I just got the very exact availability roadmap of the next four cameras. As I already told you the new cameras will be available in Japan starting from September 16th. But the rest of the world will have to wait quite a bit 🙁
The NEX-5N will be available in Europe and US around the 5th-10th of September.
The NEX-7 will be available in Europe and US around the 7th-10th of November.
The A77 and the A65 will be available in Europe and US around the 17th-20th of October.
I have been told that those dates are subject to change (+/- 1 week)
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Gonna write a letter to Santa 🙂
Me too 🙂 For a Nex 5N, that is because I don’t think that Santa has money for a Nex 7 😐
Gonna write a letter to Santa asking him to write a letter to my boss to give me a bonus. 😀
life only have few ’10yrs’ enjoy it wisely 😀
admin, Can you ask you sources to show us some more pics of NEX-7? and some info on its autofocus speed? may be 2much to ask for???? 😀
any new pics from the a65? will it be same size as a35?
Since the A65 is very close to the A77 (specification wise), I guess it will get the same body dimensions as the A77, not the A35.
😀 glad i have a good source to send me the A77 from Japan once it’s out there. Can’t wait to get my hand on it! September 16 is coming very soon.
All the news abaut A77 also here
http://atributos-1.blogspot.com/2011/08/sony-a77-esta-para-chegar.html
Alright, but then Sony has good time to include 24p video also in EU A77 model. Or Nikon can release D400 and people can choose A77 or D400.
hey i have a question.
I look at your site on the daily, do you get any commission from any link “clicks”? because if you dont , you should get google ad sense. Personally i click every link and ad you post up just so you get commission to hold this site up even though its small benefit to you, and i believe the community you reach out to you are loyal enough to click to hold this site up for you.
No, I don’t get paid per click. And I don’t like the google textual banners. I know I could use them and they told me that you can earn mroe with it than with classic banners. But I think it makes mroe sense to have links to shops where people can buy the cameras and find good deals.
You get 1-3% (or even more) on sales from B&H, Pixmania etc, and that is within the “cookie window” — if a visitor goes to Pixmania and then buys something else within a 30 day period, you get the commission. Please be fair about what you are doing, you are in this for the money, which is OK, but it’s not OK to pretend that you’re not.
But I suspect this post is going to be deleted instead.
I think, that text in the part “Support this site” is very open and correct and there is no need for further explanation. It is fair enough.
Everything costs, and maintaining site with amount of traffic like this one can be really costly, even regardless of cost in time spent for collecting materials for website. So I don’t have any issues with that and gladly buy stuff through SAR link whenever I have a need to get something and price is OK.
It is not the commission per se, or the author’s right to make money, that I disapprove of. In fact I fully support both. It’s the constant shilling for money IN MOST EVERY POST, while pretending to be some sort of “starving student” or the like. This goes so far as to making posts about completely unrelated gear complete with referral links (eBay auctions for Visoflex? Lolwut). Sale commissions are much higher return than normal web advertising anyway and this is a dedicated group of people so income is probably quite good on the 4+ sites the author owns.
And Sky_walker, I have been making/hosting/etc both for-profit and not-for-profit sites for fifteen years. I know what things cost. Trust me, server costs are not that high. In this case, it’s a 1u space in a co-loc rack.
Froo, please stop to talk nonsense. Of course I will ban you if you keep telling something that is not true. What else should I do? You have a complete lack of knowledge. If you would have a Pixmania affiliate programm you would know how few you earn with it. I earned 10 Euro this month. Server costs are around $300 per month (have my own server). But if you really think that this is not true because you are THE expert than I would be very happy to learn from you how to increase then 10 euro per month I get from Pixmania! 🙂
+1
As said before, as SAR gets popular, we get more ‘travellers’. 🙂 ‘Nuff said.
Andrea, it’s your site and you do whatever you want. I’m neither out to troll or will bring the issue up again now that a discussion has actually occurred. We have both made our points. I’m fine with your decision either way, and neither your bans or your links would affect me if I cared — I’d change my ip or I’d write a greasemonkey script to remove the standard footer. But I don’t care that much.
