Sony NEX-7 videos and news.
Cnet Asia (Click here) first take: “The Sony Alpha NEX-7 is a more advanced camera which could appeal to seasoned users with its manual controls and upgraded features such as a proper hotshoe and built-in viewfinder. Additionally, Sony’s currently limited lens lineup will also be seeing some new introductions later this year that include a promising Carl Zeiss-branded 24mm F1.8 prime and a 55-210mm telephoto zoom. A better selection of lenses could help this camera overcome its high price tag.”
Leica M9 versus Sony NEX-7 at Echenique (Click here): “Based on specs alone, the Sony NEX-7 looks poised to topple the Leica M9 as the King of the Street Shooters, but there are other factors to be considered which cannot be done until I get an actual production camera in my hands. Ergonomics, image quality, shutter noise, AF speed and card writing speed are among the technical issues that remain to be tested. Leica also has a long and storied history having been the camera of choice for many of the greatest photographers of the last 60+ years.”
Cgarrard at Alphamountworld (Click here) said: “I didn’t have long with the NEX-7 (i.e.-NEXIE), but what time I had with the interface intrigued me. I came away thinking Ill need much more time with it in order to have a final say on the interface/menu but my first impression was pretty positive. I figure as soon as I dig into the manual and configure all the custom controls to my liking, the NEXIE is going to really be a nice tool to use.”
Ein Blick auf die NEX-7 (Fotointern). Tri-dial navigation on youtube. German Hands-on video at IFA berlin on youtube.
Click those direct NEX-7 search links to preorder the camera Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
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Alfonso Cuitiño
9 months ago |When is the NEX-7 going to start shipping?
shai
9 months ago |mid Nov so they say
Rushmore
9 months ago |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Nawaf
9 months ago |I love the pics!! ISO 6400 is totally usable and it’s jpeg (NR is heavy though) too!
Hope B&H get it the same time Amazon does.
Clyde
9 months ago |Wired Remote? Where is it? The IR units delay shooting Sony. The IR units don’t allow continuous shooting. Battery drains much much faster when IR mode is turned on. IR units are fine for casual snappers… but serious enthusiasts and pros want hard wire remote for instant shooting without delay and all drive modes available.
Wired Remote Control Sony! We need it for stills and video.
And tethering? Why no tethering Sony?
Come on FIX IT because the way it is IS BROKEN.
FIX IT. We get face detection but no wired remote? Come on man…
Iain
9 months ago |Clyde it’s getting boring, you are turning in to a troll with the continual posting of this stuff. It doesn’t have this stuff and you going on and on about it won’t make it appear.
If the camera doesn’t have what you need get one that does, that’s your consumer choice, but please stop the whining, you sound like my 18month old on this topic
Clyde
9 months ago |Not good enough lain… The reason they fixed the noise reduction in a700 was because togs wouldn’t stop complaining about it. Squeeky wheel gets the grease friend. I’ll tell you what’s getting old, is all the complaining about how noisy Sony cams are or how SLT mirrors reduce image quality or why wasn’t it made with 16mp instead of 24mp… blah blah blah.
My request is cheaper, more realistic, and a foundation of cameras for the past fifty years. I WANT WIRED REMOTE… Got that? Your 18month old must have professional needs for wired remote. I hope he chimes in. Ridiculous that it’s not standard equipment. Just absurd.
If you don’t want to hear complaints about cameras, then I propose you are on the wrong forum lain. And it’s the same complaints over and over and over and over…
Clyde
9 months ago |Oh… and pancake lenses… are you getting tired of requests for pancake lenses lain? Certainly a lot more 18month old wining about that.
My request is a simple one.
ieR
9 months ago |why need remote? hire a photographer instead
Allan
9 months ago |i hope they will be more updates for nex-7 firmware than for “old” nex camera !!
(and why not, a last one for “old” nex3-5 users !)
Barbarous Waytel
9 months ago |I doubt it. Sony doesn’t do FW upgrades. It was miracle that they did 4 for old Nex. I don’t think you will see something like that again (except one FW more for the new adapter with mirror).
