(SR4) A77 body only will cost 1.000 Euro in Europe. A77 production costs are low!
After a two days troubles with hacked code and new server installation I can finally go back to normal news coverage. A trusted source just sent me the price in Euro of the A77 body. As you know two weeks ago I told you that the A77 camera + 18-55mm kit lens would cost $1099. Now I am pretty sure the A77 body only will cost 999 Euro in Europe! I think that’s a very good price if the image and body quality is on top as we expect it to be! I also expect street price to be around 950 Euro.
That’s less than the main competition:
Check Canon 7D price at Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
Check Nikon D7000 price at price at Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
I have been told that this is possible because the translucent cameras can get rid of the expensive optical viewfinder system. Production costs should be around 15-20% less than classic DSLR cameras!
One more thing: I know from trusted that the price of raw glas almost doubled in a bit more than one year!
Bernd
2 years ago |One of the drawbacks of the electronic viewfinder will be its limited life expectancy- there was nothing like that in previous DSLRs. The upside might be that it perhaps can be exchanged easily at low cost…uh..I better wake up now.
Spoon
2 years ago |I have a feeling that a well made EVF will outlast the shutter and even flipping mirrors found in regular DSRL’s several times.
Geir
2 years ago |Unless some malfunction, there are no way the EVF is going to have a problem with life expectancy.
imanayAieR
2 years ago |at least its not that worry bout fungus…
E
2 years ago |Short life-span of bodies was introduced with sensors
/E
mike/Canada
2 years ago |1000.Euro @ exchange of 1.4 would equal 1400.00 Canadian or about 1430. American
pancanikonpus
2 years ago |wow! the rumor is shifted from begining as we told 1000USD. Now it cost normal kit for 1000Euro. The currency conversion to USD will be much more. If seeking higher quality kit wil cost 1399Euro.
I feel it is start getting expensive and expensive
let see how true on official annoucement. worst case I will continue use my 600D.
Dream is getting far a way~~~~
lol ….
kybel
2 years ago |it will be 1$ = 1€ as always
pancanikonpus
2 years ago |really? who else will buy the camera at europe?
Gunnar
2 years ago |its allways been 1$ = 1€ for gadgets.. thats why i`m happy not to be in europe when it`ll be available.. for the price difference i might get some nice glas
Vlad
2 years ago |You really have no idea how it all works?
roman
2 years ago |And in some (smaller) European countries it is even more…
kalpurush :)
2 years ago |I think so too
Gunnar
2 years ago |good i`m not in europe at that time
so i wont need to pay the “eurotax” .. hope the lower production cost have nothing to do with less quality body or less dials/buttons. to be honest for a big body and tank like build with tons of external controls like the minolta D7 i`d gladly pay more, thats the kind of cam you keep for ages
Emopunk
2 years ago |@ Gunnar +1: I really think most of us have a common feeling with what you say.. And I hope this camera is not competing with Nikon D7000, since it’s supposed to be a step above.. Better if it can compete with upcoming D400 instead!
Matt
2 years ago |The EVF is OLED so the life will be very good unless you start getting dead pixels. Since OLED is quite new nobody knows really.
Pity they won’t be refreshing the A850/900 with the new sensor. How hard could it possibly to charge the inners?
john
2 years ago |What new sensor?
Disinto
2 years ago |The ‘eurotax’ is a fantasy. The standard VAT is merely applied compared to the US price which artificially makes the exchange rate poor.
LEdgars
2 years ago |VAT in different EU countries is between 15-25%, usually 20%. Difference between US/Asia prices and EU sometimes is even 40%.
Disinto
2 years ago |It obviously depends on the exchange rate also. Xrate have become completely fucked up during the financial crisis
Vlad
2 years ago |Salaries are different too.
p
2 years ago |Well the A55 have MSRP $749 in USA and €850 i Europe(taken from Dpreview) so if the MSRP $1099 is correct for the A77+18-55mm kit lens in USA it means it will have a MSRP on approximately €1250 in Europe so i do not think it will have MSRP €999 for body only…sounds a bit to good to be true.
Spoon
2 years ago |Then again, Euro buyers get an extra year (2 years minimum) of warranty with everything they buy.
My December
2 years ago |Lol, its not really considered ‘cheap’.