But the thing is, with LESS advertising, I would be MORE inclined to actually use your referral links. I don’t think you have much to win by increasing the amount of them. But, as I said, it’s your site and this will be my last post on the subject, ever. Have a nice day, good luck with the site and I hope I haven’t disturbed you too much 🙂
THose are the 10 Euros I earned with Pixmania:
http://i54.tinypic.com/33uvaiq.png
actually in “waiting” status so not even sure I will get them 🙁
Froo. 30 days? That would be nice. It’s most of the times 24 hours. But when you visit other wesites and click on their store links I will not get anything. There is no way for me to prove you that I do this for passion. I have a real job which makes it possible to spend time on this website. The guy from Macrumors.com was able to live from the website earnings only after 10 years of blogging! And look at the visitor of macrumors, he has a huge ammount of visits while I have not.
Froo, you should have a bit more respect for people, and if you don’t trust me just talk wit other bloggers. You will see that I am right.
Pixmania is 30 days, it’s right there on the site:
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/affiliation–partnership-e.html
B&H is two days if they haven’t changed that when they changed their affiliate platform.
I am sure that much passion is involved, and I do respect you for what you have done, but you are quite obviously out to make a buck too, or you wouldn’t even bother with country-differentiated referral links. The proof is in the pudding. Priding yourself in every post (in six lines, finished with referral links) about not using “dozens of banners” when so much of your posts are only referral links to affiliate programs is not passion. It’s cheap and it takes away from a great site.
Personally I have been making contributions to the community, including hosting non-profit community sites completely out of my own pocket on my own servers, for ten years so I know a thing or two about passion.
Froo, with all the respect I see you have almost ZERO experience. You should know that the only affiliate programms that do matter (in terms of earning) are from Amazon and they run for 24 hours! BH and Adorama 2 days. Pixmania is an exception but sincerly….nobody here buys at Pixmania!
I differentiate the affiliate programms for two reasons:
1) A german visitor do not care about Amazon US links. So why should I bother him with those links?
2) I tried to see if affiliate linking works in Europe. Result. It doesn’t work (see 10 Euro per month in Pixmania).
Now the thing is like that. I keep the pixmania affiliate links because otherwise I would have to put a white space or Amazon US links. And that is nonsense for most visitors.
Anyway, would love if we could discuss that in other place because people here wnats to read the comments about the nes in the post. I hope you understand that 🙂
Froo – if you’re unhappy, please leave. He makes it VERY VERY clear that they are affiliate links.
Don’t assume everyone is like you, where it seems only money matters. You’re not representative of everyone else out there, as much as you’d like to believe. Some people REALLY do it for the passion.
Making/hosting/etc sites for 15 years seems to made you rather arrogant, i.e. assuming there’s only ONE way to do things – your way. You think you’re always right and there’s no other way to run a website.
Andrea, you forget to mention the NEX-VG 20 😉
I actually didn’t get an availability report for the VG20. Will ask!
Is there no change that the A65 will be avaiable mid of sept? 🙂 need it before my holiday 5th of october
You can buy it through a japenese webstore. Menu language is in english also. 😉
See above, unfortunately A65 will be available around A77’s time. 🙁
why can’t u all just wait??? asking the same thing over and over again.
Get a life buy Nikon!!!
SONY is better & cheaper ! SONY is future ! 🙂
Uh because we fail to be Canikon fanboys. Or Canikon fails to impress or keep us. Take your pick.
Yes, please do ask about the VG-20 availability too. I wish that we could get some specs on the new VG-20 features as well. Sony seemed to go out of their way in limiting the VG-10’s functionality. The VG-20 could be a fantastic camcorder if Sony did their job in addressing the shortcomings of the VG-10.
I would love some more info on the Nex-5N, and what it will offer, I think the whole focus in the nex series is on the nex-7 atm, but it would be nice to get some knowledge on the littlebrother.
“The NEX-5N will be available in Europe and US around the 5th-10th of September.”
…cool. I hope the price is not shocking. I can’t afford NEX-7.
Do you know if the E-mount lenses will come out with the 5N or the 7?
Will try my wifes shoe trick.
Two cameras (A77+Nex7) !!!??
, yes they had a buy one get one for free offer
do you have any idea if sony is going to release a new DSLR or the a580 was the last?
