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I own Sony A7S camera . I obtained for it two AF lenses. Viltrox AF 40/2.5 FE TTARTISAN AF 75/2.0 ED Optically both lenses are incredibly good. However, both have the front focus issue of AF mode. I tried second body of the same model. And obtained the same front focus issue. Anybody knows what might be cause for the problem?

I own Sony A7S camera . I obtained for it two AF lenses. Viltrox AF 40/2.5 FE TTARTISAN AF 75/2.0 ED Optically both lenses are incredibly good. However, both have the front focus issue of AF mode. I tried second body of the same model. And obtained the same front focus issue. Anybody knows what might be cause for the problem?

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You guys are my last hope. I'm losing my mind over this issue. For months (that is not an exaggeration) I've been trying to figure out a solution for my A1 ii and the 200-600 G lens (SEL200600G) as it relates to autofocus. Yes. I know " Update the firmware and it should fix everything! ". Except it didn't. Lets start with the specs in case there's a hidden cause there: A1 ii SEL200600G lens memory card: Lexar Professional CF Express A, 1 TB. Body Firmware Version: 4.0 Lens Firmware Version: .04 Optical Steady shot switch on lens: on Mode: 1 Focus Mode: Continuous AF Priority Set in AF-C: AF AF Lvl for Crossing: 2 AF Trk for Spd Chng: Responsive SUBJECT RECOGNITION REMAINS TURNED OFF WHILE SHOOTING Mechanical Shutter shooting only as electronic shutter has a chance to create rolling shutter on car wheels and ruin a photo HI drive mode (continuous shooting) Steadyshot: On SteadyShot Adjust: Auto I shoot motorsports. Primarily scenarios where the speeds average 100 mph - 200 mph. For years I shot with the A7IV and loved it. Great camera all around. I moved to an a1 ii late last year and was looking forward to race season this year. My primary lenses are the SEL200600G and the SEL50150GM. Without fail this camera has a problem with autofocus when I use it. On the A7IV I pretty much exclusively used Wide, Zone or Center Fix focus areas while shooting with back button focus held down and never had a problem. On the A1 ii, however, I hold the back button while trying to place autofo

You guys are my last hope. I'm losing my mind over this issue. For months (that is not an exaggeration) I've been trying to figure out a solution for my A1 ii and the 200-600 G lens (SEL200600G) as it relates to autofocus. Yes. I know "Update the firmware and it should fix everything!". Except it didn't. Lets start with the specs in case there's a hidden cause there: I shoot motorsports. Primarily scenarios where the speeds average 100 mph - 200 mph. For years I shot with the A7IV and loved it. Great camera all around. I moved to an a1 ii late last year and was looking forward to race season this year. My primary lenses are the SEL200600G and the SEL50150GM. Without fail this camera has a problem with autofocus when I use it. On the A7IV I pretty much exclusively used Wide, Zone or Center Fix focus areas while shooting with back button focus held down and never had a problem. On the A1 ii, however, I hold the back button while trying to place autofocus on the subject and, as its moving, either the mass of green squares or the solid green square (varies based on focus area mode in use) tries to detect the subject as it moves. However on this camera it seems to get very confused between background, subject and foreground and jump around to anything other than the subject. I have noticed that this is consistently worse the further away from the subject that I am. If I am zoomed to 600m and I am standing 100' away from the subject on a hill, for instance, it has a much, much hard

I have an a7Rvi and am planning a long trip for which I want to limit what I take. I would like to review my daily shots off camera in order to decide what to keep and what to delete, but to keep weight down I'll be taking my iPad, rather than a laptop, and so want to use that as a display. As I understand it, I cannot view my Sony RAW files directly on the iPad without importing them first into Lightroom, for example, but I don't want to send all these very large files to the cloud. I'll be backing up my photos using the second card slot on the camera, but ideally, I'd like also to backup selected photos to a Lexar ES5 SSD. I'll also be taking a card reader for my CF Express cards. My problem is in trying to understand the most efficient workflow in order to achieve my objectives. I have researched on Google, but am getting quite confused, so any help would be appreciated.

Since early 2026, I have developed RawCull, a dedicated Sony ARW FF photo culling app for macOS and Apple Silicon Macs. Version 2.3.5 is the current release for macOS Tahoe and is available on the Apple App Store. The most compelling development now involves macOS Golden Gate and the new CoreAI Framework, which allows local AI models to run on your Mac. Both RawCull and RawCullFB supports all .ARW files including Sony A7V and Sony A7RVI.. For the macOS Golden Gate beta, two beta apps are available: RawCull with AI support and RawCullFB (an ARW file browser) with AI support for semantic search. Both RawCull and RawCullFB are sandboxed applications that are signed and notarized by Apple. All apps are opensource and free. Link to all apps: https://github.com/rsyncOSX/RsyncOSX Link to doc about RawCull and AI: https://rawcull.netlify.app/docs/ai-in-rawcull/ai/ (includes more info about CLIP, similarity and sematic search)

Since early 2026, I have developed RawCull, a dedicated Sony ARW FF photo culling app for macOS and Apple Silicon Macs. Version 2.3.5 is the current release for macOS Tahoe and is available on the Apple App Store. The most compelling development now involves macOS Golden Gate and the new CoreAI Framework, which allows local AI models to run on your Mac. Both RawCull and RawCullFB supports all .ARW files including Sony A7V and Sony A7RVI.. For the macOS Golden Gate beta, two beta apps are available: RawCull with AI support and RawCullFB (an ARW file browser) with AI support for semantic search. Both RawCull and RawCullFB are sandboxed applications that are signed and notarized by Apple. All apps are opensource and free. Link to all apps: https://github.com/rsyncOSX/RsyncOSX Link to doc about RawCull and AI: https://rawcull.netlify.app/docs/ai-in-rawcull/ai/ (includes more info about CLIP, similarity and sematic search)

I went over to Nikon for a few years. But, now I'm solely to Sony with the A7RVI and lenses. John

I went over to Nikon for a few years. But, now I'm solely to Sony with the A7RVI and lenses. John

Hi all, Looking for some advise and help. I'm running a Sony A7V - I need to get an on/off camera speedlight. However, the first one I tried (according to the sales listing it should work with Sony) but for the life of me, the AF assist beam just wouldn't fire at all. I've since done some reading etc, and found out that a lot of the flashes on mirrorless cameras now doesn't work for AF Assist. This to me sounds crazy! I've made sure AF Illuminator option is set to Auto on the camera and have tried ALL shooting modes to see if that makes any difference, but nope. The one I've tried was the Neewer HW760-S. I've since sent it back and ordered a Neewer Z2-S to see if this makes a difference. But any advise or help anyone could provide would be really helpful. Thanks

Hi all, Looking for some advise and help. I'm running a Sony A7V - I need to get an on/off camera speedlight. However, the first one I tried (according to the sales listing it should work with Sony) but for the life of me, the AF assist beam just wouldn't fire at all. I've since done some reading etc, and found out that a lot of the flashes on mirrorless cameras now doesn't work for AF Assist. This to me sounds crazy! I've made sure AF Illuminator option is set to Auto on the camera and have tried ALL shooting modes to see if that makes any difference, but nope. The one I've tried was the Neewer HW760-S. I've since sent it back and ordered a Neewer Z2-S to see if this makes a difference. But any advise or help anyone could provide would be really helpful. Thanks