Dr. Harout wrote:Congrats Pako.
If I manage to sell my a700 (quite hard here cause it's not a C***n) I am seriously thinking of getting one, for serious street and travel photos (though I don't travel much.
Yes, the NEX 7 looks really nice and I would like to have one. I had a chance to see one here in Japan a few days ago. It was finally released here on 1/29 and coincidentally I was in a big electronics store that day and saw it. I had seen photos of it and read about it for some time already so mostly it was just as I expected: nice! I played with it for about 10 minutes and there was only one surprise. I was surprised how cramped the space between the hand grip and the lens is. I have normal size hands, certainly not big, and my fingers barely fit in that space while holding the camera. I found that when zooming (it had the 18-55mm kit lens attached) that the fingers of my right hand were interfering with turning the zoom ring with my left hand. I could turn it a bit, then reposition my fingers on the ring, and turn it a bit more. Slowed things down. I suppose after using it awhile though one would become used to it and find a new way to work with it that didn't result in interference.
The menus were all in Japanese (can't change the language for Sony cameras sold in Japan), but I poked around awhile. It would take a bit of getting used to using the user interface since it is quite different than the A700 and A100. They had a Sony rep at the store and when I was walking towards the camera area she had the NEX 7 in her hand and was wiping fingerprints off with a cloth. I looked at a Panasonic camera while she had the NEX 7 and after she was finished I walked over and played with it. Initially I thought the camera was turned off because when I looked through the EVF it was black. I checked and the switch was turned on so then I looked through the EVF again and moved the camera around. I then noticed a very dim view of some florescent light tubes on the ceiling. I then realized that the camera was set to M mode, ISO 100, 1/2000, and f11. It is good to know that the Sony reps know the best way to have the camera set so potential customers will immediately like it.
I poked around and was able to set it to A mode and then adjusted the aperture. The EVF, as expected, was quite nice in the store. I guess the same as the A77 that I had looked at there in December.
With the horrible dollar/yen exchange rate the price in Japan when converted to dollars is very expensive.
Dr. Harout wrote:Congrats Pako.
Who has the abilities of DK or Henry?
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For the price of new photo gear you can easily travel. It is a choice.
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. Hope we can see some samples?
