The Alpha 7 has broken new ground in the full-frame market, in terms of both size and price. While it's not perfect, the a7's compact size, broad feature set and very good raw image quality arguably make up for issues like relatively poor battery life and slightly overprocessed JPEGs.
May I suggest if you are buying this camera you try Wex Photograpic. It is the
same price but they give you an extra years warranty from Sony and you can get cash back @ 2.02%. Total saving about £16 for the cash back and £30 for the warranty.
Just checked the link, it's just £1 cheaper. fair enough.
Although the Wex offer with 2 years warranty is a good deal as well.
LittleChimp to rodman
8 May 17#25
Wow what a useful site! It will help me in finding the best price for lens, thank you very much.
Jawseff
8 May 17#24
The sensor is still full frame, sure. But the crop factor is reduced to 0.7x and by focusing light into the sensor with a reducer you actually gain a stop of light.
It's not for everyone and theres going to be a little distortion, but many people swear by speedboosters/ focal reducers so I wouldn't write them off completely.
airdsuk
8 May 17#23
For goodness sake, you are not seeing the ! in the article, its tongue in cheek.
Jawseff
6 May 172#3
Combine with a focal reducer and get yourself an incredibly affordable medium format camera!
It's a full frame camera, not a medium format camera.
omgpleasespamme to Jawseff
6 May 17#10
I watched the video and the guy says he's seen some shops selling it new for '600 bucks'. What currency is he talking about, is this a price before sales tax?
OliWarner to Jawseff
8 May 17#22
That allows you to mount medium format lenses. You're still only capturing a full frame size image. A reducer doesn't give you a MF camera.
You're also adding more glass so likely adding distortion, reducing light, etc.
GreeynyeiM
8 May 17#21
A little bit expensive...
eatmorefish
8 May 17#20
not hot
dj_lloyde
7 May 172#19
"flange" tee he he
Bobef90
7 May 17#18
Don't hesitate.
It's a brilliant camera.
I have found no issues with it in over two years of use.
US, Australian, Canadian? There's bound to be some other countries that use dollars that I can't think of right now.
afrocleland
6 May 17#13
Seems the going rate nowadays.
sparklehedgehog
6 May 17#12
Plus Sony did a price hike mid last year
sinxa
6 May 171#11
Bucks is dollars
Twevor
6 May 175#8
May I suggest if you are buying this camera you try Wex Photograpic. It is the
same price but they give you an extra years warranty from Sony and you can get cash back @ 2.02%. Total saving about £16 for the cash back and £30 for the warranty.
Jawseff
6 May 172#7
That's not what I said. By using a focal reducer with this full frame camera it gives off the look and feel of a medium format which before full frame mirrorless was impossible due to flange distances being too large.
Check out the video it's really interesting.
eatmorefish
6 May 17#6
Average price on amazon over the last year.
sinxa
6 May 17#5
Great camera, I think this is the mark 1?
tempt
6 May 171#2
It's a old model with lots of usability issues including AF. On the plus side, it's a known brand.
afroylnt
6 May 17#1
good price but I thought the autofocus isn't that quick on this model?
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DPreview review here
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-alpha-a7
The Alpha 7 has broken new ground in the full-frame market, in terms of both size and price. While it's not perfect, the a7's compact size, broad feature set and very good raw image quality arguably make up for issues like relatively poor battery life and slightly overprocessed JPEGs.
http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Sony/Sony-E-Mount-Cameras/Sony-Alpha-A7-Body
- rodman
£100 cashback
https://www.sony.co.uk/cashback/summer-cashback#interchangeablelenscameras1
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same price but they give you an extra years warranty from Sony and you can get cash back @ 2.02%. Total saving about £16 for the cash back and £30 for the warranty.
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https://www.sony.co.uk/cashback/summer-cashback#interchangeablelenscameras1
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-alpha-a7r-ii-a7rii-ebay-eu-seller-1817-2686656
(think Sony recently dropped the price by £500 - or rather they, dropped it back to pre-Brexit price level)
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/sony/alpha-a7r-ii-compact-system-camera-body-96949/show.html
http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Sony/Sony-E-Mount-Cameras/Sony-Alpha-A7R-Mark-II-Camera-Body
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Fony
http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Sony/Sony-E-Mount-Cameras/Sony-Alpha-A7-Body
Although the Wex offer with 2 years warranty is a good deal as well.
It's not for everyone and theres going to be a little distortion, but many people swear by speedboosters/ focal reducers so I wouldn't write them off completely.
5 Reasons to Buy a Sony A7 in 2017 - Medium Format on a Budget!
You're also adding more glass so likely adding distortion, reducing light, etc.
It's a brilliant camera.
I have found no issues with it in over two years of use.
I use my old canon lenses with an adapter.
Also my Canon flash ...albeit in manual mode
http://www.wexphotographic.com/sony-alpha-a7-digital-camera-body-1544410/
same price but they give you an extra years warranty from Sony and you can get cash back @ 2.02%. Total saving about £16 for the cash back and £30 for the warranty.
Check out the video it's really interesting.