Updated to V. 1.06 on my A77

[clignus]

Yemble wrote:

Yet again, Sony have failed to fix this glaring bug. "Unable to magnify" bug appears regardless of Image Size, Aspect Ratio and Quality settings. This is with a 32Gb SanDisk UHS-1 45mbps card, although I don't think that the card spec. is in any way relevant.

That's a big fat zero for effort.

I responded today to your previous report of this problem. I cannot reproduce "Unable to magnify- bug" as I understand your description of when it occurs. The front wheel on my a77 allows me to move from one shot to the next in either direction in preview mode after zooming in using the AF/MD button.


I am still using 1.05.

 

[realgeek]

Braedel wrote:

realgeek wrote:

I see you used a Mac ...

According to Sony's web site, the update program doesn't support Mac OS X with a 64-bit kernal -- meaning no Mountain Lion, and Lion only if you open in 32-bit mode. I've upgraded to Mountain Lion. What do I do now? Did you upgrade via 32-bit kernal?

I just ran the 1.06 update successfully on my 64-bit Mountain Lion MBP...

Thanks! Worked like a charm.

 

[Karl Scharf]

Was going to wait till the official US release, but updated to 1.06 anyways. No problems whatsoever with my older Mac Book Pro. Did not loose any of my camera settings, since I never did any lens AF fine adjustments.

To me it was well worth the minimal effort to be able to disable the annoying 'movie' button.

Hope that the next firmware update will let me program the '?' button, then I would be totally happy.

 

[fromo1946]

What page are you on, I'm trying to locate Sony Photogr

 

[DavieK]

I have some direct simple links to both NEX and A77 updaters, Windows and Mac, here:

http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2012/10/17/lucky-sevens-firmware-updates-for-alpha-77-nex-7/

You'll also find a couple of comparison shots at ISO 1600 on A77, and some comments on 64-bit because I can confirm that whether or not this works is entirely down to individual machines and circumstances - and that if you encounter the slightest delay in the updater's ability to communicate with your camera, you should not proceed.

David

 

[Mandude]

Nordstjernen wrote:

SurJones wrote:

Not a huge update

For me this firmware update is great! Updated, and pushed the video button several times. No recording, just a warning that this button does only works in video mode! So I had to push the button several times again, just to see that NO VIDEO RECORDING was started!

No more lengthy videos filling up the memory card from inside my camera bag or showing my shoes when I am walking with the camera in my hand!

You must have fat fingers or are just clumsy... I've never once pushed the movie button on accident. Even running through the horse park and trying to get to the next jump, setting up, winded from running and tyring to focus all in about 2 seconds so I can capture the action, and still never accidently pushed it... I don't get it.

 

[cabinet guy]

Push it by accident when folding out the LCD. Happens all the time.

And my hands are actually very small.

 

[Mandude]

cabinet guy wrote:

Push it by accident when folding out the LCD. Happens all the time.

And my hands are actually very small.

I do't know what to tell you. Need to be aware of what you're doing I guess. I didn't even know this was an issue with people. I also take photos of the stars outside in pitch black areas with LCD off so I don't ruin my night vision and still haven't pushed the video button fumbling around with the buttons trying to change this or that... I have decently big hands (fingers).

 

[Mandude]

digititus wrote:

Its only a matter of time before someone claims they are seeing improved image quality with v1.06, even though Sony has made no such claim. It has happened with all the previous updates, so it is sure to happen with this one. We may even see "before and after" shots to prove the claim.

At this rate we will only need a few more of these insignificant updates and the A65/A77 will be producing the finest images of any digital camera on the market - at any price!

Who cares. Let people believe what the want. More power to them. If you know it's not true. Don't worry about.

 

[DavieK]

Just to add - firmware updates for NEX-6 and 5R added now as links (these update the CAMERA for lens compatibility, they don't update the lenses themselves as some appear to assume) and update link for Alpha 65 also added.

Waiting for A57, 37 and other firmware to appear on the UK server.

David

 

[Karl Scharf]

digititus wrote:

Its only a matter of time before someone claims they are seeing improved image quality with v1.06, even though Sony has made no such claim. It has happened with all the previous updates, so it is sure to happen with this one. We may even see "before and after" shots to prove the claim.

