FS7: Power problems

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IATM112

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Hi all-

I had a moment of panic yesterday durning a shoot. My FS7 II (60 hours on the clock) would shut off periodically. Took the battery off, put it back on and the camera would fire up. It did this about 10 times and then finally would not come back to life.

I have a CoreSWX Anton Bauer plate, so I took that off, checked all the connections and put it back on and then put a new battery on the camera.

Worked like it was supposed to after that.

I've read of others having similar problems with the original FS7...but I'm inclined to think that my DC input cable came lose, or I've got a wonky AB Digital 90 battery.

This has happened a few times in the 3 months I've had the camera, but the camera would always power on after I removed the battery and put it back on the plate.

So who do I bug first? Sony, Core, or Anton Bauer?

Thanks!

-KB
 
Personally I haven't heard of others having this problem with any FS7, but if you have it might be a known camera problem. However I don't think anybody can solve this for you with out testing which is hard on an intermittent problem.

Now this isn't brain surgery, but If I were you I would get another plate first off just as security and always have it with me. After all what is the cost of an alternate battery plate compared to screwing up a job and possibly losing a client. And of course mark them so you know which one causes the problem.
Secondly, I assume you have more than one battery. I would hope you've been keeping track of which battery was on the camera when you had the problem. If not you should be ashamed of yourself. That's the easy way to see if its a battery problem. So if it happens a few more times you should be able to isolate if it was one bad battery, one bad plate, or if it happens with multiple plates and batts then its surely a camera problem.
If you simply use the new plate from now on and it never recurs then you've probably found the culprit - though it might be hard to get your money back on an intermittent issue.
 
Having another plate on hand is a good idea. Not really a fast fix, but better than the alternative.

And I do know which battery was on the camera when it shut down. Said battery has now been marked with tape. The battery in question did have about 70% of the charge left on it at the time of the issue.
 
Test the battery voltage with a voltmeter. If it is on the low side (old or defective battery) the camera may shut down thinking it is near dead. If you can get your hands on a conventional Sony battery, see if it ever shuts down with it.
 
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