Vlad
9 months ago |“High price tag”, lol. Compared to what?
And these guys with their Leicas. Yes, I know it’s a nice feeling to use one, but come on!
sabunyuma
9 months ago |Clyde, we get it. You wish the NEX-7 was capable of shooting with a wired remote. You will not buy it because it’s missing this feature.
It won’t do my taxes, either, but that doesn’t mean it’s broken.
Brandon Smoot
9 months ago |I’m tired of this myth/lie that Leica is the preferred choice of great photographers of the past…Contrary to common assumption Leica began as a dirt-cheap brand. This was the camera of, for example, Henri Cartier-Bresson not because he preferred it, but because it was all he could afford!
GH
9 months ago |I’m not so sure about that. He grew up in a very wealthy family and attended many private schools. Do you have a source from him mentioning price as a motivation for Leica?
David
9 months ago |Not just that, but a huge number of Leica owners aren’t photographers anyway. They’re collectors, gear whores, and show-offs!
rbj
9 months ago |The lack of lenses is not a problem – I can’t think of a lens that this camera couldn’t mount with a cheap adapter off ebay… apart from the crop factor, it is an MF photographers dream… (maybe even of the soggier kind).
Has potential to be the best/most practical digital ever – I await early reviews with anticipation!
ieR
9 months ago |peaking MF will change the whole game of MF user… even the whole video field… MF for video has never been so prefect with peaking mode… there isnt any competitor coming close…
shigzeo
9 months ago |It is a dream for photographers of various lens systems, but that is only an enthusiast segment of the market. As much as photographers that use MF lenses love the NEX, it’s the AF lenses (that can’t properly be used via adapter) sell.
If Sony don’t release several GREAT, small AF lenses that satisfy most NEX users, the NEX, no matter how good for MF users, will fail as the competition bones up.
Cliff
9 months ago |Maybe we can get a wired remote upgrade in the next firmware release.
CT
Clyde
9 months ago |Cliff, a real tog after my own heart!
Yes Sony… You hear that? There are two of us now that want WIRED REMOTE and all the benefits it brings to a serious cam like NEX-7.
Only two of us now Sony… but prepare yourself… our numbers are growing and our voices will be heard.
Olympus PEN Wired Remote here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remote-Shutter-Release-Olympus-PEN-EP-1-EP-2-E400-E410-E420-E510-E520-DC47-/330611977764?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item4cfa026e24#ht_5922wt_907
Panasonic Wired Remote here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shutter-Release-Panasonic-G1-GH1-GF1-FZ20-L1-DMW-RS1-/380371333782?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item588fe5f296
Fuji X100 Wired Remote here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/40cm-Shutter-Release-Cable-Fujifilm-Finepix-X100-/160653228054?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item2567adb816#ht_2100wt_963
Ricoh Wired Remote here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-Ricoh-CA-1-CA1-Cable-Switch-GXR-GR-Digital-III-/260856954040?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item3cbc493cb8#ht_1729wt_1196
Leica Wired Remote here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leica-Electric-Cable-Release-CR-DC1-Leica-Digilux-2-/120780817903?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item1c1f1905ef#ht_500wt_1211
Samsung/Canon/Pentax/Contax Wired Remote here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remote-Shutter-Release-Switch-Canon-Contax-Pentax-Samsung-Camera-NEW-/110748022866?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=item19c918b852#ht_4457wt_1196
NEX Wired Remote: Not here.
Andrew
9 months ago |Since most of my photography is done on tripod and in bulb mode I have to agree. Wired remote for me too!
velodesign
9 months ago |Ugh.
What we really need is Bluetooth control and leave the wired trigger nuts in the previous decade. If the last cameras in the 50 years before this have it, buy those ok?
Or the a65. No? A77? Oh well, I guess an suv isn’t a car theory may apply here huh…
Or give me a million dollars and I will build something out of legos and mount it above the shutter release you can hook a wire into if you want.
