The NEX-7 Gariz cases are really nice. Great workmanship and a great feel. The bottom is a steel plate with a cut-out to access the battery and SD card. The battery pops out nicely but it sometimes takes a little effort to dig out the SD card.
The weight is well balanced and not really noticeable. It adds some height. For me it makes the NEX-7 more comfortable to hold and my hands are medium sized. The leather edges protrude slightly from the base plate so while it sits flat on a table top, it's not actually resting on the metal plate keeping it from getting scratched up. There is a ring that flips out to screw the case into the tripod mount that's very solid and can be used to attach a clip for a strap system.
The tripod mount is solid, but not centred on the lens anymore. I haven't tried it with heavier lenses, probably best to use a lens mount but that's the same for the native mount. I often use a sling strap that attaches to the tripod mount and there's no worries about it at all.
The case doesn't impede you from accessing the screen to tilt it although the you lose a few degrees of angle tilting it down for overhead shots due to the slight thickness of the leather.
If your fingers already have trouble fitting between the grip and the lens, then this case may be a problem. I don't have particularly beefy fingers and it's no issue for me at all. In the photos it looks like less space than when actually handling the grip as the leather hasn't form-fitted to the grip yet.
Gariz also has half-cases for the 5N, 5R and the NEX-6. While the NEX-6 case is pretty much identical to the NEX-7 one, I don't like the 5N and 5R case due to lack of the battery compartment cut-out, meaning you would have to take off the case every time you needed to change the battery or access the SD card.
The cases come in a few different colours.
Here's the all black on my NEX-7
The weight is well balanced and not really noticeable. It adds some height. For me it makes the NEX-7 more comfortable to hold and my hands are medium sized. The leather edges protrude slightly from the base plate so while it sits flat on a table top, it's not actually resting on the metal plate keeping it from getting scratched up. There is a ring that flips out to screw the case into the tripod mount that's very solid and can be used to attach a clip for a strap system.
The tripod mount is solid, but not centred on the lens anymore. I haven't tried it with heavier lenses, probably best to use a lens mount but that's the same for the native mount. I often use a sling strap that attaches to the tripod mount and there's no worries about it at all.
The case doesn't impede you from accessing the screen to tilt it although the you lose a few degrees of angle tilting it down for overhead shots due to the slight thickness of the leather.
If your fingers already have trouble fitting between the grip and the lens, then this case may be a problem. I don't have particularly beefy fingers and it's no issue for me at all. In the photos it looks like less space than when actually handling the grip as the leather hasn't form-fitted to the grip yet.
Gariz also has half-cases for the 5N, 5R and the NEX-6. While the NEX-6 case is pretty much identical to the NEX-7 one, I don't like the 5N and 5R case due to lack of the battery compartment cut-out, meaning you would have to take off the case every time you needed to change the battery or access the SD card.
The cases come in a few different colours.
Here's the all black on my NEX-7
