Hurry! A limited quantity of Sony A7r (36MP) are in Stock right now at Amazon US (UPDATE: now sold out) and FocusCamera (with free extras!). And also the 35mm Zeiss is in Stock…that time sold by Amazon US itself (Click here). Also the A7 body or Kit verisons are in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Some of todays new deals:
Four fast SD Sandisk cards on Amazon’s Gold Box list (Click here).
The Rokinon 25mm T/1.5 Cine Lens for A-mount is on Amazon’s Gold Box list (Click here).
Sony NEX-3n with kit lens for $349 at BestBuy (Click here).
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 for $99 at Amazon US (Click here).
All new Cyber Monday Deals:
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What’s listed on amazon is actually being sold by Focus Camera (so no Prime). For states that Amazon charges sales tax, this is technically better. If you live outside of New York, there’s no sales tax for this order…and if you use a Chase credit card, you get an additional 5% rewards back. For california residents, like myself, that’s basically a 13% saving.
Shows out of stock with Amazon now.
Both A7 and A7R are in stock now in Romania
http://www.f64.ro/f468108/sony-a7r-body-36-3mpx-full-frame-full-hd-necomprimat-wi-fi.html
http://www.f64.ro/f468108/sony-a7-body-24-3mpx-full-frame-af-hibrid-5-fps-wi-fi.html
And prices are 1520 and 2160 Euro at the actual exchange rate.
I really hope Amazon itself never had the A7r listed in stock since I pre-ordered it Oct 15th and haven’t even received a delivery date. I’m stuck with Amazon due to gift certificate – BUT I just saw Sony US has listed it in stock shipping 1-2 days.
I was in the same boat. Ordered from amazon a few mins after the sony australia video went live on oct 15th. Still no delivery date this morning when they started selling the focus camera lot. I ended up getting what they had from focus and canceling the original amazon order.
I didn’t order until Oct 22nd and Amazon was saying delivery after Dec. 25th. Between that and all the reading in the various forums, I decided to cancel and change from the A7R to the A7. Just didn’t seem worth the extra $600 IMO.
Anyway, ordered on Sony.com and it will ship tomorrow.
At least all this waiting did get me out and about with my NEX-7 and some Canon lenses using Metabones, the last couple of days. 🙂
The Sony A7-cameras – the open standard lens mount with the useful EVF visual feedback loop as the victor:
http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.se/2013/12/who-would-have-thought-that-victors.html
…and what’s up with B&H? they’ve been saying it would be in stock/shipping Dec. 1…now there is no date.
Hmmmm, 7r vs. 6d. I think the 6d wins.
… Wins in weight for sure !
They are also in stock at all my local dealers here in Munic, Germany.
anyone still want a leica?
I wouldn’t say no to an S2 for Christmas 😉
I will take the new S plus a few lenses and adapters. 🙂
Just a get a d800, cheaper, better and none of the BS and mockery you will get running around with the red dot.
“Anyone still want a Leica?”
If you want to be able to use full-frame Leica-M lenses wider than 50mm, then unfortunately you still have to go down the Leica M digital body route.
Found this out on the weekend when I experimented with my new Sony A7r and 24mm Leica Elmar-m f3.8 and 35mm Leica Summicron APSH. Both show purple edges and smeared corners. The 35mm is borderline usable, the 24mm is not.
Cornerfix does not help. You have to spend a lot of time making sure you have a perfect calibration image (I gave up after three attempts), then you have to DNG convert (a nuisance) and then it doesn’t fix the edge smearing.
Very disappointing. You would think that some of the early reviewers would have noticed that common every-day lenses-we-actually-own Leica-wides fail when used on the Sony A7r.
Disappointing, but there is an upside. 50mm and longer shines. Will also be interested to see how the new 24-70 FE f4.0 Zeiss performs, when it becomes available in Feb (?).
Patience is a virtue. Who doesn’t love Leitz & Zeiss best? The Zeiss fixed wides will be out in no time, with auto-focus and t-coatings at a fraction of the price of Leitz. Zeiss glass is every bit as good, and it will be a case of the emperor’s new clothes.
