I have used brand new OEM batteries and some older OEM batteries. Both seem to drain at the same rate. I will follow your suggestions and see if they help anything. I have a shoot tonight so it will be a good test.
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What are your a99ii fw wishes? Sony UK invited me to let them know
- Thread starter Marco Cinnirella
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Do you shoot weddings, with thousands of images shot over the course of a day? It's a useful feature that both Canon and Nikon offer in their high megapixel DSLRs and I work with photographers who take advantage of it. The reduced file sizes allow for more images on a card and less time and space taken working with them.
I don't know how it's done but both Canon and Nikon have implemented it successfully in their high megapixel DSLRs and it's a feature wedding photographers I work with take advantage of.
Evildogofdoom
Senior Member
As the A99ii has they same processor as the A9, a7iii and A7Riii (as well as the latest RX10 and 100models), I would like the same. or most of, FW upgrades these cameras have had announced. The ability to use the new imaging edge app. would also be welcome.
Evildogofdoom
Senior Member
The A9, Rx10iv and A7iii (and latest Rx100 models) all share the same processor as the A99ii and A7Riii and therefore have the same processing horsepower. The A99ii was the first Sony camera to use this processor. The A9, Rx10iv, Rx100v(a) and vi all have stacked sensors, which allows the next step up in speed.
it is likely that the coding language for all cameras using this processor is the same, it should be fairly easy for Sony to add the FW upgrades seen to the A7ii and A7Rii to the A99ii.
tbcass
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I'm sorry but I don't believe that is true for the A99ii. It is true for the others.
If it hasn't already been mentioned ...
I don't have an A77/99ii but all the Sony DSLRs and SLTs I have experience of disable in-camera effects when save to RAW+JPG is chosen. I see no sense in this - surely the RAW can be saved as RAW and the JPG as the special effect treated image? I am very fond of the high contrast B&W effect and like to see it in the viewfinder, but would like the option of doing my own conversion from the RAW after taking the image.
As for the A77/99iii - let's have mirrorless (silent) designs with all the fancy focusing options from the E mount cameras.
I don't have an A77/99ii but all the Sony DSLRs and SLTs I have experience of disable in-camera effects when save to RAW+JPG is chosen. I see no sense in this - surely the RAW can be saved as RAW and the JPG as the special effect treated image? I am very fond of the high contrast B&W effect and like to see it in the viewfinder, but would like the option of doing my own conversion from the RAW after taking the image.
As for the A77/99iii - let's have mirrorless (silent) designs with all the fancy focusing options from the E mount cameras.
https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.p...o+bring+Airplay+2_2C+HomeKit+to+2016-2018+TVs
Only the current 2019 Sony TVs will get the latest "smart" features (= firmware update). Hence the petition discussed in the article linked to above. So what will Sony U.K. actions yield for a99II customers? Good luck.
No sarcasm this time. Pessimistic realism, rather.
Cheers,
Ralf
Only the current 2019 Sony TVs will get the latest "smart" features (= firmware update). Hence the petition discussed in the article linked to above. So what will Sony U.K. actions yield for a99II customers? Good luck.
No sarcasm this time. Pessimistic realism, rather.
Cheers,
Ralf
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tbcass
Forum Pro
My primary TV is a 10 year old Sony Bravia which is pre "smart TV". Because it is part of a surround sound 5.1 system I wouldn't use the wifi feature if I had it so I depend on external components for that. I use a Sony Bluray player for watching Netflix. The point is Sony has updated the bluray firmware twice since I've owned it so it surprises me they wouldn't do the same for those TVs. Maybe they will yet.
Steve West
Veteran Member
So is mine! I really want to replace it with a larger new TV, but it just keeps working.
tbcass
Forum Pro
My TV is big enough at 52". 4K doesn't interest me because Cable and Netflix don't offer it except for a few movies and a significant cost increase. Besides, for me 4K doesn't offer enough improvement for video for me to care. If I did it would be for viewing stills.
BluRay disc and web based streaming compatibility is what drives many BluRay player FW updates, so Player manufacturers have external motivation to keep their players compliant with the standards as they evolve. In other words: many of those updates did not add 'features', it kept the players streaming respectively spinning the discs.
Well the 2019 features which at this time appear as exclusive for the Sony 2019 TV line-up are features and not mandatory updates to keep them showing a picture, so Sony has the choice in this case to add (or not!) these features to their legacy TV s from 2018, 2017, ..... , driving the respective TV owners to support a corresponding online petition.
Same for the current A Mount cam line-up: Sony could pass down some features from E Mount to A Mount if they wanted to (limitations by differing OS in the cams ignored here). As the current A Mount cams keep shooting, Sony does not have to do so. Hence, a conscious marketing decision in support of E Mount IMO which is why I posted the link to the article about the Sony TV marketing intentions.
Cheers,
Ralf
Hallo,
for me the most important topics are:
for me the most important topics are:
- Adding colour to the AF points (very importanat in dark situations)
- Possibility to use all AF points even with 3-ed party lenses
- Video P mode: More then F3.5
- Increase the quick access to realy all menue parameters : That could
realised by an increased Fn menue (e.g. 24 parameters) or by introducing
an "my menue" option - Increase the performance of the AF-C algorithms
tbcass
Forum Pro
What you are saying makes a lot of sense. Sony doesn't sell many A Mount cameras so their resources are concentrated on more lucrative models. As for the TVs, few TV owners don't even know what firmware is so they don't miss not having updates.
tbcass
Forum Pro
Were you a fan of this great band?
That appears as true when looking at so far less than 500 signing up to that petition....
Cheers,
Ralf
toughluck
Senior Member
And yet, my 2017 xperia xz1 just got an upgrade to Android pie (9). Friend's xz premium, which is an early 2017 model also got the update.
If we're looking across the product lines, Sony is surprisingly good at supporting older models.
Douglas F Watt
Senior Member
Valuable clarification to the techno-hyped.
Evildogofdoom
Senior Member
The A99ii was the first camera with the latest Bionz X processor with the front end LSI. How do you think it is capable of shooting 42mp at 12 FPS, with AF and AE?
The RX10iii does have a stacked sensor
https://www.sony.com/electronics/cyber-shot-compact-cameras/dsc-rx10m3
"Together, a large-aperture 24–600 mm1 F2.4–4 optical 25x zoom lens and 1.0-type stacked CMOS sensor make subjects stand out beautifully, even when shot in extreme close-up."
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