Here you will read a new set of links I did receive in those hours:

Image samples

NEW: You can use that MAC software (dpreview forum) to open and convert A77 RAW files!
NEW: ISO samples at Quesabesde (Spanish).
NEW: NEX-5N Gestion du bruit électronique at Focus Numerique
NEW: Sony NEX-5N Preview at Photographyblog
NEW: Sony Alpha NEX-7 preview at Cameralabs
Firmware v1.0 test shots at fotomagazin.de (you can downlaod a zip file with A77 images!).
Sony DT 16-50mm Lens Photos at Photographyblog.
Carl Zeiss 24mm E-mount Lens Photos at Photographyblog.
Sony 55-210mm E-Mount Lens Photos at Photographyblog.
Sony NEX-5N Photos at Photographyblog.
Sony Alpha A65 SLT Sample Photos at ePhotozine.
Sony NEX 55-210mm OSS Zoom Lens Sample Photos at ePhotozine.
A77 image samples at Photoscala.
Gallery of A77 photos from the Japanese official site of Sony and Popphoto.
Gallery of A65 photos from the Japanese official site of Sony and on ePhotozine.
Sony Alpha NEX-5N Sample Photos at ePhotozine.

Preorders

Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Jessops UK (Click here) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony A77 body only at Amazon (Click here), Jessops UK (Click here) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony A65 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only), Jessops UK (Click here) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony A65 body only at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only), Jessops UK (Click here) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony NEX-7 body only at Amazon (Click here), Jessops UK (Click here) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony NEX-7 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (notification only) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only), Jessops UK (Click here) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only) and Sonystore (Click here).
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 E-mount at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony 50mm f/1.8 at BHphoto (notification only) and Sonystore (Click here).
Sony 55-210mm E-mount at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only) and Sonystore (Click here).

Youtube and Vimeo videos

NEW: Sony NEX-VG20 Promotional and Sample Videos at Sonyalphanex.
Sony A77 underwater video on youtube.
Sony VG-20 video on facebook.
Sony A65 Promo Video Japan Version HD on youtube.
Sony NEX5N Promo Video Japan Version HD on youtube
A77 commercial on youtube.
Sony A77 ripped apart on youtube.
1 minute of Sony CEO on youtube.

Press release and Reviews

NEW: Sony NEX-5N Preview at Photographyblog
NEW: Sony Alpha NEX-7 preview at Cameralabs
Sony NEX-5N Preview at Photographyblog.
Sony A77 Preview at Photographyblog.
NEX-7 Preview at Photographyblog.
Pictures of the Sony event in Malaysia on Facebook.
Sony NEX-7 high-end APS-C mirrorless camera first look at Dpreview.
Sony SLT-A65 Hands-on Preview at Dpreview.
A77 Sample videos at Dpreview.
Sony SLT-A77 & NEX-7 Hands-on First Look at Photoxels.
Sony LA-EA2 Helps Turn Your NEX into an Unwieldy Camera at Petapixel.
The A77 magensium alloy at Alphacorner.
Sony NEX-5N Performance at Imaging Resource.
VG-C77AM vertical grip at Itmedia (japanese).
Sony also announced new lens caps that will be available in 2012..LOL. Images at DC.watch.
Sony A65 at AlphaNumerique (french)
Sony VG-20 at Digitalcamerareview and Akihabara
LE-EA2 pictures at DC.watch
German Sony A77 page
German Sony A65 page
Colorfoto (german)
Alpha-foto.at (german)
Sony NEX-5N on youtube.

UPDATE: I have been requested by Sony to remove the video because the very first 20minutes of the video where “private”. Sony thought that I recorded the video but the tuth is that the recorded video has been put online by Sony itself via livestreaming(!) I think Sony didn’t know that livestreaming streams AND records everything so that it is automatically available also after the liveshow!!!

I told Sony that they have the video currently visible and available for everyone on their website! So it’s not SonyAlphaRumors showing the “naked” video :) I will of course not link to it yet but I hope they will cut the “private” part and make it available again later because many Sony readers here really enjoyed the official Q&A session with Paul!

P.S: I am surprised Sony team doesn’t know how livestreaming works!

Video ont op: The A77 gets wet :)

Photographyblog (Click here) just informed that: “Today at 7.30pm BST, Sony UK will be hosting a live Web chat on its Facebook page. The company’s photography expert, Paul Genge, will be there to answer any questions you might have about the products announced today. If interested, visit the website below, hit the “Like” button, and join the conversation.”

Click here: http://www.facebook.com/SonyUK.   And our UK readers can preorder the new Sony stuff at Jessops (Click here).

UPDATED preorder list:

Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here) and Jessops UK (Click here).
Sony A77 body only at Amazon (Click here) and Jessops UK (Click here).
Sony A65 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only) and Jessops UK (Click here).
Sony A65 body only at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only) and Jessops UK (Click here).
Sony NEX-7 body only at Amazon (Click here) and Jessops UK (Click here).
Sony NEX-7 with 18-55mm lens at BHphoto (notification only).
Sony NEX-5N with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (notification only) and Jessops UK (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N at Amazon (Click here) and Bhphoto (notification only).
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 E-mount at Amazon (Click here) and Bhphoto (notification only).
Sony 50mm f/1.8 at BHphoto (notification only).
Sony 55-210mm E-mount at Amazon (Click here) and Bhphoto (notification only).

