Official Sony A7 or A7r discussion thread

[hengws]

Do they sell d Sony screen protector there bro? Hope u dun have to wait long. Tks

They have two here but not the exact part no the previous forum er had mentioned

 

[Thoth]

They have two here but not the exact part no the previous forum er had mentioned

Tks bro. Then its not d same one bro baa tanhaa is having. Cheers

 

[hengws]

Tks bro. Then its not d same one bro baa tanhaa is having. Cheers

Bro, for the price that's sony selling, I can get 2 iPad size cover that I can crop myself to size many times over. Lol.

 

[baa tanhaa]

Tks bro. Then its not d same one bro baa tanhaa is having. Cheers

bro if u want the one i have, tomorrow i go the camera shop opposite my hotel see have or not then help u buy? but u must collect from me la, i am lazy person.. no promise if have or not though..

 

[Thoth]

bro if u want the one i have, tomorrow i go the camera shop opposite my hotel see have or not then help u buy? but u must collect from me la, i am lazy person.. no promise if have or not though..

Is it d hard glass type? Tks.

 

[Thoth]

Bro, for the price that's sony selling, I can get 2 iPad size cover that I can crop myself to size many times over. Lol.

Premium price for hard to get stuff ya. Haha

 

[baa tanhaa]

Is it d hard glass type? Tks.

it is plastic, semi hard and still slightly flexible, but thicker than those films. it;s like a 1mm thick kind of plastic with sony logo printed on it..

 

[jlee1974]

Hi,

Can someone tell me which shop has stock for 35mm Carl zeiss ?

 

[Thoth]

it is plastic, semi hard and still slightly flexible, but thicker than those films. it;s like a 1mm thick kind of plastic with sony logo printed on it..

OIC. Think I will pass for now and wait for the GGS hard glass type. Tks bro.

 

[ageha]

Just call them up lar.

By the way, I was talking to the manager at the Sony shop. Apparently only the Wisma and another branch is directly owned by Sony. The rest are kind of 'Premium' distributor shops run by 3rd party.

It's not a secret, it's written on their homepage. Sony operates only 4 company stores in SG. Sony Centres are only 3rd party stores. It's actually pretty obvious.

 

[ayuready]

There is a ring on the Kipon adapter which you turn to change aperture. When you buy an adapter for DA lenses, you must specify this feature otherwise as you say, can't change aperture.

Cool.

Esp da40 is ff but abit hard to MF due to thin ring

 

[Thoth]

There is a ring on the Kipon adapter which you turn to change aperture. When you buy an adapter for DA lenses, you must specify this feature otherwise as you say, can't change aperture.

Pending your sample shots in the image sharing thread. Cheers.

 

[sdchew]

Collected my a7. Charging battery.

Can I confirm nex charger and battery can be used?

yes it works

 

[ricleo]

yes it works

can even use samsung micro usb charger to charge. sure charges faster than the sony supplied usb charger

 

[ayuready]

Bro just a quick question,

2 rather.

The ISO mode dial, there is two auto. What the diff?

Can the dial direction be change e.g. Push left is to increase f stop vice versa or is fix?

 

[Thoth]

can even use samsung micro usb charger to charge. sure charges faster than the sony supplied usb charger

Will spoil or not? Haha.

 

[ricleo]

don't think so hehe....

anyway... battery life seems pretty good on my A7 so far... probably cuz i only use MF legacy lenses.... currently at 400+ shots with 32% left

 

[hengws]

-_-; Finally...


Not sure if you guys want to hear my collection saga but for the 2 bros that PM me...

Arrived at 7pm- Shocked when the sales guy told me no A7/a7r stock yet. Delivery still on the way.

Sales guy told me he turned away one a7r collection earlier ( might be one of your bros)

730pm- i must have looked impatient that the sales guy sent one of his colleagues to Jurong East IMM Sony Center by MRT to get my order. Specially delivery for me. I asked if i can do it myself( driving is faster), no, must be Sony Center employee.

900pm- Guy arrived. Happy to see Alpha Orange Box, opened up, WOW, nice first touch, turned it over to the front to mount my 35mm.....A7R...-_-;

Sales guy quickly apologized and brought me another Alpha Box, opened it up.... to my surprise again...i found the kit lens inside with A7 body...( the boxing is slightly different with body only box)..double -_-;

Wonderful...by now i'm really running out of patience...and sales guy say cannot give just me the body only by omitting the kit lens, also cannot give me 7R when i said i'll make do with 7R..

Now at 0910pm, an Indian fellow comes in with delivery note, sale guy tell me it's from Sony and my A7 is at loading dock..so...wait again...


1000pm--finally got my A7 when my sale guys cannot wait and went to collect from loading bay, mounted 35mm and did a quick check for functioning before i left


So for the 2 bros that are watching this thread to find whether their A7/r are there at Jurong Point, yes, for sure there's at least 1 x 7R body only, 1 x A7 with kit plus whatever the stock delivery has brought...but please...call before you go if you do not want to waste your time ( 3 hours for me) there.

Good luck Bros.

 

[Rurouni]

Heard that the cameras are being delivered in batches. Mine was delivered one day before launch and could only collect it on the launch day.

 

[hengws]

Will spoil or not? Haha.

Bro, no worries, as long as the supplied voltage is 5V,which i verified on the Sony charger, you can use whatever 2nd/3rd party charger you can. But the charging current from Sony is only 0.5A...Apple Iphone 4 ( my wife's) is 1A..my S3 charger...2A. Higher current, faster charge....Damn..Sony sure like to short change people.

Granted that they are well built..Apple and Samsung i can trust...others.....forget it.