Sony A7/A7R Firmware Suggestions

[fromthehip]

1. Focus Magnifier / Zoom in one button press like NEX. An additional menu option would be to have the option to change the behavior of the one click, where one click can equal any of these 3 user pref. Maximum magnification first, Minimum magnification first or the current style framing mode.

2. Startup times need improved to feel like a pro tool. Currently the camera is inconsistent here. Agreed that major work is needed on power management, start-up/wake-from-sleep times, and lag when changing settings.

3. Buggy system. For example, when ISO is mapped to default wheel location, sometimes it simply does not work when wheel is turned. This is not acceptable, as I’ve had to map a backup button for ISO for when this bug happens. It happens often.

4. Fix the auto sensor so that it doesn't mistake the shirt/belly as an eyeball and switch to the viewfinder...even though one is shooting with the screen. An option to adjust the sensitivity of the back screen in proximity to the body/eye before switching would be nice.

5. Option to completely turn off LCD (not just turn display black
INCLUDING the backlight.)

6. Manual lens data entry, room for at least 10 lenses.

 

[aeturnum]

1. I'd love an option to adjust magnification level as well, but I suspect the odd values (5.9x?) are dictated by physical properties of the sensor.

2. I have serious doubts that either the startup times or the power management can be improved significantly. These are both issues that would have been obvious during development. At the end of the day, the A7 has a big screen and a small battery.

3. Seems the most likely of these changes.

4. I believe the eye sensor it a simple IR distance sensor, so fine tuning is unlikely to be possible. I actually have the opposite complaint - I find the viewfinder often deactivates when I'm using portrait orientation.

5. This would be nice, but the fact that the screen can't be turned off right now may indicate it's not possible. Personally, I would like a mode where the rear screen is used only for chimping.

6. I would think someone would make an "app" for that, though people have been using vintage lenses on NEX cameras for years and no app has appeared. It doesn't seem like the sort of thing Sony would add to a "main" firmware.

 

[fromthehip]

1. I'd love an option to adjust magnification level as well, but I suspect the odd values (5.9x?) are dictated by physical properties of the sensor.

*To be clear on this one, I am suggesting to keep the magnification levels as they are, just allowing us to chose in which order any of the 3 come with a single click. 🙂