Hopefully the image quality and ergonomics really rectifies that price.
vinh
2 years ago |Why dont they made the same-price camera with 7D but much higher quality. I need quality…..
imanayAieR
2 years ago |the issue is how europe impose tax for import goods, even u buy it in US and ship it back to europe, u get tax back to the same amount, so, its not diff to pay that amount in europe.
acerlim
2 years ago |last time the rumour say will be like the price of canon 60D, but now…. in euro currency. XD
sonyboy68
2 years ago |The new A7X will cost officially
1.300 euros body only
1.500 euros with 18-55mm Kit
1.800 euros with 16-50mm Kit
Street prices are different
Irfan
2 years ago |There is no such thing as “street” prices for Sony due to Sure program. If it’s officially 1,300 than that’s street prices too.
SGer
2 years ago |Check the prices of Sony Lenses and DSLRs in HK’s camera shops. Compare it against Sony’s official retail price. It can be a 20% difference in some cases.
khai
2 years ago |yes there are street prices..check ur local dealers..
Dulaney Ward
2 years ago |Sony’s Sure program is just in the US, isn’t it?
acolyte
2 years ago |Wait are you making this up or is this a rumor? lol
zstan
2 years ago |‘price of raw glass going up’
LOL. so now its cheaper body but more expensive lenses?? right… =/
RTI
2 years ago |Good price, but I’m very skeptical regarding mentioning Canon 7D as a rival, nikon d7000 – yes, Canon 7D is in another league though, but let’s wait and see for the official specs and hands-on.
Gunnar
2 years ago |..sorry i dont get this, when speaking of specs how is the C7D so superior to the D7000? i feel the whole Canon APS-C family is technicly nearly identical, with the difference basicly in the housing, ergonomics.. i think the canon lineup is a mess, as a customer i would allways fear them to release the same camera with just one button more or a single feature more the next day, after buying from them.. if the A77 is (spec-wise) not a big step ahead of the D7000 or C7D i`d be surprised.
it would have been good for them to not throw away much of their Minolta-Cam heritage
..when it comes to ergonomics, thats a different story, i feel Sony has to learn a lot there
Nawaf
2 years ago |I’m with you on this one. The 7D is in a different market, the pro’s will know what I’m on about. The body, weather sealing, and button layout are just a few examples of how they are different.
Only downside to the 7D is the noise, but it can be removed easily using software. It has a long life cycle compared to other cameras out there so you really don’t have to worry of something new coming along every year to replace it.
We still don’t know where the A77 sits yet. All will be revealed soon I hope.
Vlad
2 years ago |What is so different about it? More metal and a slightly better AF?
Pacman
2 years ago |23 days.
Colamango
2 years ago |Announcement not mean will show A77 Pricing.
kalpurush :)
2 years ago |Yes, it will – for example, a35 – we know how much the price is
pancanikonpus
2 years ago |countdown is copyright! do not copied me
Carl
2 years ago |Only people with an alpha mount camera are allowed to count down, I’m afraid to say. You’ll have to stick to counting down until the Canon 7D mkII is out.
Gunnar
2 years ago |pancanikonpus
2 years ago |i will prepare max. $1400 for a77 if the selling price within it… hopefully
SonyA77
2 years ago |LOL
pancanikonpus
2 years ago |how you are know he is used alpha camera
Simon_P
2 years ago |Glass has different grade, and the cost for optical glass should increase less than that
p
2 years ago |Canon 60D have MSRP $1099 in USA and €1149 in Europe…Nikon D7000 have MSRP $1199 in USA and €1189 in Europe so yes if the MSRP $1099 is correct for A77 i would say its in the same ballpark as Canon 60D and Nikon D7000 in terms of price.
pancanikonpus
2 years ago |anyone know about “fish bone type” LCD screen in previous SAR?
everytime the rumor come and left in a blank
lol….
tanglefoot
2 years ago |Exactly – this is the one bit of information that has got me interested in actually buying the A77.
I love quirky angles where using the viewfinder is no go & live view screens the fold out from the side/bottom dont work for me because there is often the ground/a wall etc in the way.
I love the screens a la A350/A580 etc but get annoyed when i have the camera stuffed in a corner & cant quite see the screen because i need to flip it to the side a bit…
I have no inside info, but my best guess is that the hinge will be sort of a ‘Y’ shape with the 2 parts at the top of the ‘Y’ fixed to the camera body & the single bottom part of the ‘Y’ fixed to the centre of screen so it can be rotated up & down as usual but with a certain amount of left and right movement too…
Though it does sound a little vunerable…?
