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My Sony RX1RII is 3 weeks old, I have taken just over 100 pictures and I had to recharge that battery 4 times. Resetting the camera has improved things to some an extent. However, it has now developed a problem with the electronic viewfinder, it has become partially obliterated by a semi circle. Has anyone experienced similar issue?. Obviously the camera has been sent back to Sony, hopefully for a replacement.

The pictures fantastic though, probably better than my Nikon D810's

Roland II
 
Wish I could help, but all I know is that mine hasn't developed that problem and I don't think I've read of it having happened before. Good luck getting that replacement/repair quickly!
 
Sorry - dunno anything about the viewfinder - haven't had any problem with mine.

However, if you went through four batteries to take 100 pictures - a battery life of 25 images per charge - something is radically wrong with your camera! Wow! You should do much, much better than that - even in very cold conditions. I think the worst I ever got was in 9 degree weather (the camera had been exposed to the cold for hours and was not protected in any way), I got 138 frames before the first battery went TU. If you have a new camera and are getting 25 pics per charge in fall weather, I'd send it back ASAP.

Greg
 
Hey Greg,

Welcome to the forum. You will find an amazing group of knowledgeable and friendly people here, we have decided we are the friendliest forum. Too bad your new camera had problems, I just wanted to say, based on my involvement here, trouble with the RX's seems rare, and I never heard about the circle in the EVF.

As the other Greg said, the battery lasts much longer than that, if you didn't mention that to Sony, I would let them know that also.

You will want a few spare batteries anyway, the ebay inexpensive ones, with wall chargers and auto charger adapters work well.

I look forward to seeing some of your photos, this forum posts and posts, I certainly have learned a great deal here.

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Elliott
 
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elliottnewcomb said:
You will want a few spare batteries anyway, the ebay inexpensive ones, with wall chargers and auto charger adapters work well.
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I have spare batteries as well for my RX1r but they are Sony batteries. Not to sound critical but the camera is $4000, batteries are $50.
 
I've managed 900+ photos taken on a single battery more than a few times. It greatly helps to use airplane mode, turn off pre af, nr, face detection, and any other additional image processing.
 
alolywu said:
alolywu said:
You will want a few spare batteries anyway, the ebay inexpensive ones, with wall chargers and auto charger adapters work well.
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I have spare batteries as well for my RX1r but they are Sony batteries. Not to sound critical but the camera is $4000, batteries are $50.
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Many think like you, I feel the accessories are way overpriced.

I have bought inexpensive batteries with wall and auto chargers from ebay for every camera I or anyone in my family has owned, never had a problem, occassionally the alternate batteries have a bit more power than OEM, both my DEK and Wasabi have 1,600 mAh, OEM Sony has 1,240 mAh.

Many here prefer Wasabi, I see no difference between them and the cheapest thing I ever found.

2 batteries, wall and auto charger, $20. free shipping, 14 day return money back

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www.ebay.com

I love my Sony cameras, but if I paid $50. for a battery, I would feel .....
 
cjgent said:
I've managed 900+ photos taken on a single battery more than a few times. It greatly helps to use airplane mode, turn off pre af, nr, face detection, and any other additional image processing.
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I messed with that with my forst rx100, however, I simply advise having spare batteries. Pre-AF is part of achieving fast AF, it gets the lens physically close to where it needs to be, so movement is very slight and fast at half-press.

Often we do not notice pre-af, it hapens so fast upon turn on. Aim at something near, see it pre-focus, move and aim at something far, see it pre-focus again. Then it waits.

We need to see our subjects clearly to determine framing, pick a specific point for focus area location, etc.
 
elliottnewcomb said:
cjgent said:
I've managed 900+ photos taken on a single battery more than a few times. It greatly helps to use airplane mode, turn off pre af, nr, face detection, and any other additional image processing.
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I messed with that with my forst rx100, however, I simply advise having spare batteries. Pre-AF is part of achieving fast AF, it gets the lens physically close to where it needs to be, so movement is very slight and fast at half-press.

Often we do not notice pre-af, it hapens so fast upon turn on. Aim at something near, see it pre-focus, move and aim at something far, see it pre-focus again. Then it waits.

We need to see our subjects clearly to determine framing, pick a specific point for focus area location, etc.
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