Dutch store is already accepting A77 preorders (should be a mistake)
A dutch store (Dewinkel.nl) probably made a mistake and published the Sony A77 preorder options 10 days before the real announcement! I am NOT sure the price are correct (I am almost certain it will be cheaper!!!).
Those are the specs published by the dutch website and it looks like they copied it from my website because they used the exact same words!!!
- 24.3 MP Exmor HD CMOS sensor
- 19 points AF sensor with 11 cross sensors
- ISO 100-16000, with expandeable ISO 50 option
- 1920 x 1080 60p/24p AVCHD 2.0
- P/A/S/M manual controls while recording video
- 1200 zone metering
- Completely new developed Bionz processor
- 12 fps
- 1/8000 shutter speed
- TrueBlack 921k 3-way tilt LCD
- 3 million dot OLED viewfinder
- Smart teleconverter function with 1.4x and 2.0x option
- Built-in flash
- Built-in GPS
- Battery life with over over 500 shots
- Magnesium alloy body
- Dust and Moisture proof
- Multi Frame NR
- SD card
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Edgars
10 months ago |They obviously copied specs from SAR! It is really good way to do promotion of store by “allowing” pre-orders of not launched camera. Just before a77 launch everyone searching for additional details about camera and find a store.
Fortunately we have SAR who do search job for us
acolyte
10 months ago |They didn’t copy it from SAR.
They copied from that website someone linked which copied from SAR :p
Btw it make sense to show it more expensive. It’s hard to increase something’s price but it’s easy to lower it
(Oops, Terry mentioned it below.)
Oswald
10 months ago |There’s a high res image on their site. Have we seen that one before?
Edgars
10 months ago |In picture is 16-80mm ZA lens… could be fake or its one of earlier mokups.
BMan
10 months ago |That’s the render of the a750, the never released successor of the a700.
Wing Wong
10 months ago |http://www.tineye.com/search/585bc188a421780b12f45a0269fd66567ad0baa5
Yes.. yes, I believe that particular image has been seen before.
ell
10 months ago |new to Alpha. Any serioused excellent lenses for the Alpha mount before I make a switch?
sonyboy68
10 months ago |Prototype picture but prices are rights. Remember, Sony A700 body and Sony A700 kit Z with CZ 16-80 mm were launched with same prices in october 2007 !
However good deal. You can pre-order ! 
Terryfried
10 months ago |as for price its not unusual to charge a high price before relees. as retailers dont know how much it will cost them this can hapen right up to release. For the A35(+18-55) Amazon UK are charging £716. this is probably the dearest in the world but it has now arrived in retail outlets (inc. Sony’s officel retailers) for just £599
Terryfried
10 months ago |I was wrong just found somone on Amazon Market charging £750 (over 850euro, aprox $1200)now THAT’S overcharging.
Fuzzphoto
10 months ago |Just a publicity stunt. They know the rumours have been flying around, and what better opportunity to publish the rumour, much to their advantage. They know their web shop will be all over the net.
BTW, it’s the wrong picture, and there’s a typo in the ad. It should read “medio”, not “media”.
Don’t click the link.
SonyA77
10 months ago |It is possible that those are launch prices, not street prices. As already said, retailers advertise the higher price when unsure about the street price.
Atmo-Sphere
10 months ago |I’d be pretty disappointed if the’d charge us the dollarprice…but then in euro’s…(as if exchange rates don’t exist)
Wouldn’t be the first time however. And then they wonder why we go get stuff from abroad.
Daemonius
10 months ago |Cause its Sony, its pretty much possible. A900 was 2.800 EUR when it was sold, and we are in middle of EU (though truth to be told, if you go to Poland its cheaper, almost normal price).
Edgars
10 months ago |In Latvia lowest price for a55 body is 900USD or 650EUR and it is about lowest price in EU. There is no chance that A77 price will be 1000USD, but rather 1000EUR.
acolyte
10 months ago |You’re from Latvia? I made a friend from there
Henk
10 months ago |Does anybody know what the Russian prices of camera equipment are like? I will most likely move there in the near future and need to decide if I should buy the A77 in the EU or in Russia.
Edgars
10 months ago |http://infomincer.ru/query/phot.dig/sony.slta55.htm
Maarten
10 months ago |Well I can tell you the prices are not real. I work at the deWinkel.nl and we wanted to generate some publicity around the A77. Most info is indeed from SAR. We hope to get the real prices en information soon.
Jennzhen
10 months ago |seriously?
Maarten
10 months ago |Seriously!
admin
10 months ago |Seriously???
