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HELP! - Sony A7s "Daylight Savings" Error Shut Down Camera DURING Filming of Wedding
I've had 3 Sony A7s cameras since they were released in the summer of 2014. They've been great. Yesterday while filming a wedding (right at the end of course), one of the cameras just went to a black screen with a message about "Daylight Savings" right in the midst of recording the Ceremony (right at the end as the couple was exiting). I forget what it actually said but it was asking a question about Daylight Savings and had V2 or V1 or something like that. I sort of freaked out because, well, I couldn't shut it off. No button stopped it. I turned off the camera but the message stayed. So I had to pull the battery to make it go away. Turning back on the camera and the clip was gone. The last clip it showed was the previous clip I had shot before the Ceremony. Interestingly enough, I just put the card (SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro) into my computer and the file is there with no issues as if nothing bad happened at all.
Has anyone ever seen an error like this before on their Sony A7, A7s, A7R, A7sII, A7II, or A7RII? I'd love to know what happened so I don't go into my next wedding wondering if it'll shut down on me.
RECAP:
I've had 3 Sony A7s cameras since they were released in the summer of 2014. They've been great. Yesterday while filming a wedding (right at the end of course), one of the cameras just went to a black screen with a message about "Daylight Savings" right in the midst of recording the Ceremony (right at the end as the couple was exiting). I forget what it actually said but it was asking a question about Daylight Savings and had V2 or V1 or something like that. I sort of freaked out because, well, I couldn't shut it off. No button stopped it. I turned off the camera but the message stayed. So I had to pull the battery to make it go away. Turning back on the camera and the clip was gone. The last clip it showed was the previous clip I had shot before the Ceremony. Interestingly enough, I just put the card (SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro) into my computer and the file is there with no issues as if nothing bad happened at all.
Has anyone ever seen an error like this before on their Sony A7, A7s, A7R, A7sII, A7II, or A7RII? I'd love to know what happened so I don't go into my next wedding wondering if it'll shut down on me.
RECAP:
- A7s Camera (purchased new when it was first release, one of 3 I own) stopped recording 15 minutes into a recording yesterday (January 2, 2016)
- Screen went to a black screen with question about Daylight Savings and a bunch of other text like V2? or V1? or something like that. (Daylight Savings is set to OFF by the way on all 3 cameras)
- Nothing I did could make the message go away (no button, not even shutting off the camera) - I pulled the battery
- Upon restart the clip that I was filiming was gone in my camera. We did use the camera again later with no issues (but that clip is still not there when previewing clips in-camera).
- Interestingly, the clip IS on the card after checking the card in our computer (thank god) and plays with no errors on my computer.
- We use a Sony Vertical Grip and the Sony XLR Adapter (first version) on all 3 cameras and never have issues (outside of one wedding this past summer where the grip got loose somehow and kept shutting off our camera until we figured out the cause and re-tightened it).
- Never had issues like this before and these cameras have now shot about 60 weddings with all 3 of them.
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