If tha A77 has a feature like this then i want one badly. BUT I’m not 100% sold on the EVF thing, my other cameras take really good photos where, other than a lack of screen articulation, the only real limiting factor i have is the chump sitting behind the camera…so we’ll see…
Danonino
2 years ago |Wow, really cool with a tranluscent camera that will be, well, tranluscent! My friends will be sooo jealous!
Gunnar
2 years ago |first they would need to invent translucent magnesium alloy
since thats what the housing will be made of.. hopefully!
SonyA77
2 years ago |Well there is already transparent aluminium, oh wait, that was Star Trek.
Gunnar
2 years ago |Steve
2 years ago |Agreed,
The 35mm camera was an engineering marvel
My old Nikon F2 and my first AF camera my Minolta 9000 were both beautiful machines and both still work like the day they came out of the box and you could tell, just by the way they fit into you hand the quality and the skill in manufacturing.
I can’t say the same for some of the more recent cameras I’ve used.
The Alpha 850 and 900 both have that solid and precision manufacturing feel to them, and I also wonder about the new stuff.
Although maybe it really doesn’t matter because after two years, planned obsolescence come to play and we are trained to buy again something new.
Vlad
2 years ago |I really hope good quality cameras start to come back. Like the X100.
Carl
2 years ago |The programme back on my 9000 is dead. The camera itself still works, though.
V
2 years ago |Hm, if the price will be 1.000 euro in the Europe, that mean that it will be around 1.500 euro or more in Croatia, that is also part of the Europe… That’s how is it always with the cameras in our country…
PhotoNut
2 years ago |I don’t believe the $1,000 euro price if the camera will also sell for $1,000 in the USA.
The only way the A77 will be $1,000 with all the rumored/hyped claims of best APS-C camera ever is if the camera body is made of cheap plastic and other components.
Sony never sells good stuff that cheap.
I’d rather pay good money for a camera that is not crippled and will last a good amount of time and is designed with features that suit the advanced shooter than one that is cheap but full of cost saving, image or experience degrading gimmicks.
kalpurush :)
2 years ago |Sony never sells good stuff that cheap.
Agree^^^ regarding other electronics, BUT not with dSLR cameras – look at the a850/900, the price difference with Canon/Nikon is $1000 straight.
Yes, Sony can and will (to overtake other competitors)IMHO
ageha
2 years ago |Well, it depens on where you look. In Singapore a brand new A900 is still at least S$1000 more than a new D700.
hiepphotog
2 years ago |How about A900 and D3x, since they share the same sensor? A850 is definitely cheaper than 5DM2 as well. D700 doesn’t have a 20+ MP sensor.
ageha
2 years ago |I believe the price but I don’t think it will be an awesome camera for that price. Hopefully the price is just wrong. Otherwise I guess the A77 will be just a A35 with more buttons in a bigger case and with more pixels, done.
Dude
2 years ago |Why don’t you believe that?
A lot of electronic products prices are converted 1:1 US$ to €.
electronic products are more expansive in Europe…
Vlad
2 years ago |Prices are not converted 1:1.
Almond
2 years ago |There is no way this camera is going to cost <$1000 for body or $1200 with a 16-50/2,8 lens.
Have fun being dissapointed..
Marc
2 years ago |1,000 € is definitely a good price … if that’s the real price the A77 body is going to cost.
Now that the A35 was officially announced as $599 (body only), what do you think about $699-$799 (699€-799€) for the planned A57 (or A65) that is probably going to be presented on July 7th ?
I think Sony is going to place that new SLT camera right between the A35 and the A77. Not getting the sensor from the A77, but should definitely get a tiltable screen and a larger capacity battery than the A35.
ageha
2 years ago |OLED has a much shorter MTBF than TFT.
kalpurush :)
2 years ago |Andrea, please get some real pictures for the upcoming a77 and more info regarding the 16-50mm/2.8 lens from your sources
acolyte
2 years ago |The 16-50/18-50 please.
Steve Jones
2 years ago |There’s no doubt that the EVF allows for the removal of a whole lot of expensively engineered precision moving parts now that there is no need to flip a mirror in a fraction of a second. Also the pentaprism will have been a significant cost item. Against that, electronics get ever cheaper and more reliable.
