needs to start leaking information now. Many are buying Olympus EM5II who might buy A7000 instead, depending on its specs. Sony should leak details ASAP or risk losing sales.
You assume that there really is an A7000 in the works. I’m not so sure.
I agree. But if there is, it needs to be announced soon to compete. IMO.
I asked my friend who bought an OMD EM1 if he would have considered Sony for his needs if they had a A7000 type camera and he scoffed at that saying Sony has no f2.8 zooms which he wants. Also he says Sony has few fast lenses while Olympus and Panasonic have tons of them and most are sub $1k unlike Sony prime lenses.
The same situation was given when asking a friend who wanted to buy the Fuji XTi. He wanted f2.8 lenses and Sony has none and Fuji had plenty of cheap fast lenses like 35mm f1.4, 23mm f1.4, 56mm f1.2, 14mm f2.5 etc.
It is correct that Sony need a weather seales E-mount APS-C camera, but there are also no lenses weather sealed, so is Sony behind the other brands like OLY EM5II, I think I have to say yes, unfortunately !!!
Fair enough but a f/2.8 aperture on micro four-thirds makes it a f/5.6. Sony’s constant f/4 are going to be f/6 on a A6000 which makes it just a little bit worse. But f/4 remains f/4 on a A7 which is sold for a similar price like the E-M1. And that is than better.
However, the current lens lineup is the Achilles’ heel of the e-mount cameras. They only have a few lenses. And they have shitty expensive lenses. But they also have very excellent lenses, both very expensive and for value budget (like the 24/1.8, 28/2, 35/1.4, 35/1.8, 50/1.8, 55/1.8, 60/2.8 or the even the 24-240/3.5-6.3 for it’s kind). But, as you can see from my recommendations, e-mount only can shine with primes. If you want very good to excellent zooms or more variety or even telephoto lenses, you need to look at a more mature system like A mount. For that reason, I can only recommend e-mount as a secondary camera or for beginners that simply crow their system at Sony’s pace – or for pro purists that are fine with spending 4k on a high quality FF system with the 35/1.4 and 55/1.8, and can wait for a 85mm lens.
Sony needs a $600-700 16-50mm f2.8 OSS for APS-C. It will bring many people to Sony e-mount world.
Then, they should work on 70-300mm f4-5.6 APS-C – around $400.
Then, a 70-200mm f2.8 FE.
nex7 its so low in price because everyone in their rigth mind would go for the a6000
stop waiting for an a7000, its never gonna happend
a7000 rumors were created to slow down a6000 sales
what would could do better an a7000 than the a6000 already do
if a7000 exist will be released at $1000
and that $1000 market slot its for the upcoming a5 ff
theres no room for a nex7 successor
why battle sony with olympus and fuji with smaller sensors?
sony can crush them with ff sensors, oly and fuji can create fast lenses to take pictures that any a7 would crush in quality with their slower lenses and better iso.
if small lenses were the way to go, nikon 1 should be selling like hot cakes, m4/3 will be the company to bet, sony ff is at the top of the market, and for those who want tinier cameras theres the a6000 (that its smaller than olys bodies with better everything including bigger sensor)
yes, sony its focusing in FE lenses, but i bet they designed the new ones with a look to aps-c users
35 f1.4 -> close to 50mm f1.4 in aps-c
90 f2.8 -> 135mm f2.8 in aps-c
55 f1.8 -> close to 85mm f1.8 in aps-c
24-240 -> close to 35-350mm in aps-c
basically new FE lenses should work great in current aps-c, and when the a5 its released at nex-7 price many would jump to ff from aps-c
Better everything? Not quite. Sony doesn’t have a single mirrorless body with the same level of build quality or weather sealing as the Olympus E-M1, E-M5 II or Fuji X-T1. And the only Sony body that is even approaching excellent ergonomics is the A7 II.
So not quite “better everything”.
I agree that the new FE lenses appeal to aps-c users. I don’t agree that the a6000 and NEX7 are equivalent tools, and I may not be in my right mind, but I wouldn’t buy an a6000. I was having a little returner’s remorse for sending the A7II back because it did have elements I liked, but if not for the NEX7 I wouldn’t have bought back in to Sony until a much better developed A7x camera came out (which I believe will happen). I am very pleased with the NEX7 and IR converted NEX6 and 55mm and FE 35mm plus my adapted lenses so I will wait until an actual “pro” version of the “FF” comes out. My hope is that it is more like the RX1 combined Fuji x-pro1 with the viewfinder to the side and a quality build not like A7 bodies (sorry left eye shooters).
Only if you have to have NEX-7. The camera is so old now, just buy a goddamn second hand A7 instead.
@admin, where are your rumor confirmations about the A7000, it’s more then time to release SOMTHING at all, we are all waiting, thanks.