Sony USA accepting NEX-7 orders! Review conclusions from LL.

You can now buy your NEX-7 body only at SonyStore USA (Click here). UPDATE. No more preorders yet! It will be shipped to you in mid-late January. I have been told that also other Sonystores in Europe will soon ship their first NEX-7 cameras and accept new preorders. And curiously, this will only happen with the body only version. The full kit will not be available until late February! And the first NEX-7 on [shoplink 10708 ebay]ebay sold for $3.245,00 (Click here to see it)[/shoplink]!!! Yeah, and that’s body only :)
Luminous Landscapes published their final NEX-7 verdict (Click here) and the following statement explains why people pays that crazy price for a NEX-7: “I’ll start this conclusion chapter with my bottom line summary. The NEX-7 is the most exciting camera that I’ve had the pleasure of using in the past five years. ”

Full NEX-7 preorders list.These are all search links. Some stores may not have the NEX-7 for preorder at all: [shopcountry 8454].

50mm f/1.8 for NEX release delayed til mid February! (But available in Asia)


The european and american release of the new 50mm f/1.8 lens for NEX has been delayed til mid February. Many Sonystores (like Germany) are now reporting the new availability date. But the lens is already in Stock in asian stores like Amazon in Japan.

BHphoto still says the lens will be available in December but Sonystore USA sent the following note to current 50mm preorders: “We would like to inform you we are experiencing a delay with your Sony order. The following item SEL50F18 has been rescheduled to ship on 03/02/2012.“

Download the NEX-7 pdf file! First price drops on the NEX-5n + free $50 gift card with NEX-5/3.

While the NEX-7 is not available yet you can now take some lessons about your future camera by downloading the official pdf brochure: Dropbox via SonyAlphaNex.

And if you need a camera now than you might get the NEX-5n which just got his very first $50 price drop (via noisycamera). Problem is that it is backordered for 30 days :(
Black NEX-5n with 18-55 kit lens at ABT (Click here).
Silver NEX-5n with 18-55 kit lens at ABT (Click here).
Black NEX-5n body only at ABT (Click here).

The Sony A65 is available as kit with lens and accessories via third party resellers on Amazon (Click here). And Amazon is also offering a free $50 gift card when purchasing a selection of cameras (Click here to see the list that includes the NEX-5/3).

 

(UPDATED) NEX-7 shipping tomorrow in USA!


UPDATE: there is another good news for our USA readers. As you can see from the screenshot above (Thanks William!) the NEX-7 will start shipping tomorrow from Sonystyle!

The very first Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lenses are (UPDATE: now WAS) in Stock in USA at BHphoto (Click here). In Europe and Asia the Zeiss lens in Stock at Amazon Germany (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), Amazon France (Click here), [shoplink 10611 ebay]Cameracentre (Click here)[/shoplink], Digitalrev (Click here),

Zeiss 24mm for NEX in Stock status. NEX-5/3/VG10 firmware info leaked!


I keep getting good news all the time now ;) After the new Tamron announcement and NEX-7 shipment news I also can post you the first pdf with the NEX-5/3/VG10 firmware info. It’s coming veeery soon! Download the pdf here: nexvg.info/VG10_fw_update.pdf. (A SAR reader just told em that the linsk ahs been found by Christopher Ashworth).

And here is the new in Stock status of the Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 for NEX.
It’s in Stock in Europe at Amazon Deutschland (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), Sony Sweden (Click here) and [shoplink 10547 ebay]Cameracenter UK (Click here)[/shoplink].
In Asia/Australia at Sony Australia (Click here), Digitalrev (Click here) and [shoplink 8450]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Still not in Stock in North America: SonyStore US (Temporarily out of Stock) and Sony Canada (In February only?).