But leave the comment out of the 7. Let it go….
Clyde
9 months ago |Bluetooth? Why would I want a remote that required a battery?
When you tell the pancake wishers to “let it go”… then I’ll do the same.
When you tell the pixel peeping high ISO complainers to “let it go”… then I’ll do the same.
When you tell the SLT mirror complainers to “let it go”… then I’ll do the same.
When you tell the 16mp is better than 24mp crowd to “let it go”… then I’ll do the same.
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My gripe is no less valid than anyone elses. One guy with a real need to fire a shutter remotely. Those that don’t understand this are revealing their status as a photographer. Wired remote is as basic of a fundamental tenet to cameras as a tripod thread or camera strap lug. It’s a step backwards not to have one.
Pascal645
9 months ago |Make that 3 for wire. See, +50% in just3 hours. By the time the NEX7 ships, that will be millions.
Tofa
9 months ago |lol clyde.I’ve read only a few of your posts. And i can already tell. You are an a-grade retard.
Clyde
9 months ago |Hey mods… are you also going to remove all the comments about the NEX-5 video clicking complaints? There’s a lot more of them than my request for wired remote. And my request is probably a lot easier to satisfy.
I’m shocked that more people aren’t outraged at the lack of wired remote or tethering for NEX. It won’t be addressed if we don’t address it. Would it be any different if they left it off the A-Mount cams?
acolyte
9 months ago |Who’s mods?
Exactly. In fact I’m shocked that there ARE people outraged at the lack of wired remote or tethering for NEX/A77.
Money talks. What doesn’t make money, doesn’t get sold.
Clyde
9 months ago |My browser says “Your comment is awaiting moderation.”
Wouldn’t be the first time.
There is money to be made. Just search for “wired remote” or “remote shutter” and see all the options that are being manufactured for the sole purpose of making money. If there were not a market, then the options would be very limited.
Why should I have to touch a camera in order to shoot panoramic mode? I’d rather not touch, and pan cam with tripod arm nice and smooth.
acolyte
9 months ago |Oh, the moderation thing is usually when you put too many links or too long of a post. And it’s just Andrea who checks the post.
There is always a market for everything. That’s what China is for. And that’s not what the major players are for.
And to your concern about panoramic mode:
1. Panoramic mode does not account for a significant use of the camera
2. The main consumer market is unlikely to bring tripods around.
And with design constraints and choices (woohoo look at the ridiculous options in the poll) I guess they tried it one way.
We all want a piece of the technology. But with limited $$ and size, the makers can’t put everything.
Pacman
9 months ago |are you smurf talking about “Infra-red remote control receiver”?
David
9 months ago |Sorry Clyde.. not many people routinely use wired remote. Sure, it could have been included, but it’s hardly a fatal flaw for most people. And I don’t really understand what’s wrong with a wireless one?
Clyde
9 months ago |The IR remotes do not have a two stage button separating AF from Shoot.
The IR remotes have a delay of about a half second before firing. I’ve tried 5 different brands… they all work the same.
The IR remotes require battery.
The IR remotes force tog to hold unit at a certain angle in order to get good signal. The receiver is on the front of the camera… so there is never a direct line of sight from the rear.
The IR mode can be fired by any other photographer with a transmitter.
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When camera is in IR receiver mode… tog is limited to single shot. No other drive modes are available. No continuous shooting mode with IR remotes.
When camera is in IR receiver mode… camera drains battery at a much faster rate. Don’t leave cam in IR mode because your battery will be gone before you know it.
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All of this is solved with a simple USB wired remote. I just want a two stage shutter button that shoots when I tell it to. Most have locks which allow hours of exposure for Astrophotography. Combine a wired remote with Sony’s new remote monitor, and the possibilities are absolutely crazy for remote viewing shooting at greater distances and in real time without delayed shutter lag.