At this rate we will only need a few more of these insignificant updates and the A65/A77 will be producing the finest images of any digital camera on the market - at any price!

Has anyone with flash problems noticed any differences after installing firmware 1.06?

Could it be that sometimes a company will fix a problem like the flash inconsistency through firmware without mentioning it?

 

[William Porter]

Braedel wrote:

I just ran the 1.06 update successfully on my 64-bit Mountain Lion MBP...

I quite surprised to hear this, and frankly, I'd be just a little worried. When I tried it — because I didn't at first notice the "no-64-bit" warning — I got an error alert on my Macbook Pro telling me that the updater wasn't compatible with my operating system or something like that. That was a month ago and I can't remember the exact alert any more.

I then tried to run the updater using an update-compatible Dell laptop I have lying around gathering dust. Couldn't make it work, so called Sony tech support. They took over my computer and they couldn't make it work either.

I ended up using my daughter's older Macbook running OS X v10.5 to do the A77 firmware update to 1.05.

I wish that Sony would do what Pentax does (or did, when I was using Pentax a few years ago): Allow you to download the update using any computer at all (just downloading a file), transfer file to SD card, insert SD card into camera, start camera with modifier keys held down to indicate firmware update, and then run the updater right inside the camera. MUCH more civilized.

Will

 

[carolya]

I just updated my A77 and NEX 7 using my MBP which has the latest operating system and did not encounter any problem.

 

[William Porter]

I'm not as brave as some of you. I live in the USA. I wouldn't download an updater from a Sony site in the UK or Japan and run it unless it said explicitly that it was universal or not localized. Not really sure how to estimate the chance of there being a problem. I admit it seems very unlikely. But if there IS a problem, it's going to be a nasty one. I'll wait until the updater is posted on the Sony/USA site. It's not there yet (10/18/12).

Will

 

[William Porter]

It's 10/18/12 11:57 here in Texas. I just tried running the A77V firmware 1.05 updater on my Macbook Pro and once again, I got this message:



I'm pretty sure this is the same message I saw about a month ago when I tried to upgrade to 1.05. If you can't see the screen shot above, it says:

"Alert. This application [i.e. the Sony A77 FirmwareUpdater.app] does not work with the 64-bit kernel. Please run it on the 32-bit kernel."

I'm running Mountain Lion (OS X v10.8.2) on a 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 with 4 GB RAM. Sony's USA support site (from which I downloaded the installer) says that it ain't gonna work with 64-bit kernal, and, at least where I'm sitting, they're right: it doesn't.

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Not sure what others are doing that is getting it to work. You may think you've got the latest version of the OS, but please check: Go to the Apple menu (top left corner of screen) and pull down to About this Mac. The OS version will be right there underneath the apple icon.

NOTE: If you have your Security & Privacy preferences (Apple icon > System Preferences > Security & Privacy) set to either "Mac App Store" or "Mac App Store and Identified Developers," then you won't see the error message above. Instead you'll see a message saying that the updater isn't from an identified developer. You'll have to change your security & privacy setting to "Anywhere" to get past that challenge. And then you should see the alert above.

Will

 

[rvssts]

Mr. Porter

I just downloaded the updater to my MAC Air on 10.8.2 and it went fine without warning.

You mentioned the 1.05 updater, should be 1.06

I used the download link here at the DP review announcement and it was fine. I did notice however the update is not listed yet on the sony site it still shows 1.05 as of 15min ago.

 

[aminucyrus]

Update installed, no noticeable difference for me except now i can't see the actual percentage of my battery, just the bars. I ran through the menu but could'nt find a way to make it show the battery life in percentage. Anyone encountered this?

 

[carolya]

I checked and I'm ruining Mountain Lion (OS X v10.8.2) and didn't run into any problem

 

[garykohs]

I'd hate to upgrade and find myself with the flash exposure issues others have been experiencing. My flash exposures have been stellar, so I'm afraid to change at this point.


However, my flash exposures were equally good before upgrading to 1.05 also. So I doubt it's a firmware issue.

 

[tbcass]

So far it's not available on the Sony USA site. I'll wait until it is. I never did update to 1.05.