The Japanese Nikkei magazine had a chat with Sony and this is what has been said (google translated text):

• Sony has decided to suspend orders for some digital cameras. This is because the main products are out of stock one after another at stores and mail-order sites due to the shortage of semiconductors and parts. There is no way to solve the shortage of parts, including competition from Nikon, which may affect the year-end sales season at the time of scraping.
• Sony says that the impact is more

Preorders:
Sony 70-200mm GM II Lens at BHphoto , Amazon , Adorama . BuyDig . FocusCamera .
In Europe at FotoKoch DE , Calumet DE , WexUK , ParkUK .

Lenstip tested the new 70-200mm II lens and concluded:

Pros:

• solid, shapely, lightweight, and weather-sealed casing,
• sensational image quality in the frame centre,
• excellent image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,
• very good image quality on the edge of full frame,
• sensible

At the Bench: Sony alpha FX3

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I have to say I never got any rumors about a new A3. The A5 might make sense as a super cheap entry level FF camera. But I am 100% sure the A9III and A7rV are coming in 2022. Will post the first rumors about these cameras soon..

The Chinese site Xitek tested a whole bunch of 500mm mirror lenses on the Sony A7R. A couple of image samples can be seen here .

BHphoto launched their full Black Friday deals (Click here to see the full deals list) . And Capture One is offering a 20% discount on annual subscriptions for Black Friday and 50% discount on Styles.

Sony A7IV preorders (Use those affiliated links to support my work. Thanks!):
In the USA at BHphoto . Amazon . Adorama . FocusCamera . BuyDig .
In Europe at Fotokoch DE . Calumet DE . Foto Erhardt DE . Park UK . Wex UK . Amazon DE . Amazon UK . Amazon IT . Amazon ES . Amazon NL .
In Australia at Sony.com . CameraPro .
Sony HVL-F46RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto . Adorama .
Sony HVL-F60RM II Wireless

An overview article of all the new lenses we got in 2021 can be read on Explora (Click here) . I hope next year we will get even more new lenses…