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a77 firmware 1.06 : release w/o card setting gone ! lost wildlife shots

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the trees are getting barer, the birds hungrier, and sony a77 has lost a feather as well :



it's lost the ability to prevent shooting without card! It used to be near release without lens!



I suppose the last update was so massive they had to find room somewhere. I think the trade off between locking the movie button and loosing that no card failsafe is a bit stiff!

the lost 20 picture of the great spotted woodpecker are sure still fresh in my memory but damn!
 
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skeudenn said:
skeudenn wrote:

the trees are getting barer, the birds hungrier, and sony a77 has lost a feather as well :

it's lost the ability to prevent shooting without card! It used to be near release without lens!

I suppose the last update was so massive they had to find room somewhere. I think the trade off between locking the movie button and loosing that no card failsafe is a bit stiff!
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Are you sure? I don't think the setting was ever present on the A77, and I think there have even been requests to add it in new firmware. It is not documented in the manual.
 
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Ouch, I did that once. I drove to a wildlife reserve with all my gear but the memory card was still in my computer. :-(

Cheers,
 
It's never stopped me shooting without a card? When I tried one out in store, it always stored the last image for you to review, but it kept on shooting..

Are you sure it used to? Or have I missed a menu option?
 
I have one of the very early a77's and it never had that option regardless of the version.
 
Why on earth would anyone want to release the shutter to take a picture without a memory card???

Would be like taking pictures without film in a film camera!

How about adding 'Release without battery' in the next firmware update!?!?
 
A77 never had a no SD card warning.
 
Yes, I also don't understand what the complaint is about in this thread. Why would someone be upset that they CANNOT shoot without a memory card?
 
splashy said:
splashy wrote:

A77 never had a no SD card warning.
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Maybe it will be added with firmware 1.07, if enough of us complain!! We will just have to live without this important feature for now. I just hope it is not a deal breaker for anyone considering to get a Sony A77!
 
rothwells said:
rothwells wrote:

Yes, I also don't understand what the complaint is about in this thread. Why would someone be upset that they CANNOT shoot without a memory card?
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The problem the OP had was that he COULD shoot without the card thinking the card was there.
 
Yes there is a orange blinking text NO CARD in the viewfinder and the LCD.

Greetings Leon.
 
Karl Scharf said:
Karl Scharf wrote:

Why on earth would anyone want to release the shutter to take a picture without a memory card???
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They use this mode one demo cameras in every shop in every country that sells them. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to play with them, (or the shop would loose a lot of memory cards) :-)

Other than that it is a pretty useless function.
 
splashy said:
splashy wrote:

A77 never had a no SD card warning.
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Just to be clear, the A77 has always had a warning, and still does. It has never had, to my knowledge, a lock preventing shutter release without a card. Many other Sony cameras do have this feature.
 
Tom Harvey said:
Tom Harvey wrote:
Tom Harvey said:
splashy wrote:

A77 never had a no SD card warning.
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Just to be clear, the A77 has always had a warning, and still does. It has never had, to my knowledge, a lock preventing shutter release without a card. Many other Sony cameras do have this feature.
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dennismullen said:
dennismullen wrote:

Ouch, I did that once. I drove to a wildlife reserve with all my gear but the memory card was still in my computer. :-(

Cheers,
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skeudenn said:
skeudenn wrote:

the trees are getting barer, the birds hungrier, and sony a77 has lost a feather as well :

it's lost the ability to prevent shooting without card! It used to be near release without lens!

I suppose the last update was so massive they had to find room somewhere. I think the trade off between locking the movie button and loosing that no card failsafe is a bit stiff!

the lost 20 picture of the great spotted woodpecker are sure still fresh in my memory but damn!
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I hope I understand your post correctly, and I understand you have an A77. I have an A65, and if I shoot without a memory card, the pictures go to an internal memory drive until it fills. Now, if I put in the memory card, the internal memory is masked by the memory card I just inserted. To see the "internal" contents, you need to remove the memory card, and connect the camera to your PC.




Sorry in advance if I misunderstood.
 
there has never been a shutter lock on an A77 when the card is missing. there is a warning that the card is missing, both in the EVF and the LCD
 
EvilOne said:
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there has never been a shutter lock on an A77 when the card is missing. there is a warning that the card is missing, both in the EVF and the LCD
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