Maarten
10 months ago |Again, yes, seriously.
pancanikonpus
10 months ago |i am so excited to wait for the commercial ads from sony, i like the previous a33/55 ads. how about orange777 this round
most nervous is the selling price. if body alone 1200 i will fainted straight away ><
acolyte
10 months ago |+1
kev
10 months ago |I really hope that price is wrong. If it’s correct, I won’t be buying!
sonyboy68
10 months ago |You can buy the A65 its nearly the same perform body but in plastic ! Stop crying
pancanikonpus
10 months ago |orange65 n orange77 is huge diff
sonyboy68
10 months ago |Not true ! Please read SAR rumors before writing anything.
Mike
10 months ago |That’s not quite true. The A77 has a newer AF system, faster shutter, lower ISO.
sonyboy68
10 months ago |Little caracteristics differences on paper, but in practice the image quality of the A65 and the A77 is the same.
Kalpurush :)
10 months ago |Any Alpha lens news except the 16-50/2.8?
Much thanks Andrea for all of your magnificent work.
Now I will be waiting for DDay! SAR rocks!!
Almond
10 months ago |Wow, they just straight up copied all the rumors… how about some ethics?
I’d never buy from a store like this..
Jennzhen
10 months ago |Maybe hundreds, if not thousands websites “copied” SAR … or SAR “copied” from other websites. Some may re-write the wording, some copy-paste, some mention the source, some does not. Since it’s mostly about rumor, hard to say you own the IP right (unless you’re Sony).
P
10 months ago |Dont understand the complains about the price it´s a brand new camera and it´s a semi-pro camera with top spec and metal body…the competitors camera models are in the same price range…although the A77 is a brand new semi-pro camera it´s still cheaper than the main competitors Canon 7D and Nikon D300s that are two years old cameras.
Prices from the same site:
Canon 7D €1,449
Nikon D300s €1,249
sonyboy68
10 months ago |+++1
sonyboy68
10 months ago |Sony should sell this performing A77 with a price of 2000 euros body only.
I don’t understand why people are complaining all time about Sony
The A77 is a revolutionary camera which be a legend in the camerastory !
pancanikonpus
10 months ago |sorry, it is just for 2011 i do believe the so call legendary cam
except Leica M9 may be lol…
sonyboy68
10 months ago |Sony A77 is a bis step forward in the story of digital camera. The price is very fair.
We can talk about when you will have in your hands in few weeks
Frank
10 months ago |canon and sony d dont have problems with flash lag and dark scree on studio. and you can do Tethered Shooting whit this 2 cameras
Frank
10 months ago |i meant Canon and nikon ups
SonyA77
10 months ago |Frank what is your problem with the constant tethered shooting comments? I have stated several times now:
THE A700 HAS DONE IT FOR YEARS.
emopunk
10 months ago |How can you be sure of that?
Frank
10 months ago |just wait and see
emopunk
10 months ago |7D body is approx. 1280€ here in Italy.
P
10 months ago |Yeah but thats still €80 more for a two year old camera than for the brand new A77(if the list price €1200 is correct)…the street price on A77 will be lower than list price of €1200 when the A77 have been out on the market for a while…the Canon 7D hade a list price of €1649 when it was released.
€2000 for the A77 whit 16-50mm/f2,8 is pretty “cheep” too…on the same site the price for Canon 7D plus the 17-55mm f/2,8 is €2318.
sonyboy68
10 months ago |I am completely agree. Sony A77 is real a good deal
Minoltian
10 months ago |if 1USD=90 Yen, the new a55 price in Jpn now is 420-440 USD
Terryfried
10 months ago |Curently 1 USD = almost 77 Yen
sueshin
10 months ago |>12 fps
Too late!
We can not the stroboscopea strobe.
Frank
10 months ago |1200 euros = 1700.8800 US dollars
SonyA77
10 months ago |The A77 with Sony’s limited range of SONY lenses isn’t going to tear people away from the Canikon equivalents unless it is significantly cheaper.
Why would anyone (except us) go for the A77 when you can get the D7000 for example and be assured of the Nikon badge, range of lenses and “safe” Optical View Finder?
Current D300s and 7D users aren’t going to bin their lens investment and swap to Sony any time soon either…
Yes the A77 will sell well to existing Sony/Minolta users and a few new users, but it isn’t going to be the Canikon killer people expect.
Almond
10 months ago |Nobody cares about the people who are already invested in a system.
A product like this is aimed at luring those without a system to the Sony brand. And do trust – there’s a lot more of these people..
sonyboy68
10 months ago |+1 The KM baïonnet is coming back like in the 80′s
Atmo-Sphere
10 months ago |@SonyA77: You get the picture! If sony EVER wants to become nr 2 or maybe even nr 1 in the (semi-)pro segment…they HAVE TO really invest BIG TIME to pull this very brand-loyal group over the threshold…for example by launching a truly superb camera for a VERY competitive price……and that’s exactly what they’re doing right now if you ask me!
