It's happening now. If you look for one with a minor issue, like high shutter count and a battery door that was super glued together and held for 18 months just fine, you can find them on FB marketplace. That describes the body I just sold. Worked perfectly with a clean sensor and no mechanical issues but definitely 7.5 out of 10. It wasn't suitable for the FM audience - different horses for different courses.
I remember when the A1 came along, then the A7Rv. The A7Riv used fell pretty deep. If it hits $2k or below, that's suggesting a pair of them for less than the A7Rvi... That would suggest demand for A7Rv is low and folks competing to get to the A7Rvi. Which some suggest is selling slowly so in stock.
Craig Gillette wrote:
I remember when the A1 came along, then the A7Rv. The A7Riv used fell pretty deep. If it hits $2k or below, that's suggesting a pair of them for less than the A7Rvi... That would suggest demand for A7Rv is low and folks competing to get to the A7Rvi. Which some suggest is selling slowly so in stock.
Being in stock does not necessarily imply selling slowly. Just might mean Sony supplied a lot of cameras from the get go.
And if they had fewer available and there were waits and/or wait lists, the complaints would be Sony didn't properly gauge the interest in this obviously fantastic camera.
I bought my A7RIV used (9+) for $2300 on the FM b&s board in 2019. When the A7RV was announced in 2022 it dropped to below $2,000 and today goes for $1,500-1,600.
Am currently in Thailand and saw brand new A7RV at major Bangkok camera stores for $2,598.00, cheaper than any US outlets, probably due to the lack of tariffs, so the prices are dropping.
At the British gray importer "E-Infinity" (really reputable company, bought both my Sonys and a couple of lenses there; EU-wide distribution) you get an A7RV NEW for 2239 Euros. (The normal German price for it is still a whopping nearly 4000 Euros.)
