Fall 2011, leading to the holiday shopping season, and well into early 2012, was supposed to be when Sony would take the digital camera world by storm. Speculations and many months of leaks led to Sony’s reveal of the NEX-3C, NEX-5N, A65 and A77. The earliest of these launches was the Alpha NEX-C3, which Sony was able to do without a hitch, and nearly two months ago, the NEX-5N was released, which has also been available in stores though with some problems. However, manufacturing or firmware glitches aside, Sony has been able to produce these models in sufficient quantities and have them available on store shelves.

The NEX-7, which was originally targeting an early November release date and the  A65 and A77, which were looking for a mid-October release date, have now all but stalled out. This is due to the massive flooding that has taken place in Thailand, the location of Sony’s Alpha factories. The good news is that an unknown amount of A65 and A77 units have been produced and already shipped to retailers. However, with such a highly anticipated camera and a global launch, its hard to imagine being able to easily find these models on store shelves. The fate of the NEX-7 is currently unknown, seeing how it was originally set to launch in mid November, putting in question how many may have been produced prior to the Thailand flooding, which started over two weeks ago, if any at all have been produced for widespread retailer distribution.

[Via Rob Galbraith]