Sensel
2 years ago |Glass is mostly made from sand. So sand has doubled in price? or more likely, some kind of raw glass source broke, got bought, is raising prices for no good reason, or some other reason that is not a good reason to double the price.
Mistral75
2 years ago |Thegre is a bit of energy involved in making glas out of sand
.
acolyte
2 years ago |Electricity. Oil prices?
Will
2 years ago |Maybe the glass being referenced is the glass on the LCD screen. That kind of glass is always expensive because everyone always wants the most fingerprint-less, unscratchable, unbreakable kind of glass — and that kind of glass is always brand new technology. Plus maybe Apple bought up all of it for their iPads.
john
2 years ago |Optical glass cost up to $1000 for 2.2lbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am5wJUEiNAI
Time 00:48
Interesting vid to understand what all goes into the making of camera lenses and why they cost so much.
AL
2 years ago |Will I be able to frame and focus off the lcd? Say in a studio environment medium bright modeling lights. Manual mode with flash synched.
Any help appreciated.
HD
2 years ago |Is one of the kit lenses going to be a Zeiss? It looks like it
Edgars
2 years ago |Price also depends on selling volume. Leica cameras couldn’t cost cheap not only because its brand, but also because Leica never sold significant number of their cameras. The same is medium format cameras. I think Sony expect to sell huge amount of A77 cameras.
I remember, no one believed that price of a900 could be under 3000USD. It was!
One more aspect is magical “under 1000″. Someone remember first DSLR under 1000USD? In 2003 it was big buzz Canon EOS 300D with 6.3 MP in plastic body.
Ken
2 years ago |I need a new lightweight DSLR to replace my Pentax K-X.
I’m waiting for the new A57 or A77 patiently.
Hopefully, with A57 I will have a lightweight body with swivel LCD and be well under $1000.
Will the A77 body be much bigger than A57/A55?
Juan
2 years ago |I’m a bit concerned as well as to where this camera is expected to compete. Any precise information on this, Andrea?
You can easily find a 60d for $1,000 usd. And a d300s for about $1,200. But given that this cameras have been around for a bit, it isn’t very satisfying to hear that the a77 will perform better than them (and by how much?).
It worries me to hear that it will compete with the d7000. That, to me, should be a direct competitor for the a55.
Granted, they’re all just names and what really makes a difference in pictures is the photographer… But it would still be reassuring to hear that the a77 would be directly competing with the d400 and canon equivalent (7d?).
It makes a to difference to me knowing where sony considers this product to stand. It would be devastating if after all of this time (still happily using my a100), the camera i have been waiting for isn’t at the level of performance i was hoping.
Juan
2 years ago |ps: any information on a vertical grip, admin?
That is something i find absolutely necessary for a camera in this class. And if there is none… it further worries me.
SonyA77
2 years ago |What makes you think there isn’t a VG? There was one on the first mock-up!
Juan
2 years ago |thank you! i don’t really keep up to date with all the rumors or pictures being. So no, i have not seen it. And am very glad to hear it.
ageha
2 years ago |Who said the A77 will have anything to do with the 2 year old mock-up they kept showing for two years?
SonyA77
2 years ago |@ ageha
You really think that there will be no VG available for the A77? Stop being silly.
Juan
2 years ago |sorry, one last thing as an example…
Should we expect a d90 replacement (d9000?) to to be a competitor and possibly outperform the a77 in the near future?
harpo
2 years ago |I could be wrong, but it’s my understanding that the D7000 is the replacement for the D90.
SonyA77
2 years ago |The D7000 has already replaced the D90. From your comments I don’t think you understand the different Sony and Nikon models too well.
ieR
2 years ago |LMAO, u are funny, D7k was ‘quote by nikon’, NOT A D90 Replacement, its just how fanboy will go around telling people or define what D7k is. i used it for couple of month before selling it off back to my D300s… and when u compare the D7k to a D300/s its a toy camera!
u doubt u even understand nikons
A33/55 was never target to hit D7k market, it was mean totally for the ladies market in Japan(woman and house wife to video their kids), japanese has smaller hand… they target is to hit the “clean ladies market” with everything, even Nex has women user 4:1 to man… they dont have to please you, just the ladies
and i wont even bother to think D7k is competing with this that, look at the price, i could easily buy a good lens with A55 for the price of D7k, and still enjoy shooting.