Yes the DSLR A580 was the last. SONY take the way of future with new SLTs ! 🙂
just ban it, i totally agreed. ban all for those who ever have little suspect over on this site claim that you own money from this site.
if i am you, i will also piss off of these moron user replied. Go go go ban ban ban! 😀
Hey, just try to look at it at a different angle, think of it as entertainment.
We got Sony fanboys, Canikon fanboys, enthusiasts, pros, pros wannabes, faux pros, bs-ers, trollers, bored lurkers, ones who got banned from other sites, normal people, and frequent posters o.o
I think it’s been a good enough time for us to distinguish between the groups 😀
And anyway it will be significantly quieter after A77 _ships_ (read: may have more/less traffic after announcement. Not good at predicting)
And after the FF is announced, much quieter. Until then, we’ll get a number of ‘travellers’ 🙂
Not everyone can bs about the in-depths of photography, of camera, of business, of internets, and else, so they each just make noise on what they can XD Like me :s
Seriously, those ppl not buy from via this web site and SOMEMORE throw in the not true statement is kind to create chaos at here.
and seriously that will make Admin mood from good become bad. When admin mood bad, he feel less energy to work, i get less rumor, i start get mad, i start to fxxk those moron 😀
Yup, it’s not like we’re paying for all this rumours and information. Why bother whether admin make too much money or not. Help if you can/want, all up to you.
Remember that it will be too late to help out when the website disappeared due to lack of funding.
LOL. I am getting upset because there is always people trying to discredit my work. But I guess I have to accept that. It’s part of the Internet world.
This discussions is like family bickering, where most important is to prove what exactly other say and think about 30 min ago.
Actually I would be more happy if you will or already have business success and we could reed news and rumors in this site for prolonged time.
“There’s many a beast then in a populous city,
And many a civil monster.” From Othello, IV, i, 70-71
Do you think the Japanese-release NEX-7 will have English menus?
I want to know that too, can’t wait until Nov. Will it be avaliable in Hong Kong or Singapore on Oct?
Yes it will have
….
I keep hearing this from posters on this site and I’ve read other sites attributing this site (sonyalpharumors) as the source of the information from Sony that the future is EVF and I’m sure that this is true, although I can’t find an official statement from Sony that states this.
Would somebody please repost this if you have it?
Thanks!
Also, some unnamed source stating that the future is EVF is a long way from a blanket statement and a corporate policy that Sony will never make another OVF DSLR camera and as a professional photographer that has been in the business for a while and currently uses two alpha a850 with their big & bright (and heavy) OVF I still need to be convinced that the EVF is ready for the big time.
Whatever happens I will need to change the way I work and the way I interact with the camera To take full advantage of the many outstanding new technologies of the a77 and one day of the a99 or whatever replaces the a900 and the OVF.
I believe that Sony have moved away from OVF.
The A77 is a very important camera, probably more important than the A99. If the future was uncertain between EVF and OVF, I don’t think they would have taken a chance with the A77 and instead we would see both the A77 and A750 like we saw the A55 and A580.
I think Sony have been encouraged by sales of the EVF A55 and dropped plans to use OVF in future cameras.
Generally, both Minolta (and to a lesser extent Sony — lesser because they have had lesser time to prove this pattern) did try the newest tech in a 7-class camera before releasing a 9-class camera. So with the a77 being SLT, it makes sense that the whole line goes in this direction in the future.
On the other hand, Sony has pretty much thrown everything and the kitchen sink at the wall lately, seeing what sticks the best. They might be a little more careful with the top model and target it more towards still photography. Which can mean an optical viewfinder.
It all depends on the evolution of the EVF. A good enough EVF is not inherently worse than a good optical viewfinder — each has its limitations, and (for example) lack of focusing precision in an EVF can be compensated by in-VF indication of focused areas, as in the NEX cameras.
So both paths kind of makes both business and photography sense, and I believe the success (or not) of the a77 determines the fate of the a99. Personally I think it will be a great success and that the future is EVF (but I’m not completely sure I like it).
Are there any more lenses coming this year, or just the 16-50 and the three E mount lenses?
Just one A mount lens in a year is starting to remind me of the bad old days. Lets hope the NEX doesn’t become the next Vectis.
