NEX-6 - CRAPPED OUT - Shutter remains closed. REFUND imminent - TURN OFF BODY BEFORE SWAPPING LENSES

TKPRIMES wrote:

Just wanted to share my experiences with my new NEX-6 purchased 30 days ago.

I woke up Xmas morning ready to take many pictures as would be expected. I had been switching lenses back and forth (16mm pancake + UW to Sigma 28-70mm). Now i know that in the NEX-6 manual it now states that when swapping lenses, to turn the power off.
This is something that i never did with my NEX-5N or my NEX-7, so naturally i took that warning with a grain of salt. Fatal "error" it seems. After about 3 or 4 swaps without turning the camera off, on the 5th swap to my pancake, i noticed the Gain and Noise go Ballistic on the LCD for about 2 seconds. Then it went back to normal. I thought this was strange but didnt think anything of it and went on and snapped 5 or 10 more shots.

Soon after, as i was taking a shot then all of a sudden the cam took 6 or 7 shots in a burst mode (even though i wasnt holding down the shutter button) then displayed "Error - Please turn camera body off". Which i did, but every time after that point, when trying to take a shot the camera would once again fire off 5 or 6 bursts and then display the error.

After about 3min of powering the camera off and then back on i noticed that the shutter had locked shut. Now when i turn the camera on the shutter remains closed.

Moral of the Story: Follow what is written in the Manual !!! Dont make the mistake i did.

Luckily since i purchased the body during the holiday season at a local camera store, the return policy was extended till mid January however, For me, this was a dealbreaker. Any camera that crapps out so badly over a simple thing as swapping a lens definitely lends itself to build quality and software engineering IMO. I've always gave Sony the benefit of the doubt but this shotty manufacturing i cant look past.

I loved the NEX-6 it seemed to settle alot of the gripes that i had with the 5N and the 7 however this was my last straw.

Some people may chalk it up to a DUD or a Lemon but that means little to me at this point. I will be holding out of the NEX series of cameras until the NEX-7 replacement. For lack of a better word, as a NEX enthusiast this experience has been a "TurnOff" to say the least!