The one niche lens Leitz presently has is the Noctolux. But ten thousand dollars? Really? More money than good sense.
Ordered A7 from B&H on Oct 27th and just received a tracking number!!
Ordered mine from B&H October 28th, still pending and no tracking number yet…
David, I’d call them about it, I made a typo, I ordered mine on NOVEMBER 27th and it shipped DEC 1st!
Sony USA store showing in stock.
the a7R that is
Link?
http://store.sony.com/alpha-a7/cat-27-catid-All-Alpha-a7-Cameras
Thanks I ended up finding it and placed my order for the A7R. Within 2 hours of ordering it I have a confirmation it will be shipped on 12/4.
I have cancelled my pre-order for B&H as I ordered on 10/17 so I wasn’t sure if I would even get a camera from the initial shipment, not to mention the B&H website just says “New item available for Pre-order”.
a7R (Alpha 7R) Interchangeable Lens Camera
ILCE-7R/B
4.3333
IN STOCK
$ 2,299.99
Free ground shipping on all orders.
I think they charge sales tax in every state though. They definitely do in mine.
This post isnt a rumor but an add.
Weird, my B&H order has said In Stock – sent to warehouse for 4 days now and it still isn’t shipped. Usually I get shipping info from B&H on Sunday.
Reading these while in bed got me out of bed to go order the A7r directly from the Sony website. It did show in stock. I am pretty sure they charge tax in every state. I am in Tennessee. I didn’t want to pay tax but I would rather pay the tax if it will get me the camera any sooner.
Order confirmation showed a ship date of Dec. 3rd but when I go look at it in my account at Sony it shows “Backordered” under the status. So much for it being in stock.
Hmm..I just went to the site and checked my order. It now shows “Sent to the Warehouse You can expect to receive your item(s) between 12/2/13 9:21 PM and 12/2/13 9:21 PM.” Which would be quite impossible to do since I ordered it last night…Time will tell where this goes next.
Holy CRAP! I just received a shipping confirmation with a Federal Express tracking # that my camera (A7r) will be at my house tomorrow evening!! Too bad I have to leave to go on a business trip tonight, either way the lens and camera will be awaiting my arrival when I get home on Thursday!
Where do you live, I’ll go pick it up for you! 😉
I am also getting very impatient. I hope I don’t have to wait too much longer.
Edf,
Oh wow. So you got it through Sonystore and they’re shipping it out today? Are you in the US? I’m extremely jealous right now..
I’ve called US Amazon a few times and they’re still saying the same thing. Has anyone gotten a confirmation that the A7r shipped or an approximate date? I placed my order the day after the release info.. :/
I know one person who Pre ordered with Amazon who received shipping confirmation today. He Pre ordered minutes after it was announced on the website. He says he is getting the A7r, grip and 35mm delivered on 12/4.
Stay away from Focus camera, it doesn’t seem that they actually have them in stock, sales rep keeps saying 3-4 days delay and most likely will ship next week.
Adorama changed the info on the A7R:
“Please Note! This Item is on the way to our warehouse and is expected in a few days.”
I have had the same note on my order for a week now at B&H. Sony has really screwed this launch up badly in the US. By shipping it from their own Sony Store before their top retailers like Adorama, B&H and Amazon can ship is rule number one of what not to do when you are shipping the same the product yourself as your primary distribution channel is shipping. this causes people to cancel orders and not order in the future from the very businesses you need to distribute your product on a large scale. If I were B&H or Adorama, I would take Sony USA out to the woodshed and threaten to not carry their products in the future. you NEVER EVER ship a product before the primary distribution channel can ship it if you are a manufacturer that also sells its own product on the open market. Sony fails basic rules of commerce here.
The bigger problem is that they are very well aware of the shortage of a7r(at least) due to high preorder count they could at least make a new announcement saying when we all can expect our cameras. It’s the unknown that bothers people not the fact that we need to wait for new exceptional product.