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You can not put the Canon in your brief case? You gotta be kidding.  You must be using a credit card holder as your brief case. Yes, a cannon won't fit, surely a Canon will fit any men's regular...

NEX-8 hits the streets when NEX-7 is history.

Because cameras are not stereos.

Everything is in the eye of the beholder, including RAW.

lighter weigh yes，but compactness is determined by volume，so lighter does not always mean compact.

everything can be improved

Do you really think they are so stupid that they couldn't tell the difference?

they seem a little over-exposed

where is the camera？

Exactly!

"Get over it", it's you that need to get over it.

if you are happy with what you see, who needs a calibrated monitor.

Seems like everyone has a reason not to buy.....

Probably too bright for the selected aperture，resulting in over exposure。

"Call me when this costs $200."
and your phone is?

"Call me when this costs $200."
and your phone number is?

"Besides I rarely take photos OF my camera but WITH them."

But you do look at them before you take photos with them!

Well, there are always exceptions, maybe this cloud only comes with a bronze lining. ok, by the time you can get it at $500, you get a tarnished silver lining at best.

Either will do, choose the one you like better after trying both hands-on. Why let others choose your camera, you have to like it yourself, not others.

Did it occur to you that maybe the Canon folk who purchase Canon Cameras don't even know what an intervalometer is? thence not interested.

You did not answer the question. You offered an alternative solution.