Remote shooting is very popular. That’s why there are thousands for sale all over the place.
sonyfan
9 months ago |i myself find nex 5n much more clean and sharper than 24mp nex 7 (much hyped for) its an over kill on apsc sensor and small body which could overheat easily.
Nic Walmsley
9 months ago |Hey, if the guy wants a wired remote, let him ask for it. You don’t agree, ignore him. But why you’d ask him to stop advocating for one is beyond me.
acolyte
9 months ago |I think we’ve grown past the saturation point where there are spammers in SAR who kept on ranting about what they _personally_ want. Tethering for example, went on for a few days. I’m thankful it’s over.
Linh
9 months ago |Gaddammit, release it already! ;P
Nawaf
9 months ago |Stop pissing Clyde off! He does have a valid point and I want one too.
This a $1200 camera, it’s a must to have a shutter release. What’s the point of an A-mount adapter if I can’t get me some (booty) vibration free pictures?
Sony, there are 4 guys here craving some booty so please create the tool that will help us achieve this goal.
acolyte
9 months ago |Now the problem is how do you make Sony care.
Nawaf
9 months ago |Not likely
Andy
9 months ago |lol. who the f**k gets “outraged” over something that’s “missing” on a camera? what are you, 12 years old? if the camera doesn’t have what you want THEN DON’T BUY THAT CAMERA. so f**king simple. now stop flooding the comment section with your spoiled baby whining bullsh*t.
Clyde
9 months ago |Is this your response for all the other complaints about the camera too Andy? Why is wired remote any less valid than asking for pancake lenses or lower noise?
I’ve given numerous valid reasoning behind my request… a far cry from whining, or using profanity like you.
I’ve made my living with Min/Max/Sony/Alpha cams for 30 years. I’ve earned the right to request a wired remote. A $10 tool would increase the performance and potential of this camera exponentially.
Read the articles on the NEX-7 Andy:
“The Sony Alpha NEX-7 is a more advanced camera which could appeal to seasoned users with its manual controls and upgraded features such as a proper hotshoe and built-in viewfinder.”
They’ve designed this cam to entice “seasoned users”… did you miss that? Mirrorless is coming for full frame too. Will that be missing wired remote too? The competition has it. There are many good reasons for it. There always has been. Would you be upset if it didn’t have a tripod socket? A great camera missing a basic utility that could be easily fixed is not an out of line request. Your lack of understanding this clearly demonstrates your level of photographic knowledge.
acolyte
9 months ago |You don’t have to attack him back. I would assume he wouldn’t read your long post -_- If you haven’t realized, there’s only a few here who read long posts >.>
There are only two possible reasons why they don’t put the features you want:
1. Design oversight (never made it to the design board. Not enough interest for designers to care)
2. $$ constraints (for the amount of stuff they put in, what’s adding a wired remote socket or tripod socket will lose them?)
For future iterations of the camera, it may be easy to add those in.
The first iteration is always the hardest. You can’t make everything right, but it has to go out of the door before you lose your previous customers (e.g. like me, holding on to my A700 with A77 & NEX 7 on my wish list)
P.S. I agree about the flooding though. Long posts is nice, but it belongs to a forum.
In a rumor site like this, people only have time to read little rants and comments.
Long posts (which I do sometimes anyway, but not most of the time) clutters the thread. People won’t read it but they still have to scroll past it. And sometimes you sound like Andy too in your previous posts :s I did get annoyed often. Is there nothing else other than wired remote you can point out? Just like around the A77 release where there’s this one guy complaining about tethering in every new rumor thread.
velodesign
9 months ago |The only reasons is that both of these can be manufactured after the hardware is released.
Now, if we can get Sony to change the body its a valid request.
Otherwise, it is fixable with firmware or aftermarket after that.
