SAR reader Sean sent me this image and message: “Hey! I love your site to death, and I thought some readers might enjoy this. NBA star Carlos Boozer just bought an [shoplink 8461]A77[/shoplink] from my store in Chicago. Viva alpha!”
I hope Carlos will not go mad when he will discover that the A99 is coming out soon. He should become a SAR reader too :)
P.S.: Carlos Boozer on Wikipedia.
Don’t know how reliable that info is but the largest worldwide online store Amazon just notified that the NEX-5R will start to be shipped from October 21th (Click here ot visit the product page). Anyway, not many of us seems to have ordered the new camera as it didn’t even manage to reach the top hundred of the mirrorless camera (pre)order ranking (Click here). I guess most of us are waiting for the September 12th announcement when Sony will unveil the NEX-6!
The “older” NEX-5N is many times more sold than the newer NEX-5R because of the $100 discount at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto(Click here).
Last week I reported how Sony will announce an E-Mount Full Frame camcorder on September 12th. It’s the VG900 and will be priced a little bit above 3.000 Euro/Dollars. Today Zeiss announced E-mount lenses that will cover the full Full Frame sensor size! With Full Frame I mean the standard photographic size of 36x24mm!
The two lenses announced are:
The CZ.2 70/200/T2.9 E -> Click here to get a shock on the price :)
The CP.2 25/T2.1 -> more info at Zeiss homepage
The A99, the NEX-6, the VG900, all new Alpha and E-mount lenses will be announced on September 12th afternoon (London time).
There are many new videos about the NEX-5R. here are some youtube links:
Official Sony ad, The Sony blog presentation, First look at Cnet, First look at Henrys, Hands-on at Digitalcameraworld, German hands-on at Chip.de.
And here is an update list of the preorders (please check AlphaCameraDeals.com for a full updated list!):
Europe:
Black NEX-5R with kit lens Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
Silver NEX-5R with kit lens at Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
White NEX-5R with kit lens at Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
USA:
Black NEX-5R body links to Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Black NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Silver NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
White NEX-5R with kit lens at Adorama, BHphoto.
Important personal note: The next months I will create a lot of new features around my parallell AlphaCameraDeals.com website. The idea is to separate Deals news from SonyAlphaRumors. For now I will list all preorder options ont his website (like for the NEX-5R) If you are interested in getting detailed and localized Sony deals info subscribe the RSS feed and join the Facebook page. Thanks!
Finally we have the proof for a statement I make from the day one of the Nikon D800 announcement. Chipworks analyzed the sensor and it has indeed been made by Sony! The sensor name is “IMX094AQP” :)
The small screenshot you see on top is coming directly from Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH …choose the country you want :) As you see our rumors were correct and this is a PZ (PowerZoom) 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens. As I told you before this is a pancake lens! I repeat it again: The NEX-6, the three new NEX lenses and all Alpha stuff (A99 and lens) will be announced on September 12th!
And here is the updated preorder list:
Black NEX-5R body links to Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Black NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Silver NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
White NEX-5R with kit lens at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
Sony HDR-AS15 HD action camcorder at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
White HDR-AS10 HD action camcorder at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Note: I will list all new Photokina Sony stuff at Alphacameradeals.com. It already contains a more complete list of all NEX-5R stores. Subscribe the RSS feed and join the Facebook page.
Note: This page will be continually updated. Reload the page from time to time. The NEX-6, A99 and FF NEX will be announced on September 12th!
Preorders:
Black NEX-5R body links to Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Black NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Silver NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
White NEX-5R with kit lens at BHphoto (Click here) and Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
Sony HDR-AS15 HD action camcorder at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
White HDR-AS10 HD action camcorder at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Note: I will list all new Photokina Sony stuff at Alphacameradeals.com. Subscribe the RSS feed and join the Facebook page.
Previews Hands-on and Reviews:
Hands-on preview at Dpreview. First impressions at ThePhoBlographer. Playmemories news at Dpreview and available on iTunes. Cnet. TheVerge. Hands-on review at Techradar. Hands-on preview at Imaging Resource. Detailed info about the APP function at Photoclubalpha. Hands-on pictures at Photographyblog. First impression at Digitalcamerainfo.
Image Samples:
Image quality test at Techradar.
Press Release:
Gizmodo. Digitalversus. ePhotozine. Photographyblog. Sony Blog. Pocket Lint, SystemKamera, AlphaNumerique. Photoclubalpha. Quesabesde. Photoscala.
Videos:
Hands on video at Engadget. German hands-on on youtube. English hands-on on youtube.
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