SonyA77
2 years ago |You do realise that the D90 has been discontinued and replaced by the D7000 don’t you?
The D7000 is a whole different camera to the A55. They are a completely different class of camera.
Juan
2 years ago |Thank you,ieR. I remember hearing that too. That the d7000 is not a d90 replacement. Just couldn’t quote it.
And i too have played with the d300 and d7000.
It was very obvious (to me at least) that the d300 was a whole better class of camera. The class of camera i am hoping the a77 will be.
ieR
2 years ago |a77, you are ‘class’ing them too much, an i am pretty sure nikon did announce D7k is Not D90 replacement, and many review site quoted that too. D7k to me is a GREAT camera to begin with, heck my friend who plan to get D5100 i would suggest go straight to D7k, or they dont plan to go Pro, just family shooter, check out A55 for much more ‘family advantage’ that outweigh ‘pro advantage’
u think D7k is sooo pro, u dont even know nikon plan for their flagship D300 replacement, which is real killer which they class it as A77 rival. so i believe nikon knows that D7k cant rival a77.
Juan: D300/s totally DIFF class, although it has more noise due to the engine are put to work on CA etc, it does has less CA, distortion correction etc then D90 or D7k. much more prefect photo when there is enough light.
A77 will be something like a D300, or sony claimed, 7D killer.
heck i even expect nikon D500 (since 4 sound like ‘death’ to the japanese and chinese) to be release 1 month after A77 using A77 sensor!
again: let me stress that A55 is not aiming for D7k class users? but money worth wise, sony gave u more user feature bang for money. do u even think my sister would bother with the CLS or multiexpose or editing functions? NO. they wan pana sweep, face detection and fast af video! and SMALL body to fit their bags. ladies market! dudeeeee
nopt
2 years ago |I don’t know what Nikons you’ve been looking at but the D7000 is a completely different class of camera compared to the a55. Much larger, metal build, two control wheels etc. Like A77 said the a55 competes with the D5100.
Juan
2 years ago |Okay, now i know the d7000 is a d90 replacement. Thank you. I don’t follow nikon much.
Here we go,
Well, there are to ranges of aps dslr right?
stage 1) a3x/a5x…
stage 2) the a77.
As with nikon,
stage 1) d3000,d5000, d7000…
stage 2) d300…
Now do you see my logic?
If the a55 is the best “stage 1″ (lets just use that term for now…) camera, then shouldn’t it be competing with the d7000? I completely understand that it’s a different camera, from a different brand. And i know the a55 is a bit “inferior” to it…
But what i am trying to say is, I expect* sony to make the a55 to compete with the d7000.
Either that, or sony is seriously missing a camera in that range.
What i don’t* want, is for the a77 to fill that gap. Because then what do we have in “stage 2″ to compete with the upcoming d400??
acolyte
2 years ago |There’s no stage 1 and stage 2s here. I can’t even understand what Sony’s thinking with their new lineups, so don’t even try to categorize them much.
You can say that a55 is more advanced than a33, but trying to compare a55 to d7000 is stepping on landmines already..
Again, Sony is not trying to compete. They’re trying to make up stuff.
I apologize, but it still doesn’t sound like a worry to me. Sounds more like something to stir up the crowd, which doesn’t shed any light.
SonyA77
2 years ago |The D7000 is a different class to the A55.
A35 = D3100
A55 = D5100
A77 = D7000
Maveric19
2 years ago |I would agree with everything you posted but if you remember the a700 was competing against the d300 and the 40d. I think the whole photography and camera landscape is changing and all we can expect is more competition from canikon.
SonyA77
2 years ago |I didn’t compare my A700 to the D300 due to the D300 having LV, weather sealing and a 100% coverage view finder that was also bigger. It also for example has micro AF adjust. People won’t like it, but the A700 compares more favourably with the D90.
Sony has never really had an answer to the D300, the A700 was close though.
pancanikonpus
2 years ago |D7000 = The Mist, A77 = John Cena, A99 = Undertaker!
acolyte
2 years ago |Juan, this is a rumors site, and those kind of questions are much better asked in d****.com or d*******.com (though I dislike the latter due to the bias).
Andrea does not throw you information directly from Sony, but from others who would like to pass on rumors. I am more concerned that you’re trying to stir up something that people wouldn’t understand.
