Quite right, electronic waste should always be properly recycled, not just sent to landfillNever
Look what's just turned up. Job sheet says SY Compl (so it sounds like yet another motherboard ) and NP-Z100/JCE service. In box it there's a battery box with a label saying new battery in the box. I can't see how it can be a battery issue when it's played up with 3 different batteries, unless of course one battery causes the fault and then the other batteries don't rectify it and so it appears as though they don't work either
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Raw or HEIF? I don’t see this but normally shoot HEIF (which has other issues but I’ll not de-rail the topic).Weird 'anomoly' with my A7RV files, if I shoot in crop (APS-C) mode Mac preview can't open the files and finder does not show the image in the thumbnail, preview has no issue opening the files shot in full frame and finder also shows the image in the thumbnail with these. Lightroom has no issue with them, but you can't see them in preview/finder to know which files you're transferring off the card. Has anyone else found this and know of a solution?
I'm running Mac OS Ventura 13.7
Batteries have firmware and controller circuits, voltage regulation etc in them. So there is stuff it could be in there.Can't imagine that they can service a battery, maybe that relates to something else, hopefully you get it back soon and in full working order.
Err, my post showed that I've got the camrea backCan't imagine that they can service a battery, maybe that relates to something else, hopefully you get it back soon and in full working order.
Raw, I only shoot raw. What's odd is that shots taken on the A1 in APS-C mode show fine so it's clearly something in the A7R V crop files that's not 'registering' for some reason.Raw or HEIF? I don’t see this but normally shoot HEIF (which has other issues but I’ll not de-rail the topic).
TTArtisan 50mm f2 Lens.
Does anyone use the above on either a full frame or APS-C Sony body ? I’ve never used one before but am interested in trying one.
Apart from the fact they won't be cheap...and might not have clicky rings... most cine primes will be MF and there are lots in sony mount.I've been looking for a manual 50mm f1.8 or f2 in Sony mount.
Apart from the fact they won't be cheap...and might not have clicky rings... most cine primes will be MF and there are lots in sony mount.
The voigtlander f/2 isn't _that_ big though is it? Not sure much will be smaller.
Have you looked at Kipon? E.g. https://alikgriffin.com/handevision-50mm-f2-4-review-sample-photos/
How about the Sigma iSeries 50mm F2? Fits a lot of your requirements although relatively heavy for the specs.
You could just buy a used Sony/Minolta 50 and add it with a manual adapter. The lenses are small, f stop control through the adapter, sorted
Crap extreme corners isn't it @woof woof
What about Meyer-Optik, not cheap, but also not far east?
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They have some faster 58s, or is that getting a bit long?
Crumbs, those prices are a little unexpected!What about Meyer-Optik, not cheap, but also not far east?
Lenses
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Meyer Optik were the cheap alternatives to the Carl Zeiss range
it be something as daft as a firmware bug that's showing itself in my A1 because of the settings I use
That would be nice but as it’s from Panamoz I’m not sure they will.I think they should give you a new one. They're clearly struggling to fix it.
That’ll be my next test if it plays up againWell if you reset the camera to factory settings and just use it like that, can you reproduce the errors?
Not sure marking makes any sense tbh.Does anyone know if you can buy stickers to mark the top dial on the A7RV as an exp comp dial like it used to be on Sony bodies? I like to be able to see what the exp comp is without looking at the screen/lcd.
You don’t seem to be having much luck with that camera.Well I don't think my A1 is fixed. I've already had one episode where it's not turned on, after 5 minutes of leaving it swtiched on it turned itself on and I got the message "Body Update Complete" again. This is what happened last time and then it sporadically locked up several times but never displayed that message again. I'll see how it goes and if it locks up again it'll be going back to Sony with a very snotty letter. Whilst I've not had to pay for the repair it's costing me £22 each time I send it back in postage due to the insurance.
It's clearly not the motherboard, and now the battery has been eliminated as the cause so what else could it be? Could it be something as daft as a firmware bug that's showing itself in my A1 because of the settings I use and how I've set it up with my "my menu" content etc? It wouldn't surprise me with the cockups in Sony A1 and A7RV firmwares lately.
I've videoed it this time so they can see the time it takes to come back to life. Clearly a very boring video as it's 5 minutes of nothing happening
If using it as an Exp Comp dial you’ll not be turning it all the way around and it would be a handy (for me) visual reference. I understand that it could get knocked whilst the camera is off and so the numbers won’t line up but this is unlikely if you use the lock ‘properly’, but if you did you could always recalibrate it.Not sure marking makes any sense tbh.
Unlike previous models it's generic dial that spins forever. The old exposure compensation dial had hard stops at either end.
Yeah it’s turned into a bit of a lemon unfortunately. I do think it’s poor that Sony haven’t fixed it on two attempts.You don’t seem to be having much luck with that camera.
Do you know where this setting is? Had a look on my Cii and couldn't find anything like this, which is a shame it'd be handy.One thing I have read is that you can setup the camera so that the exp comp zero’s out when you turn the camera off r
I had similar thoughts when I went back to the D750 when needing to use the 70-200mm F2.8 I only had in that mount, I used the camera for a decent amount of sports shooting and had been impressed with the AF performance. However the blackout makes tracking the subject much trickier and now I find the constant 'clack-clack-clack' in burst shooting irritating when I'm used to complete silence.Using the A7R V it’s made me realise how spoilt ‘we’ are these days. Shooting at 8fps feels extremely pedestrian (10 fps doesn’t show a real time view) and the blackout is rather distracting, however I coped perfectly well when I had my D750 (6.5fps with blackout) or the A7R IV which has the same continuous shooting as the A7R V