And now also the A65 is out of Stock in most stores. At least there is an useful news posted by Amazon (Click here). It says that the camera will be back in stock on December 31 only. But this date may be important for the availability of the A77 and NEX-7 too. Let’s take a note of it!
Only a few cameras are still in Stock at Adorama and B&H. Availability is a bit higher in Europe at Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Sony.it, Jessops, Amazon.co.uk and Warehouseexpress.
P.S.: The Sony VG-C77AM Vertical Grip for the A77 is in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
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… i dont see the point of A65 …
Money!
it’s still an upgrade for a290/a3xx/a33/a55 owners. Not everyone needs all the bells and whistles that the a77 offers
errr cost?
Guess its a 5n for me for Christmas then…
B-boy
Choice.
The A-77 is available in the Redcoon Web of Spain. 1599€ Kit with 15-50mm lens, and 1150€ for the body.
Speaking of supply, looks like someone on Amazon.com is already parting ways with their A77 kit. Hmmm, looks tempting, but that is in A850/900 territory….bastard!
How about quality control on these hastily prepared production lines? How about training the assembly and test personnel at the new location? Wiill QC suffer?
So Sony missed the holiday shopping season. Why so much hurry then? Sony, including their Zeiss labeled lenses are known for low QC. How are they going to gain reputation in quality cameras, if they keep on degrading their image?
… if they would of weather sealed the A65 like they did the A77, then maybe the Thailand floods wouldn’t of messed up production, just saying …
I foresee the A77 and A65 finding their way to eBay for a lot more money than retail…
not sure about the a65, but there already a77s on eBay with starting price over the msrp
The a77 Vertical grip is in stock at BH Photo here in the US right now as well as the super fast 16gb 95mbs sandisk sd card.
I ordered an A77 body online from Sony UK on Sunday, for £929 – the website quoted 2-4 weeks delivery, so I settled in for the wait.
It arrived yesterday (Wednesday)
Which store?
Brighton
Hello Andrea. Where are the lens news you promised for this week?
Dear Sony,
Could you pleeeeease take the A33, A55, A65, and A77 and make into a Transformer robot that takes full frame pics and call it the Sonybot A99. Then it would be Sonybots vs Canikons!!! How cool would that be???
If you are looking for the G-C77AM Vertical Grip for the A77, interestingly it is coming up as Gold Box deal for ~$15 off at USA Amazon right now, although it is out of stock at the present time. They will write you when it is in stock…. I’m hoping that they will honor the price, seems like they have done that before..honor the price. But I don’t expect the price to drop for years so is this an error? So I ordered one. Took me 3-4 years to see a price drop for used ones for the A700 on e-Bay.
My bet is that 31Dec isn’t a “real” stock date but rather a placeholder being that it is the last day of CY2011.
As for why a65, there are a number of reasons. You pay $500 less and get the same chip and same viewfinder. Assuming you can live without two control wheels (most amateurs can), then the only real downgrade is the AF. So if the 15 pt/3cross is “good enough”, then the money saved is worth it.
I just left newtonville camera, newton ma. They have 16 a65s on hand.