This huge investment will pay off in the long run…and Sony does have the right ‘bodymass’ to survive such a ‘blow’ easily. This will also create (open up) the right market for Sony to make creating a huge lens range ‘worth while’.
Just my take on things …but…oh well
Joel
10 months ago |Very true. I had ~$4k saved up a year ago – patiently awaiting the A77, but a once off trip to Europe forced my hand and I had to pick up a better body and lens sooner than Sony could supply a model that suited my needs. I eventually settled for a Nikon D7000, 17-55 f2.8, 35mm f1.5 and 10-24mm f3.5. That a big investment made into Nikon glass so I doubt I’ll be coming back to Sony any time soon. A great shame really as I was hoping to pick up the A77, but they’ve just been too damn slow with it!
Atmo-Sphere
10 months ago |@SonyA77: If you ask me: You get the picture!
If sony EVER wants to become nr 2 or maybe even nr 1 in the (semi-)pro segment…they HAVE TO really invest BIG TIME to pull this very very very deeply invested and therefore very very very brand-loyal group over the threshold…
How?? Well…For example by launching a truly sensationally superb and innovative camera for a VERY competitive price……and that’s exactly what they’re doing right now if you ask me!
This huge investment (selling this camera with little or maybe even no significant instant profit) will no doubt pay off in the long run…through (semi-) pros sticking to Sony and buying relatively FAR more high end lenses, the successors of this supercamera….and ofcourse other expensive peripherals like vertical grips, flash units, remote controls etcetera.
Sony does have the right ‘bodymass’ to survive such a ‘blow’ easily.
This will also create (open up) the right market for Sony to make creating a huge lens range really ‘worth while’….something that Canon and Nikon already have had for years and years now. I think THAT is why their lens-lineup has been more extensive. They DO have the buyers to sell those super expensive ´toys´ to…THE (SEMI-) PRO’s!!…Sony does’nt….YET!!
I Know…Just my personal take on things …but…oh well
David
10 months ago |Again, what is lacking so badly about the lens lineup?
Everyone keeps saying this. Yet we have cheap, good quality lenses. And 16-35, 24-70, 70-200 are all as good as L lenses. So are the primes.
A few mid-range lenses would be nice. Maybe a tilt-shift and an ultra-tele. But most D7000-level users aren’t going to be needing 600 f4 lenses any times soon! You could have a totally competent setup using Sony gear. Unless your needs are incredibly specialised, the current selection is more than big enough.
At this point, the “lens lineup” argument is more of an excuse. The real reason people don’t buy Sony is because Canon and Nikon are the obvious choices. Read any review website, ask on a forum, and people will recommend Canon and Nikon stuff. Ken Rockwell, love or hate him, is a massive influence as he is the first google result for almost everything. He has reviewed about 2 Sony items and was critical of them.
Sony simple needs more presence. More good reviews. More advertising. More referrals and recommendations by “trusted” people. Establish themselves as a big player, and not as the 3rd party.
Gene Stoesser
10 months ago |The pictures of the A77 on the Dutch site are shown with
a carl zeiss 16-80mm lens not the sony 16-50mm lens rumored
to be the kit lens
Steve
10 months ago |Ethics, at a camera store?
Don’t know about where you are from, but where I live in the US camera store are just slightly below car dealerships and congress in ethical values.
I purchase only at B&H and do so through websites like SAR.
DingieM
10 months ago |Smart. Getting attention ahead of the pack so they can go to this store instead of…Mediamarkt or Saturn etc.
Wasn’t it at this rumor blog that the base price was increased? Well 1200 euro’s sounds like pre-order price. It may well drop to just above 1000 for the body only, when they will become easily available and after few months of first batches.
Speaking of first batches, as with all electronics these days, beware of early-batch problems…
David
10 months ago |Can anyone help? I am based in the UK but will be travelling to the US after the A77 is released. If I buy an A77 in the US, will there be any video compatibility issues? I understand there might be ie Sony tends to record in NTSC only for US sold cameras unlike Nikon or Canon? Whereas European standard TV is PAL. And does it actually matter given I have an HD TV, multi-region DVD player and I understand that HD standard is universal?
The saving could be significant.
Many thanks
Inuit1963
10 months ago |Is there anyone who now if i can use my lenses Tamron 70-200 2.8 and Tamron 60 mm makro 2.0 with the A77 24.3 MP Exmor HD CMOS sensor
???????
Brgds
Tim