This page gets continually updated! Keep checking for news (latest added news on top of each category). But please to not hit the reload button every minute because it will make crash the server. Feel free to send me links to more interesting news at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com!

Preorder now!

All new Sony cameras and lenses are available for preorder at Amazon US (Click here).

Previews and Reviews

NEX-7 hands on at lense.fr (french).
NEX-7 preview at Dpreview
A77 camera porn at DC.watch :)
Image of the wheatersealed design at Sonystyle.
Hands-on at Luminous Landscape.
HOT!Full A77 review at Imaging Resource. Including full size images and ISO test!
The Zeiss 24mm MTF graph at Sony Japan (japanese)
A77 and A65 preview at Alphamountworld.
NEX-7 preview at Alphamountworld.
A77 preview at Hardwarezone.
HOT! Sony NEX-7 preview with video on Engadget.
A good preview summary at Noisycamera.
Sony NEX-5N video preview by Engadget.
HOT!Sony A77 hands-on preview and video on Engadget.
First VG-20 video preview on youtube.
HOT! Sony NEX 5N preview at ThePhoBlographer.
HOT! Very first Sony A77 preview on Dpreview (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N preview at Dpreview.
Sony A77 preview at videoacademy (german).
Sony A65 preview at Dpreview.
HOT!!! You can see an A77 video here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/mL6KZXE96MW1/!!!
HOT!!! And here is the NEX-7 video: http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m6QSS5UVQ2CB2/
See the A77 specs graph via Amazon (Click here).

Image samples

First Zeiss 24mm image smaples at ePhotozine.
Fullsize image samples at Imaging Resource (scroll down to see them).
A77 full size(!) image sample at videoacademy.
Dpreview A77 image gallery.

Youtube-Vimeo

12 fps af test of a77 on youtube.
Sony A77 Promo Video on youtube.
Sony Alpha SLT A77 Hands on Video on youtube (german).
First videos taken with the A77 on Engadget!
First VG-20 video preview on youtube.
Sony Alpha 77- First look review by swissvideoacademy on youtube.
Sony A77 presentation on youtube.

Highlights

Engadget says: “We love the 24.3 megapixel sensor, but the camera’s OLED viewfinder is the star of the show.”

Links to Press release

A77 and A65 at Quesbaesde (spanish)
NEX-7 at Quesabesde (spanish).
Heise (german)
Digitalkamera (german)
NEX-7 press release form Sony Europe.
A77 and A65 press release from Sony Europe.
Sony NEX cameras and lenses at Systemkamerablog (german).
Techradar (with UK pricing)
PCworld.
Alphanumerique (french)
DSLRmagazine (spanish).
A beautiful NEX-7 site made by Sony Japan (in japanese only!).
Sony Japan (japanese).
A77 at Focus Numerique (french)
NEX-7 at Focus Numerique (french)
NEX-5N and A65 at Focus Numerique (french)
A77 and A65 at the suisee magazine fotointern (german)
Sony announcement at Digitalcamerainfo.
A65 and A77 at Digitalcamerareview.
Sony NEX-7 at Dpreview.
Sony NEX-5N at Dpreview.
The new Sony A and E-mount lenses at Dpreview.
Sony A77 announced on Dpreview!
A picture of the press release on US Today (Click here).

Social Media (and reactions)

Live Sony event tweets by JVS on Twitter.
SAR group on Google+ and Facebook

Preorder the new stuff!

Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here).
Sony A77 body only at Amazon (Click here).
Sony A65 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here).
Sony A65 body only at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-7 body only at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N at Amazon (Click here).
Sony 16-50mm A-mount at Amazon (Click here).
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 E-mount at Amazon (Click here).
Sony 50mm f/1.8 E-mount at Amazon (Click here).
Sony 55-210mm E-mount at Amazon (Click here).

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Anthony Chau sent us that size comparison. Thanks! Click on the picture to enlarge the image. And Hisashi Jimmy sent us the drawing he made and posted at Mobile01. It shows the size of the LA-EA2 adapter. You can see it here:

And here you can find another (Click on the image to enlarge). The source link is here on Flickr.

Sony announced two new binoculars with built-in recording features (the DEV-3 and DEV-5)! You can read a preview written by our freind David Kilpatrick at Photoclubalpha (Click here). A full press release is available at Engadget (Click here).

UPDATE: You can already buy the two binoculars at Amazon US:
DEV-3 at Amazon (Click here).
DEV-5 at Amazon (Click here).

Below you can see a first preview made by a suisse website (there are english subtitles):

One more thing: David wrote: “An invitation to a Sony event on August 15^th seemed perfectly timed for the announcement of the Alpha 77 and 65, NEX-7 and NEX-5n. In fact, those cameras are to be launched in Greece before August 24^th when their embargo will be lifted – and Photoclubalpha, as a very minor player in this business, is not on the guest list.”

Yes, the new Sony cameras and lenses will be announced in a huge event in Greece on August 24. And I found it pity that Sony didn’t invite David. Doesn’t matter how small his website is, he is a long time Alpha shooter and writer! Come one Sony!