Sup /p/,Just bought this A7sII off ebay for $650 with only 410 "shutter actuations" measured and like 5 spare batteries thinking it would be mint. After inspecting it, it had some pretty heavy hotshoe usage and slight body grease stain from the grip area. I thought alright, not bad (could mean videos/long exposures were shot I think). That is until I ended up turning on the camera and shooting some video at night to test how good it is at low light. After shooting a couple videos I decide to check on my computer how the 4k quality is of a 2015 camera and it looked good until I noticed the color of the following red and blue hot/stuck pixels kept showing up along with one white one in the left.The pixels "go-away" when taking pictures or when the camera is turned on after a night but I guess they turn white in pictures (see below)? If anyone knows of a fix for this issue that isn't the month/pixel remapping one I can give them $ in compensation as I have to go to Italy in a few days and want to use it at night.Btw this is the first time I hear of this phenomenon and already tried the sensor remapping fix of setting the month back and zilch.Anything helps at this point
Also if you look closely at the EVF when not filming or in long exposure mode the camera shows the same color pixels on the display and EVFHere's a second screenshot of a video that I took recently in a pitch dark bathroom.
>>4394599hot pixel map. If still doesn't go away need to send into Sony, maybe they can fix for a high price. Otherwise sensor has been used up lol. You haven't even posted shutter count. Not that that would tell you anything. For all you know that camera spent the last 9 years on 24/7 as a livestream cam.
>>4394599>>4394600Wow that's a lot. That's even more than my S2 Pro or my 5D. Must have been used for some pretty serious video work if that's only 400 actuations.
>>4394599>Just bought this A7sII off ebay for $650 with only 410 "shutter actuations" measured and like 5 spare batteries thinking it would be mint.LMAOOOOO>literally an a7sII>thinks shutter actuations actually mean anythingnigga, they used and abused and raped this camera to make videos, not photograph pools in the moonlight.lmao you got fucked real hard>I have to go to Italy in a few days and want to use it at night.there is nothing worth photographing in italy at night that would require an a7sII, just take a tripod and do long exposures of well framed subjects with whatever half decent camera you can find, idiot
>>4394602I've tried that and even updated the firmware (it was on 1.10) to 3.01, and still nothing.If I send it to Sony it is literally like $660 for a sensor replacement which I might spend instead of getting a $3k A7SIII>>4394605Unfortunately that is the case. I should've thought twice about this camera and went with something else. However this small cost has opened my eyes at SNOY and their shit sensorsSaw this video as well and it seems like its an across the board issue with SNOY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtuKnUahSp0>>4394610Fuck you nigger, you can maybe be of help next time instead of stating the obvious bitchboy
>>4394612Your metadata doesn't show, but have you tried using lightroom? Seems to automatically remove hot pixels. It's a pretty easy fix in post so long as there aren't massive groups of pixels all right next to each other which are dead. Pretty sure darktable also has this, but I think for both programs these features only work with RAW files. Also you could try letting the eBay seller know, most eBay shops will do whatever you want if you threaten them with a bad review. It's not a big deal for them as there will always be another sucker who wont even notice.
>>4394612>the obviousso obvious that you didn't even catch that a camera almost exclusively used by videographers can have few actuations but actually be heavily used lmao
>>4394616I'm not interested in post editing photos on Lightroom as I've said the camera taking ability of the camera is fine with no issues of hot pixels, until you get into long-exposures when they show up.>>4394617Kys retard
>>4394619>spends $650 willy nilly>calls other retards
>>4394620say what you will about OP but at least he's not a poorfag lol
>>4394620True. Even if it were 100% mint NIB, why would anyone spend $650 on an a7sII in 2024?
>>4394612>$660 for a sensor replacement which I might spend instead of getting a $3k A7SIIIDo you think there's no other cameras that exist between these models? Even an a7III would be a better option for dedicated video than an a7SII.
>>4394599This is not a manufacturing defect. This is damage caused by the sensor overheating. This was an astro nerds beater and most likely used for solar photography. >>4394612>across the boardEVERY sensor has intermittent hot pixels unless the firmware has forced hot pixel reduction and it is worse on ALL mirrorlessThis specific camera is DAMAGED. Get a refund.
e shutter doesnt increase the shot countercongrats on buying a camera that was probably used to shoot 30x1min exposures on a tracking mount night after night
>>4394599return for item not as described, the only fix when its this egregious is a new camera.
