NEX-7 news roundup + new madness auctions + watch out BHphoto!
Luminous Landscape (Click here) made a new real world comparison between the Leica M9 and Sony NEX-7: “The cameras are very close, but there is a slight advantage to the Sony, almost certainly due to it having a higher resolution sensor.”
Peter Sills (Click here) wrote the “10 Firmware Update Suggestions for the NEX-7“.
Photographytalk (Click here) listed the “10 Surprises of the Sony NEX-7 Camera That Will Cause Serious Photographers To Look Twice“.
DCresource (Click here) posted a RAW versus JPEG comparison. RAW image do look quite good!
Menawhile the ebay madness continues. There are two new NEX-7 auctions on eBay US (Click here and Click here). Yesterday the NEX-7 has been sold for $3.761,00 (Click here to see)!!! And used NEX-7 cameras are worth $3.200 on Amazon too (Click here).
But those of you looking for the chance to get the NEX-7 body for the normal price should look at Bhphoto (Click here). A “bird” told em they will have a new limited Stock within the next few days!
Adam
2 years ago |In EVERY one of those Luminous Landscape samples, the M9 looks better. Every last one.
The Lotus Eater
2 years ago |Define what you mean by “better”.
Considering the price difference between the NEX-7 and M9, you’d think the M9 samples would look “better”, but really, they don’t.
SonyA77
2 years ago |No idea what you’re looking at but in the down-sampled image the Sony is far sharper.
Tofa
2 years ago |troll
knurd
2 years ago |You’re joking, right?
Scotch
2 years ago |another Leica DB?
Lonnie Utah
2 years ago |I see those ebay prices and two things come to mind, “Patience is a virtue” and “A fool and his money are soon parted”…
joão
2 years ago |Maybe they are just being buyed from Canikon (Ricoh and everone else) for study
SonyA77
2 years ago |4 grand is pocket change to many people so I fail to see the big deal about this.
REVENGE
2 years ago |Supply and Demand.
Henry
2 years ago |You can add them to your cart right now at Sonystyle.com for a April delivery.
Sandy
2 years ago |I was able to pre-order a Nex-7 body on the US Sony.com website a couple of days ago and was given a ship date of April 3, 2012. The site just updated my order to a ship date of December 20, 2011! On the other hand, it is currently December 21, 2011 and the order still says “Processing” and my credit card hasn’t been charged yet. Just an FYI.
Sandy in Denver, Colorado
Bill
2 years ago |Sony defaults to the day after the order on the web site. Not sure why, but April 3rd is a much more reliable estimate. It is possible it could ship earlier if they get some cancellations and you move up the list, but do not rely on the date shown by Sony until is says ready for shipping.
Bob Peak
2 years ago |I went to the Sony site a few days ago and ordered the Nex-7 body. It said then that my order would be shipped January 21.
With all the news of B&H getting them in, I called Sony this morning to check on my order. The operator said that it was scheduled to go out on 12/23.
Can’t wait!
Jarod Sum
2 years ago |Who wants to be the next fool?
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/ele/2763249083.html
Brian
2 years ago |Maybe a slightly sharper pic on the M9 photos. The main star here is Leica lenses.
Brian
2 years ago |Another thing to think about if people are going the Leica route. The price gets higher and higher as you get wider and faster. The 35mm is $1300 more than the 50. So to get the same equivalent you’re NEX will cost an extra $1300. Still cheaper than an M9 but won’t get the approximate 1 stop difference in DOF.
eric
2 years ago |damn bhphoto already sold out… what a bummer…
RMAN
2 years ago |I WANT THE NEX 7 SO BAD
I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT
GIVE IT TO ME
Fiveform
2 years ago |Unless the buyer on Ebay somehow made even more on the NEX-7 by flipping it again, he/she is going to have a letdown when the body is available at $1199 fairly soon.
Just another thought here. Is this all about “Tech Envy,” or will this camera “automagically” make everyone a better photographer???
Oh yeah, right, in this “terrible” economy there are still those with money to burn. Four grand is not pocket change to most readers of this column, I’d conjecture….
SonyA77
2 years ago |It’s obviously pocket change to the person who bought it, so why should you care?
David
2 years ago |If you looked at the A-mount lens suggestions from a month ago, you’d think this forum was ALL rich.. 50mm f1, 600mm f4 etc lol
SonyA77
2 years ago |LOL fair point!
Forbes
2 years ago |Funny how you keep repeating that the money must have been pocket change for the person who bought it, as if that justifies the buy. It doesn’t. It’s not a collectors item. It will be readily available in a matter of a few weeks. It will depreciate to the same point of all the other bodies.
So the person who bought it, payed over $2,500, ending up at over three times the actual value, for the honour of having something exclusive for three weeks.
No matter how rich you are, it doesn’t make sense. On any level. It is still a consumer good.
KingRenas
2 years ago |Is not madness on my point of view, it’s Christmas and people want to give this as a present or to have it for his/her Christmas.
Well if something does not exist in the market of-course prices can be disputed that high or even more. Not all of us have money to burn like some of them.
For me i want one too but i will have to wait for a couple months, those who got it enjoy it.
NEX-7 is the best camera for this year and up to the next until the FF arrive the NEX-9.
Happy Christmas to all it has been a good year and i hope next will be much better.
King
mario_lem73
2 years ago |I didn’t understand if NEX-7 is unavailable only in the US, because all mentioned shops and auctions are US ones. Are there in stock cameras in Europe?
job
2 years ago |Come on Guys… that deal? ITS A NO BRAINER… lol Literally.
EuroPete
2 years ago |Hehe this is geting silly but it’s the buyers market!
I was about to buy a NEX-5 for my birthday in june but figured I could wait until the NEX-7 got released since I didn’t think I could live without a viewfinder. Seems like I will get one for my next birthday instead
knurd
2 years ago |These stupid bids have to be review sites that couldn’t get their hands on a 7 and need the data to bring in hits for their site. That’s the only way I can justify $3700 for that.
Jiri
2 years ago |Nice to look at:
Nauticam announces NA-NEX7 underwater housing for Sony NEX-7 camera
Read more on PhotoRumors.com:
http://photorumors.com/2011/12/21/nauticam-announces-na-nex7-underwater-housing-for-sony-nex-7-camera/#ixzz1hFPtHqaA
Jiri
2 years ago |It could be a practical jacket for those of us with large hands and it is even weather protected!
Max
2 years ago |At $1850, that’s almost 150% of the cost of the camera. Why are waterproof enclosures so expensive?
lastoneleft
2 years ago |Idiots
Just like kids, when they can’t wait 
marketa
2 years ago |I had a phone call with Sony Center Prag today and they have few nex-7, body only. And one of them is mine!!!!
Max
2 years ago |Stopped by B&H in person today. They had no NEX-7′s, and the few people I spoke with didn’t know when they had them in last or would have them in next. They also wouldn’t take preorders in person because they didn’t know when they would be in stock next, which they said only happens when it’s going to be longer than a month.