Full Sony NEX-7 review at Photoreview Australia (Good news: German NEX-7 ship date confirmed)
The video on op shows a german NEX-7 presentation made by Chip.de.
Photoreview (Click here) posted a full NEX-7 review: “For an EVF, the NEX 7′s finder is quite impressive. It’s big, bright and information-rich – and also very sharp. However, its dynamic range is a bit restricted and, depending on the subject and how you’ve set the finder’s brightness, in sunny conditions you can find highlights or shadows being clipped. It also suffers from a slight (but perceptible) lag in refresh rates.” and “Colours in test shots appeared natural and even traditionally difficult-to-record blues and purples were handled very well, as shown in the sample images below. Imatest showed saturation to be well-contained but revealed a few hue shifts that affected mainly the warmer hues. Skin colours were a tad warm, which some people may prefer.“ About the noise: “Image noise only became visible in test shots at ISO 6400 and it was mainly the granularity of luminance noise.”
The camera earns an overall rating of 8.6/10 and gets the Editor’s choice award.
And here is a good news. A german SAR reader wrote:
“I live in Germany and today I got a phone call from a Sony employee regarding my preorder of the Nex 7.
They asked to change my Adress because they cant send to a p.o. box (Packstation in german) and that the scheduled shipping is 11.11 but maybe a bit erlier! I even asked about the flood and she confirmed once again : Shippig will be in first days of November, 11.11 beeing the last day of the shipping span. (for my preorderd Nex 7)
So good luck to everyone who preordered ! Btw: I preordered the Nex 7 Kit (incl. 18-55mm black lens)”
P.S.: Sony Alpha Nex-7 Camera test Shooting speed 10 fps (youtube) and Sony NEX-7 prototype video test at the Denver Zoo (Vimeo).
New NEX cameras and lens preorder links (Click on shopname to check price and availability):
Sony NEX-7 Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
Sony NEX-5n Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
Sony 50mm f/1.8 Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
Sony 55-210mm Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
NEX-5n viewfinder Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
Zstan
2 years ago |This will please the high ISO fanatics.
emopunk
2 years ago |This will please anyone who pays more than 1000 euros for a camera. You don’t need to be a fanatic to appreciate high ISO. Unless you’re a landscape photographer 99% of your time.
c.d.embrey
2 years ago |I don’t shoot landscape, but I do shoot with Profoto strobes. F64 at midnight is not a problem
Lots of photographers with different needs, one size doesn’t fit all 
Björn Utpott
2 years ago |I wouldn’t be surprised if my local Amsterdam store has the NEX-7 by mid November. At the moment, the NEX-5N, A65 and A77 are all readily available. The only thing is, having the NEX-7 won’t help me much as long as I don’t also have the 24/1.8. And I strongly suspect that the new NEX lenses will be delayed due to the Thailand flood, even if the initial shipment of NEX-7s wasn’t.
GKW
2 years ago |Received information from the company I have a pre-order with, Warehouse Express, in the UK that the NEX-7 wil not be out for delivery until February 2012.
That information was received 26th Ocober
Melvin: Hello Glen. How may I assist you?
Glen: On the list for a sony nex-7 others are stating a limited release on 11th november do you have nay news please. regards Glen
Melvin: We have had bad news from Sony – due to the Thailand flooding – major delays to supplies – Sony now say earliest is end January 2012 – sorry
Glen: Mmmm guess thats not the same for all uk vendors did you get this infomration direct from sony uk?
Melvin: Yes it’s common knowledge in the market place
Regards
Glen
z
2 years ago |This camera is still have a shitty ISO! No one will find a way to use this unless you are an idiot!
Or landscape photogs. Or anyone working in a studio. Or anyone who use flash. Or anyone who shoot in daylight. Or anyone who likes color depth. Or anyone who love resolution. Or anyone who kills for dynamic range. Or anyone who doesn’t attach lens cap when shooting.
That left us with…you…yes, you! You, who expect ISO performance of D3s or 1Dm4 with a 6400 D3x and 3200 1DSm3 type of IQ. You! You, sir, are the best.
Flo
2 years ago |I just had Sony France’s customer service on the phone this morning, and they confirmed that they will receive the first batch of NEX-7 tomorrow (thursday). They will begin to ship them to customers on friday. The rest of the pre-orders will be fulfilled when they receive the next batch around 03/11 Customers should receive them about 4-5 days later, a bit before the official release date of 11/11.
My pre-order is in the first batch, so it looks like i will be getting my NEX-7 sometime next week after all
Vlad
2 years ago |How can you clip highlights when you have a live histogram?
TTT
2 years ago |I live in Israel and I sea that israelian shops alredy have nex-7 for preorder and nex-5n can’t be found. Than I think sony produced enough nex-7 also for small israelian market.
c.d.embrey
2 years ago |Finally a useful video. The bow-and-arrow shooting the apple, was fun and produced a few great photos. High frame rate photography is good for many things beside sports, and it looks like the NEX 7 delivers.
Rosalie
2 years ago |Advised yesterday Australian nex-7 preorder delivery date is December. This would coincide with release of the the 24mm lens, still seeing is believing. 2011 delivery would be great!