>>4394735>>4394738Firstly I cant get a refund since the seller made it clear he doesn't take refunds on eBay.Secondly, I'd rather just pay for a new sensor desu rather than buy an $3-4k A7 SIII or FX-3
>>4394868I don't really want to make this known as someone who sells on ebay, but the buyer can get a refund no matter what for "item not as described." Sellers pretty much have no choice but to accept the return and dispute it later. If a seller refuses to respond to a return request, the buyer gets the refund AND keeps the item. When people try that shit I have resorted to negotiating with them, like giving them some money back and they keep the item so I don't have to pay for shipping, it's practically extortion. Although in your case the camera is a piece of shit so fuck them. They should have mentioned this obvious problem in the description.
>>4394871Everyone knows this hahaha. Ebay almost always sides with buyer too.
>>4394868What>>4394871 said. It doesn't matter if he says he doesn't accept refunds. He has to if the product is defective. And he needs to pay for the return postage.I bought a lens a while ago and I think it was the optical image stabilising lens group just jumps around retardedly and you can hear it shake in the lens when you just move it around. I told him about it and he tried to offer a discount but I have no use for an unusable lens so he just refunded the entire amount (it was over $200) and told me to keep it. He obviously knew it was fucked when he sold it. This cunt is probably just hoping that you're a sucker and don't complain.
>>4394874>Everyone knows this hahaha. Ebay almost always sides with buyer too.Which is why that behemoth is fading into obscurity. Nobody feels any loyalty to that shit company. Fuck ebay and fuck that shady seller.
>>4394599>>4394602>>4394617This: >>4394736The shutter count readout only gives you mechanical shutter actuations. It doesn't tell you jack about how the camera was used.7S are a mixed bag. I got lucky with mine but heard horror stories for days. Next one will be a 7R2, from what I've heard R are less likely to have been abused for astro/video.
>>4394868>sunk cost fallacyyes, go sink money into an already outdated camera>there exists no good options between an a7sII and a7sIIIagain, even an a7iii would be better choice for dedicated video than an a7sii
>>4394868you can always return for inad, you were scammed by the seller and did not receive the product you paid for. you have a legitimate case for a return here, 'no returns' on ebay simply means you cannot return for buyers remorse.
>>4394736shooting a bunch of long exposures with e shutter wouldn't degrade the sensor like this, this camera probably got left in sunlight or was damaged in the eclipse and the seller only got around to dumping it now.
>>4395072The 7r2 is a really poorly made camera. The 7r3 is a lot better but the color science leaves a fuckton to be desired without shooting raw and creating a profile for each lens using the best calibration target and most accurate illuminants you can acquire.
>>4395088If it were enough consecutive long exposures to overheat the sensor, it would. Same for 4k videos long enough to always be on the edge of the highest shutoff limit.Serious astrophotography can easily push non-cooled cameras over 50c and sensors operating range is typically up to 45c
>>4395088>this camera probably got left in sunlight or was damaged in the eclipse and the seller only got around to dumping it now.Very possible. Or just a shitload of video in direct sunlight.Even so, I have never seen hot pixels at a level like >>4394600, so it must've been from aiming it right at the sun.
>>4395088>>4395100Considering OP just got it and likely hasn't done this yet, wouldn't pixel mapping have got rid of these? Or wouldn't the sensor cooling have fixed it? If they're still appearing, that sounds more like dead pixels. Unless I'm misunderstanding something here.
>>4395223The little wires in the sensor literally melt. It’s a bunk camera.
>>4394599>A7SIIif i recall right, the A7S line is usually used for video, so that camera has probably had a long life of being used for long videos.
>>4395224>bunk cameraNot sure I know that phrase, meaning it's shit or just old?
>>4395226Its totally trashed you square.
>>4395230Square?
>>4395237Yeah, square. Why are you being such a spaz?
>>4395240>It's a regional dialectnta but nobody uses "bunk" that way.
>>4395245This. The official definition of the word is "Empty talk; nonsense." so it's a weird thing to call a camera.
is that normal? what does that?
>>4394612This isn't a Sony thing, this is just a camera thing. it's been abused to hell and used for a lot of video, even you noticed it considering how worn out the hot shoe was.You bought a cheap and very heavily used camera, this is not brand specific.
