Sony A7 V Is Flying Off Shelves in Germany — New Orders Pushed to Mid-January

Sony A7V preorders:
In USA at at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Henrys.
In EU at  Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Foto Köster, WexUK, Clifton, Park UK, Fnac FR.
In Australia at: Camera Pro, Sony Australia.

 

Our reader Daniel  (Thanks!) sent me this

Hi,

yesterday I contacted the German camera reseller Calumet, and they give me a little insight in their A7 V preorders:
They already had 349 preorders for the Sony A7 V, while they only ordered 338 bodies from Sony.
If you now place an order, it wouldn’t be shipped until January.
Also at Foto Koch all open orders are delayed to mid of January.
The A7 V seems very popular.

Third-party sellers on Amazon US are now charging a $600 premium to get the Sony A7 V delivered before Christmas.

Due to overwhelming demand, you now have to pay $600 extra on Amazon (Click here) to have the privilege—and the guarantee—of getting the Sony A7V camera before Christmas. This is via AVC Photo and Amazon correctly writes:

Price higher than typical: Amazon strives to offer customers high quality pricing. We have recently seen better prices on Amazon or from other retailers for this product.

I wouldn’t pay such a premium but it’s your call…

Sony A7V preorders:
In USA at at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Henrys.
In EU at  Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Foto Köster, WexUK, Clifton, Park UK, Fnac FR.
In Australia at: Camera Pro, Sony Australia.

Viltrox Confirms Sony Did Not Intentionally Brick Third-Party Lenses on the a7 V

Sony A7V preorders:
In USA at at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Henrys.
In EU at  Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Foto Köster, WexUK, Clifton, Park UK, Fnac FR.
In Australia at: Camera Pro, Sony Australia.

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At the A7 V launch, Kai discovered a few of his third-party Chinese lenses weren’t behaving correctly on the new body. That sparked instant speculation that Sony was deliberately hobbling third-party glass. Nope. As I said right away, this wasn’t a targeted lockout.

Petapixel reports a message from Viltrox:

Nothing we’ve seen so far suggests any intentional behavior on the camera side. This appears to be part of the normal post-release optimization that often occurs as new camera systems are introduced, It’s fairly common across the industry for lens firmware to be fine-tuned after new camera bodies are released, as manufacturers validate performance across a wide range of real-world scenarios.

Bottom line: the “conspiracy” a few were pushing was exactly that—baseless.