Nikon is Nikon. Sony is Sony. Why do they have to be the same level as each other? Why must one camera have a direct competitor?
I am from a country which advertising does not allow one brand to show another brand in their ad. Even until know I still can’t understand why people try to compare Canikon & Sony. Sony, with its capital, try to make (albeit weird) breakthroughs in DSLR/T. It’s pretty naive, if I may say, to try to compare it.
Maybe it’s because I’m not a 30-years SLR user, but you can pretty much get my point.
juan
2 years ago |I am NOT trying to stir anything up at all. But it is* a very real concern.
As a customer who has been waiting so long, I would really like to know where this camera will stand. I know all too well that technology will always advanced, and the current cameras will become obsolete.
But, I want to know I’m getting the camera I want right now, because I want it to last me for a very long time. I will be very upset if 6 months from now, sony announces another camera. Canon 7d-esque.
Of course cameras have to compete (to a certain degree, and not necessarily in the same ways). And you can* see which compete with eac other. Is it so wrong for people to look at two similar cameras, from different brands, and try to decide which to get by which performs better? I don’t think so.
If I wasn’t so heavily invested in lenses, I would have considered switching to the 7d when it came out.
I’m not strictly asking the admin. I was hoping this community could help.
Again, I’d don’t really care which exactly the a77 will match up with. What I care about is truly getting “the best aps dslr”, as people having claiming it will be. Again, because it is a real investment for me.
Sonya77 JUST claimed “a77 = d7000″. So why are you attacking me?
I really don’t think you can disagree. Is that what you want to hear? That the a77 = d7000? I doubt it.
And I also believe that even you, like others, would expect the a77 to be the range of d400 etc. As the a700 was to d300. Am I wrong in that? I really don’t think so.
So please stop saying I’m stirring things up. This is a real concern for me.
SonyA77
2 years ago |See my reasons above for the A700 not being an exact equivalent to the D300. Then compare the A700 to the D90 and you will get a closer match.
acolyte
2 years ago |Now I see where lies the gap in your logic.
Here’s where it contradicts:
I’m not strictly asking the admin. I was hoping this community could help. -> But you referred to Andrea specifically.
Again, I’d don’t really care which exactly the a77 will match up with. What I care about is truly getting “the best aps dslr”, as people having claiming it will be. Again, because it is a real investment for me. -> But you keep stressing this point every other sentence
Of course cameras have to compete (to a certain degree, and not necessarily in the same ways). And you can* see which compete with eac other. Is it so wrong for people to look at two similar cameras, from different brands, and try to decide which to get by which performs better? I don’t think so. -> Not wrong, but in Japan, the main consumer market doesn’t think this way. They think more about the style. Sony is from Japan, ya know, not the US.
Sonya77 JUST claimed “a77 = d7000″. So why are you attacking me? -> Thta’s him, not Sony themselves or most of the community though.
I really don’t think you can disagree. Is that what you want to hear? That the a77 = d7000? I doubt it. -> Assuming I care, that I don’t.
And I also believe that even you, like others, would expect the a77 to be the range of d400 etc. As the a700 was to d300. Am I wrong in that? I really don’t think so. -> That’s where you’re wrong. I don’t expect, because Canikon and Sony has their own strengths. Canikon has mnemonics that they can use to compete against each other. Sony, being a young camera maker, can’t always expect them to match according Canikon’s mnemonics and market segments. They don’t bow down to Canikon. Sony is huge company, and as a lot of users here say, sometimes don’t care as much about their prosumers, sadly. They’d rather find out which makes the more money (And if Americans and pros doesn’t think so, the consumers do, as shown by the $$$ numbers)
So please stop saying I’m stirring things up. This is a real concern for me. -> Andddd there’s where it ends. It’s a concern for you, but it’s not a concern for me. So there’s where I’m ‘attacking’ you, as you put it. ‘Why is it a concern for you?’
You’re assuming that your concern is everyone else’s concern, which I was trying to figure out what kind. Everyone’s concerned about A77. Everyone’s concerned about Sony. In different ways.
So take a seat and relax and wait ’till A77 comes out. Wait for the first review and post all your stuff again. Until then, what the heck is an A77? All we know is it’s in a black or transparent box with some random switches
acolyte
2 years ago |Additional note: When you see the first reviews, be careful of ‘A77 performs worse/better than D7000′. I bet bias will be written all over the review.