Andrea: Will the lens correction be in RAW or only in JPEG?
JPEG only!
Rewriting RAW to include lens corrections is possible but makes little sense, lots of work for little return. Much more sensible to include this functionality in the RAW conversion application… and with a little luck, we can get lens correction for old RAW files, too!
Carl, before the terrible events that happen to the people of Japan the rumor was of three or four new Zeiss full-frame lenses this year.
Don’t recall if this was an SR1 – or an SR5 rumor
It would be nice if Sony would share its plans or a roadmap for full-frame cameras and optics.
Sometimes I wonder if there is a future to full-frame photography at Sony at all.
People every year have said that Sony will pull out of the dSLR market completely, never mind FF.
People have been saying that Sony will never match the IQ of Canikon, well look at the A580.
Time and again, the Canikon fanboys have got it wrong and are fast running out of excuses to have a go at Sony.
Sony appear to have rebooted their dSLR development and started working their way up the range from A33 then A55 to A77. I have no doubt at all that we will see a new FF Sony and we’ll see a comparable range of lenses. It might take five years and many bodies to come yet, but Sony are in it for the long haul and if I was Canikon (especially Canon), I would worried.
sure the FF will come, just a matter of time 😀 i expect 2012 bcos this will faceoff again with canikon again 😀
I see a different question on the horizon that maybe can’t be answered till we start seeing this next generation of professional/full-frame cameras.
Does the extra cost of a full-frame camera body over and above the new a77 provide a big enough in IQ and depth of field to warrant the extra cost and weight of the camera and lenses?
I expect to quickly see that this new Sony a77 with its 24MP sensor that sells for $1,200 USD body only will provide a better image quality than the full-frame a900 that Sony has listed at $2,600 USD body only.
A year from now, when Sony announces its a900 replacement or next month when Nikon and/or Canon shows it next professional body it may look different to me, but for now, why would anyone purchase a full-frame camera digital camera?
Well, if Sony keep upping the pixels, I don’t see much need for it, to be honest. I’d rather take larger pixels, improved dynamic range and better noise characteristics. With the a900, which is able to outresolve most classic lenses, much of the improvements over the a700 is only in the much superior viewfinder and the dubious status of having a full frame camera (and the possibility of slightly shallower depth of field).
Then again, full frame gives the possibility to improve different things, and higher-res sensors might give other possibilities — for example, different color filters/Bayer patterns. So I guess we’ll have to rely on Sony both doing proper market research and innovating in the sensor business as usual… 🙂
Froo, it seems you never used A900, if you think the only advantage over a700 is superior WF.
Also statement that any camera outresolve lenses is rather hypothetical than practical.
Even as FF camera user I think that a77 as APS-C will have several advantages over FF A900, let alone lens sweet spot. After A77 release we will see if really A900 comes close to lens resolution in central part of image.
That’s funny, seeing that I used both my a700 and a900 this whole weekend for a total of 1500 images. So tell me about the differences.
The outresolving comment comes from me owning much of the best Minolta, Sony and CZ glass. Clearly, only the very best lenses can do the a900 resolution justice.
Resolution is typically a pretty poor reason to buy full frame in my view. Unless you’re in an especially demanding field like product photography, but in that case you’d probably be buying medium format anyway.
Larger format cameras have a different aesthetic quality to the images they produce, due to the larger circle of confusion. They produce images with a different look and feel. But only a minority of photographers are interested in that, which is why even really expensive APS cameras like the Canon 7D outsell FF models.
Yes, the roadmap changed. The new Zeiss lenses will come late 2011 or very early 2012.
Sony would announce a few of the lenses during A77 launch though, wouldn’t they? Or would Sony launch the lenses separately?
Anyone can comment based on previous experience?
Seems only new kit lens with A77.
They would launch the lenses separately. Sony does not ‘foreshadow’ their future launches as much. They may hint at them, maybe the silhouette of the lenses, but that’s as far as I expect.
Argh. But it is to be understood. Why launch expensive FF Zeiss lens when you don’t have new FF body yet. I still hope they will launch FF 14mm prime SSM lens (no need to be Zeiss, a G will do).
