There is finally a price for the new Sony NEX-FS700:
The body only costs $7,999.00 at BHphoto (Click here).
The body with 18-200mm lens costs $8,999.00 at BHphoto (Click here).
That’s much less than you pay for the lens Ijsvogel at Dyxum (Click here) is testing 🙂 He bought the incredible expensive 500mm f/4.0 lens ($12,999.99 at BHphoto). He posted the first unpacking pictures and image samples! I thought I would never see any SonyAlphaRumor reader buying that lens 🙂
Deal reminder: There is a $50 instant rebate on the NEX-5n at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). And the super 50mm f/1.8 lens is also in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
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Great price for a camera with this kind of specifications.
“The body with 18-200mm lens costs $8,999.00 at BHphoto (Click here).”
No, it’s $8,599.00
Good catch, everyone is prone to typos every now and thnn. 😉
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The 500 mm pictures look great.
Now where did I leave that lotery ticket …
Oh A99 where art thou.
Those are very good pictures with the 500mm, didn’t think that it would be so even and crisp, what amazing IQ
Everybody complains of the lack of Sony lenses. There are fewer people saying that some of the Sony lenses are absolutely spectacular (70-400G, Zeiss 85mm, etc.) So Sony, kudos for those and give us more. Actually, more low end high quality primes would be very welcome.
Some of the lenses are Godly!
Don’t forget the
24-70 Zeiss
135 STF T4.5
135 Zeiss
50 f1.4
500 f4
200 f2.8
200 2.8? Isn’t that minolta?
btw you forgot
35 1.8
24 2.0 – not as fast as canikon but twice as sharp and corrected.
24 1.8
You have to stop the 50mm f1.4 down to f2 before it’s really sharp.
MAF adjust is great on the A77 though. I think mine back focuses on the A700 if I remember rightly. The 50mm never felt as good as it should be when on the A700, my A77 MAF adjust fixes that.
“You have to stop the 50mm f1.4 down to f2 before it’s really sharp”
True, but on APS-C it still beats the Canon, Nikon and Pentax equivalents, even wide open. Only the Sigma, which is tuned for wide open performance, beats it, but at a cost: much larger and heavier plus less resolution at larger focus distances (landscapes etc.), when stopped down.
Heard 85 f/2.8 is sharp.
And, if you get the 500mm for $12,999.99 at B & H, they will take $50 off Lightroom 4! Such a deal!!!
Wow, that’s worth it just for the amazing discount!
I needed two Lightroom 4, so I will be buying two 500mm
Admin! I read some of the post by Ijsvogel, and he said (on April 23) that he will be the next 4 weeks or weekends for a big event in London because of something with Sony (reading other comments by him on aprul 22)..could it be the mid-May announcement?
Yep!
Hmmm maybe Sony comes with something new for The Olympics in London?
Yes…definitely they will be using the NEX-FS700 in Olympics trying the 240fps in HD feature…well, if they want to show up at least something there.
But if you’re talking about an Alpha model..by the current rumors, Don’t think so =/
I´m saving for the FS700 body, but gonna wait at least 2 month after the launch day. I´m still have high hope for a FF alpha with nice video features.
I can’t wait to see those ISO 3200 pics of a boring & horribly composed shot of a cat or bird from this Sony user.
Soccer moms unite!!!
What a joke!
You better check those shots before writing things like that.
I saw them, their all Sony.
Lens is a joke. Can’t wait to see the rich soccer moms with this in their a55, hahahaha
Very interesting insight on a lens. I assume you’re just waiting for a publisher to publish your ruminations?
Of course, I can’t take photos of book shelves like a Sony user
So when you look at jsvogels pictures you see books on a bookshelf? You better have an eye exam. Or take the Rorschach test anew.
He has Mommy issues.
😉
It never ceases to amuse me to see how many people will use the internet to show the world what an idiot they are. Keep it up, SR, I’m always game for a good laugh.
People laugh at clowns, they laugh with wits. You’ll have to work harder at it but let’s see if you’ve got it in you, Bozo.
Hey meatheads!
Capture any amazing images of your mailbox today?
Please let me see your amazing work shot on your plastic cameras.
@S0ny Rocks. Gustav can destroy ANY picture you take. He knows his stuff and I wish I was half as good.
Anyway MCP, how have you been?
Haha.
How can he destroy something he has not seen? I’ve been leaning from Sony users how to compose a picture and set my iso to 6400 to take pics of trees and cats
Now can we get the 500G on the FS700..? Somebody? Anybody?
Yes.
After seeing Gustav’s pictures with the 500 I think I have made a decision.
Don’t try to steal it man, Rokinon 500mm f/6.3 could do it for u 🙂
Wish it were that easy. Unfortunately I’ll be coughing up the money for this one…
Post pics when you do. It’s always going to be a lens with less users than it’s image quality deserves.
Nice Photos
Awesome photos from that 500mm. I just don’t understand why Sony couldn’t make that lens along the same price range as the Canon 500mm/f4 ($5300.00).
give them a year or two after they get some money from orders and production stabilizes and you will see the price being reduced.
Not by $7000.00 I know this is impossible.
Sigma SD1 dropped by about that much. So did Apple’s Twentieth Anniversary Mac… But I don’t think this will.
That’s what I am hoping for.
Has the 300/2.8 SSM dropped in price?
I don’t know why you compare this latest tech lens with the older version of Canon. Please look at the Mark 2 IS version of Canon, which is about $2k cheaper than this lens. Canon has more demand so the price will be a bit lower. Now if someone can put them both on the a NEX body to compare the IQ, that would be interesting. The price is not unreasonable but this is not the focal length I use that often.
500mm price now in Japan is 1 million yen!
People, how do you know about the quality of those pictures? You can see the quality on 1200×800 stamps? May be that lens is very good, but I can’t decide if it yes or no. It must be minimum 4Mp and better 8Mp image to see and deside some thing.
I was wondering the same. My worst lens at worst aperture can make uber-sharp photos if I downsample them correctly to 1200×800.
Gustav is a nice guy, so would probably send you some ARWs if you asked him nicely.
Indeed. Just ask. I asked him some questions on the 500mm and he was a very decent bloke to chat to.
I saw Gustav’s pictures in print last weekend. You simply couldn’t want more detail and the bokeh is as good as it gets.
I guess you are right if resolution is the only parameter.
I want more resolution and more mailbox pictures please!