Gonna be in Bangkok on a77 japan release

Question.

When Sony says "Japan" release, do they mean just japan or Asia?

I'll be in bangkok on 9/16 on business, and would love to get my hands on it If I'm in that part of the world.

I know the 9/16 date is just rumor for now, but well find out in a couple weeks for sure...

Thanks.

signal writer said:

Question.

When Sony says "Japan" release, do they mean just japan or Asia?

I'll be in bangkok on 9/16 on business, and would love to get my hands on it If I'm in that part of the world.

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Even if it's released in Japan on that date, it is unlikely to be available in Thailand as quickly. It will also be more expensive to buy here than in the USA when it is available. With the declining value of the dollar, the exchange rate sucks right now.

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• Rayna Butler

Gotcha.... If they route me throughh Tokyo, I might just have to make them give me a stop over for a couple days and pick up 2 or 3 extras to schlep on ebay......

GodSpeaks said:

signal writer said:

Question.

When Sony says "Japan" release, do they mean just japan or Asia?

I'll be in bangkok on 9/16 on business, and would love to get my hands on it If I'm in that part of the world.

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Even if it's released in Japan on that date, it is unlikely to be available in Thailand as quickly. It will also be more expensive to buy here than in the USA when it is available. With the declining value of the dollar, the exchange rate sucks right now.

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The greatest of mankind's criminals are those who delude themselves into thinking they have done 'the right thing.'

• Rayna Butler

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signal writer said:

I know the 9/16 date is just rumor for now, but well find out in a couple weeks for sure...

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We'll probably find out in a couple of weeks, but technically speaking, the announcement date is just a rumor too. I wouldn't book a flight to Japan based on anything we know "for sure" just yet.

I'm about half convinced that the Sony Corp. is deliberately leaking all of this information to create buzz about the product and the info is either 100% accurate or perhaps even conservative. I'm totally convinced the announcement and release dates are perfectly accurate, but I also believe the moon is made of green cheese. You might not want to put much faith in anything from SAR, or what anybody else thinks (or is wishing for) at this point.

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Just a word of warning: if Sony does the same for the a77/Nex 7 as it has done for the rest of their cameras, then the Japan Sony a77 interface will be entirely in Japanese. Sony cameras meant for Japan are only available in the Japanese language, even if you try to flash it with firmware from a different region.

Don't know if this factors in your plans, but just FYI.

signal writer said:

Gotcha.... If they route me throughh Tokyo, I might just have to make them give me a stop over for a couple days and pick up 2 or 3 extras to schlep on ebay......

GodSpeaks said:

signal writer said:

Question.

When Sony says "Japan" release, do they mean just japan or Asia?

I'll be in bangkok on 9/16 on business, and would love to get my hands on it If I'm in that part of the world.

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Even if it's released in Japan on that date, it is unlikely to be available in Thailand as quickly. It will also be more expensive to buy here than in the USA when it is available. With the declining value of the dollar, the exchange rate sucks right now.

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The greatest of mankind's criminals are those who delude themselves into thinking they have done 'the right thing.'

• Rayna Butler

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I'm goiong on a 3 month vacation in early Nov, first stop Bkk ,hope to get one either here or there.
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Ray Maines said:

We'll probably find out in a couple of weeks, but technically speaking, the announcement date is just a rumor too. I wouldn't book a flight to Japan based on anything we know "for sure" just yet.

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Agreed.

Ray Maines said:

I'm about half convinced that the Sony Corp. is deliberately leaking all of this information to create buzz about the product and the info is either 100% accurate or perhaps even conservative. I'm totally convinced the announcement and release dates are perfectly accurate, but I also believe the moon is made of green cheese. You might not want to put much faith in anything from SAR, or what anybody else thinks (or is wishing for) at this point.

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Yes, I too am pretty sure at least some of the information is being leaked by Sony to create a market buzz. I would also say that they would not release all the details, but would want to hold back some information to allow us to have a surprise when they do make the official announcement.

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The greatest of mankind's criminals are those who delude themselves into thinking they have done 'the right thing.'

• Rayna Butler

signal writer said:

Gotcha.... If they route me throughh Tokyo, I might just have to make them give me a stop over for a couple days and pick up 2 or 3 extras to schlep on ebay......

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Might want to rethink that as Sony is well known for locking cameras sold in Japan (for the Japanese market) to the Japanese language.

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The greatest of mankind's criminals are those who delude themselves into thinking they have done 'the right thing.'

• Rayna Butler

Yes - the domestic models sold in Japan are Japanese language only with Japanese warranty.

Sony export in Japan do do multi-language/warranty versions of established models (available in the stores in Akihabara), but I would seriously doubt that a version of A77 would be available in Japan at the same time as first release.

[I used to live in Japan and have looked into this quite a bit in buying my Sony kit]