The A77 thread (cont'd)

Ahh,.. good to know. Sony only says:
"Capture expansive landscapes automatically. Press the shutter and sweep vertically or horizontally. The camera does the rest, continuously shooting images and stitching them together. Up to 23 MP image size. "

I've used some of their P&S models with the same description that don't have the option to take a horizontal pano with the camera in portrait orientation. Cool that they did figure that out!

Just found this info in a Canon Site

Hmmm http://www.eoshd.com/content/2727/sony-a77

I've read in a number of places on the web that the A77 announcement is to be delayed until next month as a result of the impact of the tsunami - see here, for example:

http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/29821/sony-a77/

Anyone know if this is correct?

peterbee wrote: I've read in a number of places on the web that the A77 announcement is to be delayed until next month as a result of the impact of the tsunami - see here, for example: http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/29821/sony-a77/ Anyone know if this is correct?

I have also heard that, but it makes no sense. The actual 'in-stores' date (October-ish?) being affected makes perfect sense. But a paper-launch announcement doesn't need a factory anywhere.

Premature evaluation me thinks.

Frank

The judgement day was shifted to August, as per the SAR update a few weeks back.

utcreeper wrote: peterbee wrote: I've read in a number of places on the web that the A77 announcement is to be delayed until next month as a result of the impact of the tsunami - see here, for example: http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/29821/sony-a77/ Anyone know if this is correct? I have also heard that, but it makes no sense. The actual 'in-stores' date (October-ish?) being affected makes perfect sense. But a paper-launch announcement doesn't need a factory anywhere.

Back on 22June, SAR wrote:

... original plan was to announce those cameras in July but the announcement has been delayed to late August because of the recent production issues that external suppliers had after the Tsunami-Fukushima disaster ...

While they're only laying the blame at the foot of the "external suppliers" I've seen reports that (at least some) Sony facilities have had serious problems, too; some of the problem may well be Sony's.

However, if ANY of the problem is external, then Sony has to consider the possibility that their suppliers' estimates are "optimistic," at best. It's possible that some critical component(s) may NEVER become available, that Sony will have to re-engineer with an alternative part and that the camera-spec may change as a result.

In the face of an imponderable (regarding parts-availability), and possible/unknown consequences to the camera-specification and camera-availability, I think it makes good sense to delay the announcement.


- Steve S.


Edited by Steve-S - 07 July 2011 at 18:42