Does Olympus/Pentax/Panasonic bow to Canikon’s segments by the way? This I don’t even know. All I know is they have micro 4/3 and Canikon haven’t released yet.
Juan
2 years ago |I HAVE been sitting back. For years now, since my a100. The reason i want to know is because I plan on investing a lot of money on this. Then wiping my hands and not worrying about buying another camera for a very long time.
They addressed the entry level consumers in grand fashion. I still think the a900 is an amazing camera, and we can see what canikon cameras are in that category. It’s what’s just beneath the a9xx that i want.
Sony is a very smart and aggressive company, and despite you saying they don’t, they are* competing with the other brands in the performance area. It would be stupid not to. They’re in this to win the market. If they are going to be aiming the a77 at the same consumers as the d700, Then i can bet that Sony has a card up their sleeve to win market share from d400…
Again, That is the camera i want. The top range sony aps camera that moment. If they announce the a77 now, then another model dslt when the d400 is released… All my waiting was for nothing. As a person who will be investing, and making a living using this camera, it matters. A lot. I’m not one to care about the “next” camera. But i care about this. I can’t just sit back, read the (i’m sure will be good) reviews, then buy one. Because that doesn’t tell me what sony plans on doing. Nobody know’s, and that has been frustrating as a loyal customer. Being kept out of the loop has not been easy.
For now, you are right, and i am always very conscious of this too. Model names are an arbitrary label amongst brands. But they are labels that classify them, nonetheless.
I’m not assuming it’s everyone else’s concern. But it’s something that is in plain sight, and is significant enough to address. And just because it isn’t important to you*, doesn’t mean you have to make it your personal vendetta to shoot me down. i appreciate your comments, and all the ones on this site. I know all too well the canikon bias elsewhere.
But i was hoping you, or anybody else, could give some sort of feedback. All i’ve gotten was “you’re wrong. a77=d7000″. That isn’t productive at all. And even that* statement is not correct. One can’t know if the a77=d7000 for now. These are rumors. So i am indeed on the right site to ask, not those others you told me to go to.
acolyte
2 years ago |Rather than a personal vendetta, it’s more like I don’t think you can get much out of this site if you want to ask that kind of long question. If I am you I’d rather ask that question in those site.
I just haven’t seen any posts similar to yours that has been answered satisfactorily. It’s a good concern, especially as a camera user, but in this site there might be a lot of posters who doesn’t even have an SLR..
In fact, personally I feel your question can’t be answered, simply because Sony is not looking at that direction. But also at the same time, you’re basically asking ‘Can anyone tell me what’s Sony plans is?’ which is one of the fruitless questions you can get answers for in this site.. For.. noone knows
All of us speculates..
Tester
2 years ago |trew
Jape
2 years ago |I can’t see why in europe you should pay €1000 for A77 when in same time you get same camera for $1000 in USA. €1000 is about 40% MORE than $1000. How can this be fair? Same product but huge price difference…
mugen
2 years ago |It’s always like this, unfortunately
acolyte
2 years ago |Yeah, unfortunately. Tell that to the marketers.
ieR
2 years ago |my reply when missing
due to TAX, simple, TAX… even u buy it from US, shipping it back to UK, you will end up getting tax at UK postal, bringing the value back to UK amazon prices.
Jape
2 years ago |They have TAXES in USA too, don’t they?
TAXES does not explain the main thing: If american buys this camera from USA, he/she gets it for $1000. If european buy this camera from one , say, EU country, he/she pays €1000 for it. Same product, both prices include local taxes etc. but those taxes does not explain 40% price difference.
I’m not talking about purhasing camera from USA and importing it to EU-area, because there will be, of course, local VAT and TOLL fees added.
Prices in USA has VAT and TOLLS (if product is originally imported to USA) included so that does not explain 40% price difference.
HMD
2 years ago |Will the a77 need a third party plug-in to connect to Adobe Lightroom?
ageha
2 years ago |No
SonyA77
2 years ago |What do you mean by “connect”? Adobe Camera RAW will need an update to support the A77 just like any other camera.
HD
2 years ago |Tethered.
SkyWays
2 years ago |Juan, d3100 and d5100 is completely different level of d7000 even though their Model range is in thousands.
