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I want to update my Sony a6700 camera. I am computer illiterate. Would someone please help? I am on version 1.03.

I'm normally a Nikon user, but I'm starting to dabble with Sony Alpha. Just ordered a used A7R IVa and a Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 lens. I want to do more Landscape photography and wanted the higher resolution that the A7R IVa offers. I mostly shoot birds and wildlife so most of my Nikon gear is focused on that. I've got a Sony FE 400-800mm f/6.3-8 G OSS lens that I use with a Megadap adaptor on my Nikon bodies. It's a fantastic lens and even with the adaptor it performs extremely well. I live in an area of Texas called the Hill Country and my house is right next to part of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge is primarily to protect the nesting grounds for the Golden-cheeked Warbler and the Black-capped Vireo. We have plenty of wildlife around and in the spring the wild flowers are beautiful. Glad to be here.

Good morning, everyone! A short and super-relaxed video from the final days of summer on the island of Thassos. Featuring music from a bygone era— a time many of us wish we could live in! Enjoy a video that made with a7iv + Tamron 28-75 f2.8 and GoPro12 !

I have always used the focus hold button on the lens of various manufacturers. While out shooting today, for some reason the button stopped working, not just Sony lenses, but for Sigma as well. I went into the menu to make sure it hadn't changed, and it hadn't. I then assigned another function to see it the button would work, and it did. Reluctantly did a reset of the camera to see if I could bring the function back, didn't work. Camera still takes great pictures, although I'm at a loss to figure out what happened. Camera is 10 months old. Any suggestions appreciated.

I have always used the focus hold button on the lens of various manufacturers. While out shooting today, for some reason the button stopped working, not just Sony lenses, but for Sigma as well. I went into the menu to make sure it hadn't changed, and it hadn't. I then assigned another function to see it the button would work, and it did. Reluctantly did a reset of the camera to see if I could bring the function back, didn't work. Camera still takes great pictures, although I'm at a loss to figure out what happened. Camera is 10 months old. Any suggestions appreciated.

Hi everyone, I’m a concert photographer running an a7 V with a 240GB Sony TOUGH CFexpress Type A card. I’ve been running into a very specific initialization issue and wanted to see if anyone has experienced the same. The Issue: If the camera sits in my bag for a while or goes into a long deep sleep, turning it on occasionally gives me a "No Card" error. The Workaround: Simply ejecting and reinserting the card instantly fixes the problem. The camera immediately mounts it and is ready to shoot. The Stress Test (The confusing part): Once the card is mounted, it performs absolutely flawlessly. After reinserting, I’ve shot massive, continuous high-bitrate video files and heavy high-speed RAW bursts during live stage performances. Zero dropouts, zero buffer freezes, and absolutely no write errors. If this was a hardware failure (bad memory block or a bent pin), I’d expect the card to crash under heavy sustained load, but it only happens during the initial "cold boot". Questions for the community: Has anyone else experienced this specific deep-sleep/cold boot timeout with CFexpress Type A cards on newer bodies? Could this just be a voltage/handshake delay when the camera first boots up and sends power to the card slot? Have you found any specific "Power Save Start Time" settings that mitigate this, or is the eject/reinsert routine just a quirk I have to live with until a firmware patch? Thanks in advance for any insights!

Hi everyone, I’m a concert photographer running an a7 V with a 240GB Sony TOUGH CFexpress Type A card. I’ve been running into a very specific initialization issue and wanted to see if anyone has experienced the same. The Issue: If the camera sits in my bag for a while or goes into a long deep sleep, turning it on occasionally gives me a "No Card" error. The Workaround: Simply ejecting and reinserting the card instantly fixes the problem. The camera immediately mounts it and is ready to shoot. The Stress Test (The confusing part): Once the card is mounted, it performs absolutely flawlessly. After reinserting, I’ve shot massive, continuous high-bitrate video files and heavy high-speed RAW bursts during live stage performances. Zero dropouts, zero buffer freezes, and absolutely no write errors. If this was a hardware failure (bad memory block or a bent pin), I’d expect the card to crash under heavy sustained load, but it only happens during the initial "cold boot". Questions for the community: Has anyone else experienced this specific deep-sleep/cold boot timeout with CFexpress Type A cards on newer bodies? Could this just be a voltage/handshake delay when the camera first boots up and sends power to the card slot? Have you found any specific "Power Save Start Time" settings that mitigate this, or is the eject/reinsert routine just a quirk I have to live with until a firmware patch? Thanks in advance for any insights!

