64mulford Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I've had the A7sii for a few months now. It's a great camera but as we often hear in these forums it has it's quirks - white balance issues, odd colours, 2x crop for slow mo, poor battery life etc etc, but I have a couple of issues I'm hoping you folk can help with. 1) As mentioned we all know the battery life sucks. I do a lot of timelapses and one way to save battery life is to turn the LCD screen off while shooting one. But it seems when shooting with an intervlometer I can't turn the screen off! Well I can, but then the a7sii doesn't trigger the shutter. Has anyone else encountered this problem? 2) Picture profiles/Creative styles effecting RAW images - I swear the various profiles are coming through in my RAW files. Camera set to RAW, uncompressed etc but bringing into Camera Raw they are subtly different. They still have great latitude but the colours are effected. Anyone noticed this? I have a long list of other issues but these are my main issues. Would love to hear some solutions! I'm not complaining as I do think it's a great camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis Ross Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Have you updated to the latest Firmware??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 2 hours ago, 64mulford said: 2) Picture profiles/Creative styles effecting RAW images - I swear the various profiles are coming through in my RAW files. Camera set to RAW, uncompressed etc but bringing into Camera Raw they are subtly different. They still have great latitude but the colours are effected. Anyone noticed this? Have you ruled-out the possibility that your image editor/viewer is interpreting the profile metadata from the raw files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgharding Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Every time i get tempted to a Sony again, another one of these threads pops up... maybe one day. Good luck OP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083EQS3I/ref=pd_cp_421_1, this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B6011GO?psc=1, and this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RN76282/ref=pd_bxgy_421_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1 can solve the power issues (I built something similar, works great). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet Bach Bui Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 1) Have you tried going into the menu to set the camera to use Viewfinder only? This turns off the LCD and if there is nothing near the EVF sensor it will not be turned on. This will work with the Sony time lapse app, not sure about an intervalometer. 2) The color shifting when first opening photos in Lightroom is normal, it's just Lightroom reverting the photos back to the original RAW state and applying the default settings. The picture you see on your camera's LCD during playback is a version already processed by the camera's engine so it will look different than what shows up in LR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 One solution to the poor battery life:http://www.ebay.com/itm/DSLR-External-Battery-Grip-Top-Handle-Rugged-Cage-For-Sony-A7-Series-A7S-Camera-/391255072270 Use it with a cage like this:http://www.ebay.com/itm/DSLR-Rig-Cage-With-Top-Handle-Grip-Leather-Strap-For-Sony-A7-A7r-A7S-Camera-/391096270161 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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