D7000 is aimed at amateur photographer while the other two are for entry level.
skyways
2 years ago |@Juan, we got your logic, but I think you got it wrong.
Nikon D3100 and Nikon D5100 ( are entry level camera ) Which compete with A33 and A55. It is equivalent to Canon 500D,550D,600D.
Whereby Nikon D7000 ( are mid range camera )
Which will compete with A77, It is equivalent to Canon 60D range.
pancanikonpus
2 years ago |today is 16th June, 20 days to go orange77 annoucement!
today is 16th June, 20 days to go orange77 annoucement!
today is 16th June, 20 days to go orange77 annoucement!
Price Speculation
A77 18-55mm MRSP $999
A77 16-50mm f2.8 MRSP $1199
A77 MRSP $888
A65 18-55mm MRSP $799
A65 16-50mm f2.8 MRSP $999
A65 MRSP $688
RTI
2 years ago |Keep dreaming… “A77 16-50mm f2.8 MRSP $1199″, can’t see this happening, even if it’s a non “G” lens (not talking about Zeiss), but a lousy SAM – the lens alone could cost ~600$
Matt
2 years ago |Maybe the accountants took the day off during the pricing meeting LOL
ageha
2 years ago |Those prices are a safe indication for junk.
butch
2 years ago |and A65 might well be right up my ally. i like the small body of my A330 but want video and since all the A3x 5x are a slightly bigger body anyhow i might as well get more of the options. im not sure i really need the 24mp in the A77 but the OLED for sure woudl be nice
the kit “16-50 2.8″ will not be my cup of tea as i need a bit longer glass and with the “super ISO range” should be jsut fine with the cz16-80. hell even the 500R8 should work well with it with all the rumored iso range
P
2 years ago |Come on..MRSP $1199 for the A77+16-50/f2,8 will not happen.
The Nikon-kit D7000+18-105 have MSRP $1499 and the Canon-kit 60D+17-55/f2,8 have MSRP $1999
acolyte
2 years ago |one can dream.
Houckster
2 years ago |Which is it. Will the new A77 cost 1000 Euros or $1000? There’s a big difference here.
acolyte
2 years ago |Do read the beginning of the posts.
Houckster
2 years ago |You think I didn’t do that?
acolyte
2 years ago |Then you would know why is it both 1000 Euros and $1000.
richard
2 years ago |Wonder how much Sony NEX-7 cost, wish sony can come out better pancake lens. Like their rival panasonic 20mm 1.7 quality small lens.
Minoltian
2 years ago |I think the price of a77 will be = the price of a55 at that moment + 30000-40000 yen … in Japan….
Genaro Diaz , fotografo de boda en galicia
2 years ago |Buenos días .
Todos sabemos que la Sony A77 sera una gran camara , pero la impaciencia nos está poniendo un poco nerviosos.
Saludos.
We all know that the Sony A77 will be a great camera but the wait is long.
Regards from A Corunna, Spain.
Ricky Wilson
2 years ago |will the a77 have that same viewfinder of the a55? or will it be a normal dslr viewfinder. thanks
Houckster
2 years ago |The A77, according to the rumors will have a translucent viewfinder that is supposed to be substantially improved over that found in the A55. I believe that Sony is going to be using translucent viewfinders in most, if not all, of their future SLRs.
Zunkin
2 years ago |If this price turns out to be accurate it will be interesting to see what sort of features it will have. I hope they don’t cut back on the features with this model. I would rather pay a little more for a better camera. I’ve been waiting on the release of this camera rather than buying the a55 due to the fact that it was a bit lacking on some of the more advanced features that I am looking for and I found the view finder a bit too prone to RGB tearing. If sony can deliver a camera that matches or exceeds the 60D in features for a similiar or lower price I will be extremely impressed. I’ve played with the A55 and it was a surprisingly good camera. I am definately looking forward to this camera’s release. I hope it was worth delaying my camera purchase for it. If not, I can always just pick up the 60D and make do with its poor live view AF. I know a lot of other people who use cameras professionally laugh at live view as a means to compose your shots, but to be honest it’s a feature that I absolutely love when coupled with an articulated LCD. I do a lot of funky angle macro work and I can’t even count the number of times I have used this set up to get the shot. You see a lot of snobbery in the photography world when it comes to equipment and technique, but ultimately the proof is in the shot. It doesn’t matter how you got the shot. All the matters is that you got it and it’s good.