I purchased a new RX 10V and out of the box, the back panel display goes black during shooting and can only be restored by shutting off the camera and repowering making it unworkable for any action photography. I talked to Sony Help several times, they were unable to resolve the issue and required me to send the camera to Precision Camera for repair. Precision Camera has replicated the problem but said the repair is on a “Technical or Engineering related delay”. I asked Sony to expedite the and give me a date-certain for return, but they have refused and will not send me a new unit under warranty. Sony can resolve this issue today by sending me a new camera and battery while they work out their technical problems. I cannot recommend buying a RX10V until this problem is resolved.

I purchased a new RX 10V and out of the box, the back panel display goes black during shooting and can only be restored by shutting off the camera and repowering making it unworkable for any action photography. I talked to Sony Help several times, they were unable to resolve the issue and required me to send the camera to Precision Camera for repair. Precision Camera has replicated the problem but said the repair is on a “Technical or Engineering related delay”. I asked Sony to expedite the and give me a date-certain for return, but they have refused and will not send me a new unit under warranty. Sony can resolve this issue today by sending me a new camera and battery while they work out their technical problems. I cannot recommend buying a RX10V until this problem is resolved.

Hi, In case you mainly shoot JPEG rather than RAW and would like to add some variety to the look of your images directly in camera, you can give this a try. The idea is to combine a custom white balance preset (which defines colour rendition) with a custom creative style (which defines contrast rendition) to approximate the look of a specific type of analogue film. Please note that I wrote approximate and not reproduce because this is still far from the look of actual analogue film (for example it does not simulate film grain effects) but I found it still enables me to make a more creative use of my camera. Here is the way I have set up my A6100 camera for film simulations. NOTE: Setting up the custom white balance presets will require modifying the Amber/Blue and Green/Magenta filters (e.g. A6.5 means +6.5 in the Amber filter) whereas setting up the custom creative styles will require modifying the Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness controls (e.g. VIVID+0-2+0 means -2 in the Saturation control for the VIVID preset); please refer to your camera's user manual for how to do that. White balance presets (colour rendition): Daylight preset: ideal colour rendition in outdoor conditions Cool White preset, A6.5, G5.5: approximation of some Kodak colour films in outdoor conditions Day White preset, G0.75: approximation of some Fuji colour films in outdoor conditions Creative style presets (contrast rendition): STANDARD+0+0+0: standard colour slide film VIVID+0-2+0: standard vintage co

Hi, In case you mainly shoot JPEG rather than RAW and would like to add some variety to the look of your images directly in camera, you can give this a try. The idea is to combine a custom white balance preset (which defines colour rendition) with a custom creative style (which defines contrast rendition) to approximate the look of a specific type of analogue film. Please note that I wrote approximate and not reproduce because this is still far from the look of actual analogue film (for example it does not simulate film grain effects) but I found it still enables me to make a more creative use of my camera. Here is the way I have set up my A6100 camera for film simulations. NOTE: Setting up the custom white balance presets will require modifying the Amber/Blue and Green/Magenta filters (e.g. A6.5 means +6.5 in the Amber filter) whereas setting up the custom creative styles will require modifying the Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness controls (e.g. VIVID+0-2+0 means -2 in the Saturation control for the VIVID preset); please refer to your camera's user manual for how to do that. White balance presets (colour rendition): Daylight preset: ideal colour rendition in outdoor conditions Cool White preset, A6.5, G5.5: approximation of some Kodak colour films in outdoor conditions Day White preset, G0.75: approximation of some Fuji colour films in outdoor conditions Creative style presets (contrast rendition): STANDARD+0+0+0: standard colour slide film VIVID+0-2+0: standard vintage co

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?