Last week Sony announced that the A77/65 and NEX-7/5n production has been restarted. We are still not 100% sure when the cameras will be in Stock but we noticed some small good news:
1) First, The A65 that was supposed to be back in Stock in USA on December 31 now will be in Stock on December 1 at Amazon US (Click here).
2) The A77 preorder option is back at Sony Canada (Click here). And the A77 is back in Stock Amazon Japan (Click here).
3) Amazon UK (Click here) changed the NEX-7 delivery message. It now says “Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 months.” (before it was 4 months).
4) Sonystore US (Click here) now says the A77 and the NEX-7 is “coming soon“.
5) and than we have the very first Instant Rebate on the A65 camera it’s good news because you don’t do rebates on a camera if it’s not available. Here are the deals:
– $100 rebate on the A65 with S18-55mm and 75-300mm lenses at Adorama (Click here).
– $100 rebate on the A65 with S18-55mm and 55-200mm lenses at Adorama (Click here).
Overall in Stock status
The A77 body is in Stock at Digitalrev (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here), Amazon China (Click here) and Warehouseexpress (Click here).
The A77 with 18-55mm lens is in Stock at Amazon France (Click here), Amazon Italy (Click here),
The A77 with 16-50mm lens is in Stock at Amazon Japan (Click here) and Jessops (Click here).
The A65 body is in Stock at Digitalrev (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here),
The A65 with 18-55mm lens is in Stock at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Digitalrev (Click here), Amazon Germany (Click here), Amazon Italy (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here), Jessops (Click here).
The A65 double kit at Amazon Japan (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here).
One more thing
In USA Some people is already reselling their just purchased A77 camera for a lot more than the original price. Check that auction on [shoplink 10232 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and the used A77 on Amazon (Click here). Almost $400 more than the normal price for the new camera!
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The is Good news as I want to replace the A77 (this is a very good camera great IQ, handling) Mine did have an issues of not powering on and having to remove the battery/reinsert..
Not sure what the nut jobs on ebay and resellers on Amazon are thinking other than playing on people’s impulse buying.. I will wait it out even if it means next year..
Kevin
“Vision Is Seeing Beyond You Sight”
Good news, I will want to purchase in January I think.
Hi,
In Hungary we just got 10+ today. 1 left still.
Bye
A77? A65? NEX-7?
Sorry a77 with 16-50 lens
I’ve already been fooled once by the original announcement, and repeated subsequent announcements of pending delivery.
The minute the first ever production NEX-7 is sold retail, maybe I’ll believe them again.
Off-topic
But i was searching on internet regarding the 4 stops EV when you shoot manual.. Find also some good questions.. Somebody direct contact with Sony why they do this??
I find it curios, and disappointing, that the 10 stop EV metering (-5 to +5), available in other modes is reduced to 4 stops (-2 to +2) in manual mode. Can anyone think of a logical reason for Sony to do this?
Having the full 10 stop scale would make manual bracketing easier. Of course, if Sony would allow more auto bracketing options, one wouldn’t need to resort to manual bracketing. One may dial in the shutter speed without seeing the metering scale, but it seems odd that the full scale isn’t visible in all modes.
Another one from Eiran Cohen:
now for some reason we feel like an abandoned child ( see Dpreview) where every top model by canon and nikon can make numerous Auto Bracketing shots while we are so limited
the D300s can make 7 shots spanning 1EV over -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 EV values.
now we all know how fast the sony cams are and autobracketing is mostly a tripod mode anyway ..
why not just let us make 7 shots across 1EV and limit us to 5 or 3 shots that miss out on the range :
the 2EV 3EV gap will only make 3 shots while 2/3 EV and below 5 ..
here is the simple pseudo code if ur wondering how simple is that to make via firmware
Ev = -3.0
do{
take a shot
Ev = Ev +1.0
}while (Ev != 3.0)
its as simple as that…please please please let all the sony cams make this cause True HDR is something we waited for so long ( and 0.7 bracketing is frankly useless)
This is a MAJOR flaw with all Sony cameras (except the too-expensive A77). Even the entry level Nikon’s will do this (my D5000 gives me 3 frames bracketed at 2,0,+2 ev). I actually bought a 5N but was astonished at the lack of AE bracketing. I returned it and bought an A55 (at this point I was assuming this to be a limitation of the point-and-shoot thinking behind the NEX series). I was simply startled that the all had the same limitation! That is ridiculous for a DSLR. That camera was then returned as well. All I can say at this point is don’t buy Sony. Buy a Nikon. There is really no point in complaining to Sony because they are not going to address this issue (it actually should never have been an issue but this is a specific decision by Sony. They are not naive – just insincere). In the future, when Sony releases a new camera, buy it and try it out. If it doesn’t have the AEB you need, just return it.
I saw an a77 available on Sammy’s camera website (body only) and went to lunch. I came back and their website said call for availability. I called and was told they only have body in stock. I asked for it to be sent overnight delivery. The sales rep said he would have to check with their store and asked if he could call me back. He called back in about 15 and said they could overnight and I got the body next day. No problems. I really like this camera. Takes great pictures.
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I noticed the a77 body only was available at j&r in the US earlier today. Not sure if it is still available though.
Pity to Sony while rivals are happy selling mirrorless/dslr on Black Friday we are not seen any new alpha mirorrless SLT
I’m one of the first owners of A77+16-50 here in the Czech Republic. I’ve got mine yesterday from Sony Center after being on reservation list for 7 weeks. Price was 7% up then 6 weeks ago. I was amazed by speed and tracking of AF.
Hi,
I got mine yesterday too after 4 weeks. (but no time yet to play with it:( The price was reasonable and no increase -5% decrease for the sony minolta forum discounts:)) I think the 9 of us were coming into the store right after each other. I saw someone before me and right after me:))
Cheers