Sony Suspends Production of a6600 and a7C; a7 II and a6100 Reach End of Life
Bad news regarding the chip shortage from Sony Marketing Inc. (translated):
Dear customers,
Notice and apology regarding temporary suspension of orders for digital imaging products
Thank you for your continued patronage of Sony products.
Currently, with regard to digital imaging products, parts procurement is delayed due to the effects of global semiconductor shortages.
Therefore, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers at the Sony store as follows for specific models with tight supply.
In addition, we will inform you as follows because there is a change in the supply status of some products that are subject to suspension of order acceptance.
Suspension of order acceptance We will consider resuming order acceptance of the target product while observing the status of parts supply, and will separately inform you on the product information page.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers.
We will do our utmost to deliver the product as soon as possible, and we appreciate your understanding.
Record
| Update date and time | product name | About supply status |
| December 23, 2021 Stop accepting orders | Digital SLR camera: a6600 series / a7C series | After December 23, 2021, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers' orders at the Sony store. |
| Production completed on December 23, 2021 | Digital single-lens camera: a7 II series / a6100 series | At the time of the announcement on November 19, 2021, the a7 II series / a6100 body (black) was designated as a “product subject to suspension of order acceptance”, but since there is no prospect of future parts supply, 2021 Production will be completed on December 23rd. |
| December 3, 2021 Stop accepting orders | Digital single-lens camera: VLOGCAM ZV-E10 series | After December 3, 2021, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers' orders at the Sony store. |
| November 19, 2021 Stop accepting orders | Digital single-lens camera: a7 II series / a6400 series / a6100 body (black) Shotgun microphone: ECM-B1M Professional camcorder: PXW-Z190 | After November 19, 2021, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers' orders at the Sony store. |
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