Do you know what the lenses are yet? No need for a release date yet, I just want to know what’s coming.
“Sometimes I wonder if there is a future to full-frame photography at Sony at all.”
That depends on how Sony looks at the concept of the high end selling the bottom line. Pentax never subscribed to that theory, and I don’t think that is an example to follow. People want a commitment to the high end even if they will never use it — pretty much like everyone screaming for 24 fps, a requirement none of them will actually have the need for.
And Sony being a major sensor manufacturer can actually afford having a full-frame camera.
The 645D hasn’t been a failure for Pentax, though.
But due to incompatible mounts, I’m not sure how effective it is as a halp product.
Andrea, re affiliate links for non-USA, doesn’y Amazon have that? I think they have a Europe, Japan, etc… Just need to get to the different part of their site and setup a country specific account.
Yes, they have, there is even a plugin for Amazon localization:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-affiliate-link-localizer/
But Amazon aren’t as big in the EU as they are in the US.
In Europe affiliate marketing doesn’t work at all. It’s because there are so many different online shops and different countries.
I want to know if the nex7 viewfinder is going to be as nice as the one on the a77. The nex7 because of it’s smaller size I would think would not be as big, or are they using a prism like fuji in the x100?
no word on the vg-20..? i cant wait for the announcement. why are people so excited about the nex-7 over the nex-5n? do you guys really need 24mp? seems like alot of people are buying into the megapixel race which is just what the big boys want. give me the 16mp sensor any day, it will have better low light, most likely more dynamic range, and an overall better image. or is there something about the nex-7 im not seeing?
Admin: Does the new roadmap have a new 50mm on it? Know you had here Sony patents from 2009 for a 1.4 and a 1.2
yes!
Well it will be exciting if we get a 50 F/1.2. let us know when you find out anything. And it would be good if you can ask the source if either lens will be Zeiss, so we have an idea about pricepoints.
You have gone quite on the Vg20!
No pic as yet and no date?
You have gone quite on the Vg20!
No pic as yet and no date?
To me the replacement to the vg10 is big news but seems to have been sidelined by the 77.
Wait a bit, I am working on that.
Actually, I guess the 50 F/1.2 (if it ever came to fruition) would be branded a “G” lens, since it’s a Sony design. Basing the guess on cost of higher incident glass and more expansive sized elements. This would differentiate it from a new standard 50mm f/1.4 that would likely still come in at the old pricepoint of $350. But, this is all speculation at this point.
If they make a 50/1.2 G (which, by the way, I’d probably buy), would there really be a need for a new 50/1.4 as well?
The big problem with that focal length is that Sony lack any truly high-end lenses, not that the current 50/1.4 offers an especially bad price-performance ratio. I paid less than US$300 for mine. The Canon and Nikon 1.4s are no better, and only Pentax, Olympus, and now belatedly Panaleica offer slower standard lenses of superior quality.
Gah. 50/1.2G is $1000+ I expect?
Got to spend money from work on tuition fees T_T
My prediction would be $999/$995 or something like that, to get it bellow that psychological barrier.
Hi Andrea !
do you know the probably final price of the combo “Nex-7 & CZ 24 mm” ?
thanks a lot !!
Yeah, would like to know if they might sell a NEX-7, CZ 24 combo to save us consumers some money. Honestly, none of the other current E-Mount lenses would take advantage of the extra resolution on the NEX-7 .
what we need are new/updated fast entry level (like SAM) primes (wide and portrait) with silent motors and optimzed for video too 🙂
what about asian countries such as Korea China? when will it be released
Sorry may be I was missing some threads…the 2 circles on top of nex 7 serve as jog dial or button?…and what will they function as?
just saw a rumor that Sony’s new cameras will be published in Taiwan on Aug. 24: http://www.ptt.cc/bbs/DSLR/M.1313568305.A.8BB.html
admin: Is that a typo that the cameras will be available in Japan starting 16th September, but if we’ll have to wait elsewhere the NEX-5N shouldn’t be available in Europe & US around the 5th-10th of September? Sounds like around 5th-10th of October is more likely, especially since I just found the trustworthy information that usually sensor pixels are dying in planes, so camera transports are all done by ship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98FZ8C6HneE
It is not a typo.