HELP FS700 won't turn on

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Kelsey Thompson

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I was shooting in Florida today (it was HOT) and my FS700 shut off randomly, which I'm assuming was due to overheating although I didn't receive any warnings or notifications. I managed to turn it back on a few minutes later but things were pretty screwy: iso bouncing around, settings changing from auto to manual without me touching anything etc. I turned the camera off and haven't been able to turn it on since. I'm assuming it's fried due to the high heat/humidity.

I have two days left on location and my client was counting on slow motion, we've settled on shooting the rest with my 5D with no slow-mo as I haven't been able to find a replacement locally for rent/purchase (we're now in Savannah, GA). Has any one had any experience with this or know of a way to reset the camera or have any other suggestions, or is my initially diagnosis of "toast" likely correct?

Thanks for the help!
 
Just experiencing the same problem right now, super worried. Had the camera upgraded at Sony and was using the O7Q all day yesterday. Now it won't turn on, I've swapped 4 different batteries. Anyone experience this issue?
 
I don't have the FS700, but the FS100.
I remember a similar problem where the camera didn't work correct.
I tried the factory reset button on the top of the camera. It sets everything
back to factory settings. Your picture profiles wil be gone too, as I realized
later. From then on I copied my profiles to every SD card once it's put in
the camera and formatted.

Hope that helps!
 
The factory reset button on the FS700 is not particularly well documented by Sony. On the top control surface (the area under where the LCD flips down), there is a small hole above some of the buttons. Stick the end of a paperclip in there to push an internal button, resetting the unit. I think you may need to be doing this while turning on the unit, but can't recall.
 
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