Hurray…This was superfast! Read this:
“Sony will release a firmware update for the α7S II camera on 20th November, 2015. It is designed to eliminate the occurrence of a black spot that may appear in frame when shooting in a specific set of high intensity light conditions. The new firmware, version 1.10, will be available for download through Sony’s e-support site http://www.sony.eu/support/ on the product page for model “ILCE-7SM2“
found via EosHD.
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A7sII store list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama.
In Europe/Asia at ParkCameras, WexUK, Jessops and Digitalrev.
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Black hole sun won’t you come…and wash around the rain…..
…….or just give us a firmware update. Either or.
Didn’t this just affect PAL versions of the camera anyway?
Where is 14 bit RAW firmware for A7s? 🙁 ?
Uncompressed RAW is already built-in; added via firmware only on A7R II and A7 II
“There’s a little black spot on the sun today” The updated firmware will make it go away.
I wonder is this the same bug as Fuji had in x10 or not?
Sony issue looks like an integer overflow somewhere in the firmware – most likely the codec code as it seems to only affect specific video modes.
Fuji issue was what is usually called “sensor blooming” – if the sensor is exposed to too much light, the electrical charge starts “leaking” to neighboring pixels, creating blotches of completely blown out pixels. This cannot be fixed in firmware, because the issue occurs on sensor. There is some cross talk between pixels, either optical or electrical, on all sensors, but some are much worse than others.
No, Fuji also had perfectly circular artifacts. Blooming does not work like that.
You are wrong there. What Fuji had on X10 was blooming. They first tried a firmware work-around, that did not work out. Then they offered sensor exchange. They might look somewhat similar, but the cause is different.
Blooming just leaks charge to neighboring pixels and creates circular pattern just like you would create a circular puddle on the flat service, if you poured some liquid in the center.
Sony also creates circular pattern, because blown out areas often are circular by nature, like sun or light bulbs. So far all the available samples seem to show a sky with black sun.
SAR, The firmware is now out on sony’s website!
only in A7Smk2, not in mk1