Andy
9 months ago |Sorry for the profanities and for calling you a spoiled baby, but again if this camera doesn’t have what you want from a camera there are other cameras that do. Surely you know this if you have such extensive experience in photography. There’s no need for this constant complaining on a rumor site about the lack of a wired remote like you do, just take it up with Sony directly if you think that would help. I just don’t understand why you keep requesting a remote on this site.
acolyte
9 months ago |Andy, I’m working for a software company. The users were using software 10-15 years old. Then they complain about something missing in the new system – even though that old system is unusable, or that ‘missing’ thing was deemed unnecessary.
Not all of us accept changes the same way :
velodesign
9 months ago |Ok fine
Usb wired I can handle from your reasons above. Battery life may be an issuse, and multiple people with ir setting the camera off is valid.
But this one would be better,
Make the camera WEATHERPROOF.
Do both of those, and you will get another purchase, probably from clyde too
Allan
9 months ago |i agree !! it would be really interesting have a wheatherproof nex-7 !!
and probably more a wonderful thing !!
Clyde
9 months ago |I’ve already pre-ordered both NEX-7 and a77. Sony isn’t losing anything with me just because I wish it had not lost certain functionality that is very useful. I’m way too invested in the glass to not support the systems, and I really believe that Sony is producing the finest cameras in history. I believe in them more than you know. I’m indebted to them for saving my Alpha Mount investment too, and thankful they allowed so much Maxxum DNA to roll over.
If I was ready to jump ship, then I wouldn’t be so adamant about $1200 pro featured cameras losing a fundamental function. But I am… because it did.
Allan
9 months ago |Some people are thinking that the image quality of the nex-5n could be better than nex-7…
that could be a really sad thing !!
what do you think about ?
Nawaf
9 months ago |2/3-1 stop worse? I wouldn’t mind that if I get more detail out of a shot.
RAW performance should be much better compared to jpeg.. Olympus’s jpeg engine is much better, Sony still sucks at that.
Clyde
9 months ago |You guys just don’t realize what’s lost by not having wired remote. I haven’t even mentioned all the lost functionality. In addition to the numerous lists above:
No Exposure Bracketing…
No DR Bracketing…
No WB Bracketing…
This is all very important for HDR imaging. You don’t want to be touching the camera when it fires the multiple frames necessary to produce a quality image.
No Speed Priority Continuous… No Continuous at all… No Self Timer… No 3 image Self Timer…
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That’s it… I’m done complaining about it on this thread. If the case I’ve presented is not enough to get others to voice the same concerns then Sony should never have put these features in the camera in the first place. No one will use them… and if they did, they should know that these features are not reaching their fullest potential by forcing togs to touch the camera when engaging them.
I have no direct line to Sony… This site supposedly does, and supposedly represents our concerns for the cameras we use. If there was another outlet, then I’d use it… believe me. But if others would understand how much we lose by not having wired remote, then Sony may take note from multiple voices… whereas my single voice alone would only be scoffed at… just like it is here.
No more about this from me on this thread. But I will not stop voicing my desires. None of you would.
Lastly… you want to know how long the delay is on single shot. Check this Youtube video on a new iPhone AP that offers IR remote. Sounds good huh? Watch… he says “it’s instant”… it’s not. It’s a very long delay, and doesn’t control focus. The standard IR remotes work the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eydPCTdnJz0
Watch it.
acolyte
9 months ago |No self timer???
Oh and no! This site doesn’t have direct line to Sony! Admin mentioned that his poll may not even make it to Sony, but if Sony sees it, it would be useful.
Isn’t there exposure bracketing?
Clyde
9 months ago |Exposure bracketing is a drive mode just like continuous mode. So is IR mode. Can’t select them at the same time. A wired remote allows all modes to be accessed independently from remote function.
Brian
8 months ago |I was also disappointed about the lack of a wired remote as i use bulb mode a lot. Can you use an ir remote in bulb mode? How about for night photography? has anyone here done this? This may be the only deal breaker for me buying the NEX 7 as i do a lot of long exposures.
Zesix
6 months ago |$1,500.00!
Sony forgot to add tethered driver for this camera.
That flash is useless, unless Red Eyes are your things.
$600.00 USD for a flash.
Don’t buy it.