Great news for US readers! On Sunday Sony will launch that new Sony A77 deal. It will replace the deal that is running now at Amazon (Click here).
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It makes me sick. I paid full price for my a77 and grip last May.
Noooo… same here 🙁 what a luck…
It’s a year later, what can you do.
I mean I bought it last month :p
….and if you buy an A77 now you may be pretty sick next May when the Axx comes out.
Waiting to upgrade my A55. This is probably the deal that would have had me running down to the camera store a couple months ago. That was before news of the A-mount Fantasticams coming in 2014. Now not so sure. SLT is looking like “old technology” already.
Same “problem” for me… 😉
Either you need the A77, or you don’t. If you NEEDED the A77 you would upgrade now, so clearly the A55 is just fine for you.
WOW I’M sooooooo mad too. This is BS LOL I just bought mine on April 24th for 1599 and I had to buy the BG for extra money, now this comes out? BS but o well, can’t do anything so I should stop thinking about this. great deal for other people thinking about getting one.
Hopefully you got some great pics over the past year with fond memories. It’s hard to time things sometimes, but I try to get gear based on a specific event or trip. I’ve convinced myself (not my wife) that justifies it all. Remember when GPS units were $800:)
Yes, and triple digit A-mount models are now completely discontinued. And 5mp point and shoots used to cost upwards of $500 10 years ago. Do you expect electronics to keep the price overtime?
Your lenses will keep their price over a much longer period of time. Just look at Zeiss and G glass prices. Even top tier Sony glass, like SAL1650, will keep its price until its discontinued.
It is expected of electronics to become lose the value fast, even if brand new and just sitting somewhere in the warehouse.
Wish i could edit my posts for misstypes. Sucks….
Are the photos you’ve taken in the last year worth (or month) worth the price difference?
Awesome! I paid full price for A77 and vertical grip. Loving the camera!!!
What are you all whining about.
Here in Germany an A65 Body is more expensive then the Bundle of the A77 with Grip in this offer.
A year ago I would have immediately scooped this deal up. However, those days are gone and so is most of My interest. IMHO the A77 body is still overpriced and the A99 body will always be overpriced for My anticipation of the 2014 full frame (or larger than full frame) cameras from Sony. It is until I decide otherwise still My money; The new(?) CEO already pretty much stated that the A99 and several many others were not the best that Sony could have done… at least, that is some of what I read between the lines. As such, why would I outlay My cash for a so-so camera (no matter how good it is compared to most FF cameras) and no matter how seemingly sweet a bundled deal may appear.
With this kind of thinking you will never buy a camera. There will always be a new model around the corner. As far as “reading between the lines”, we all see what we believe. I, for example, see in those comments, that Sony has been pushing too many models with too few upgrades. Which is the way most SAR readers understood those comments as well.
I bought A65 this February, as an upgrade to my ex-A55, even though its not exactly a new model. Why? Because A58 was an utter dissapointment and A78 was 6 months away. Now it will not even be available this year, if ever. With the rumor of mirrorless designs on the way, there will probably be a new naming convention, like A3000, A5000, A7000, A9000. Not that naming convention makes any difference.
Brand new mirrorless A-Mount cameras will have their own issues, so you’ll end up waiting another year, if not longer. Just buy a camera, use it for a few years, then upgrade. With your type of thinking you will not be able to hold off from upgrading. I know, i have the same type of thinking.
1) I did not say that I did not purchase a camera, did I? Unfortunate-for-Your-argument assumption on Your part. Reading between My lines seems not to be Your forte’.
2) The monetary value of any Other SAR reader comments, or My own, is minimally with value or concise knowledge.
3) You value the way You read as You value it. I read possibly the same, but otherwise more. Being right on this will not increase the value of Your or My opinions.
4) Happy for You, I am, for what You purchased. Hope You make the best of it well into the future.
A77 is overpriced? What an idiot!
You are quite the court jester.
You and others have Your opinions and obviously believe what You will. Well, that is true with all people who dole out cash for something like camera equipment. Everyone has an opinion, and shows that personal opinion by either purchasing an item or not purchasing an item for whatever reasons We may all have based on facts or fiction.
Whether or not I post a comment here is SAR or not, by not buying an A77 or A99, I am already voicing My opinion as millions of other potential Sony camera product buyers are by not purchasing either or any. I guess You are saying that all those millions are idiots too?
“as millions of other potential Sony camera product buyers are by not purchasing either or any.”
WOW that is the most made up comment.
smh… why not say the billions of other potential sony camera buyers….
I would buy this in a heartbeat if it was offered in Aus or Amazon shipped this particular product to Australia =[
We should shut down all rumor sites. Otherwise, people are buying camera and keep thinking about the next one coming up.
A77 body only $649 in Canada…
@wen: please post the link to this $649 price? Where can i get one and is it new?
r u sure?
Here you go!
http://www.vistek.ca/store/photoprice.ca/259019/a.aspx
Ah crap, the promotion ended, photoprice.ca hasn’t update the new price yet still showing $650 at this moment.
Are you saying I’m paying $899 for A77 and get a free $300 grip? Can somebody confirm?
yes that’s what im reading on the ad!
I’m stoked on this deal. I might buy it and the sell my current a77 with 1,000,000 clicks on the shutter. It keeps going and going and going. Only has a loose remote port making me nervous. A years’ a long time to wait for the next model. Any indication Sony’s going to continue with the 12fps ++ cameras, Andrea??
mine also has a loose remote port sense i got the camera
Any great deals in Europe? Time to upgrade my A700.
FLASH – BUNDLE WITH FLASH TO MOVE PRODUCT
No clean HDMI out on the A77 yet, right? If it had, I would probably bite..