Thank everyone for your comments. I agree with Jonesy on this being anreal issues. I've also contacted a few other shooters I know in LA and showed this video around. The general consensus is that something is definitely wrong with the camera. A few of them have the A7S markI and tell me they've seen nothing like this on their cameras so back to B&H the camera goes. I'll make sure to do a follow up test with the new camera once I have it and post the results here. Thanks again.
Hi Everyone, I'm new to this forum but figured I'd make this post because I've scoured the internet for information on what I'm experiencing and have yet to find anything similar. I know 99% of the time hardware issues are user error so I'm hoping someone can give me some "forehead slapping" advice here. In a nut shell I'm experiencing 2 problems with my A7Sii and I'm trying to figure out if I should send the camera back and claim it as defective. There's a lot I like about this camera aside from these issues so hopefully there are some easy fixes. The 2 problems are. 1. The LCD screen on the back randomly shuts off frequently for various amounts of time. This may be due to the fact that I'm shooting with canon EF glass via a Metabones T Smart Adapter Mark IV for Canon EF lenses. I've heard of issues with these adaptors but I'd thought that the Mark IV had solved this problem. On a side note I've done the most recent firmware upgrade but it has not helped. Also when recording and experiencing this issues the clip recorded is not effected. 2. The second and more concerning issues is the noise I'm seeing in the different ISO levels. The image is clean until around 3200iso then it becomes pretty bad as you can see from the untreated clips I've posted. Oddly the signal becomes very clean again at 10,000iso as well as 12,800iso but after that the noise starts to comes back. Now I know even this camera for all it's hype will experience some noise in the higher levels but from what I've seen online people are producing pretty good results even at iso's up to 51,000 and certainly at 3200. My real concern is from iso 3200 to 8000. I've played with some of the footage in different color grading programs to clean it up but with so much noise at certain levels I've not been very successful. Why my camera has noise at lower levels (3200) then cleans back about around 10,000iso makes me think something is wrong. I'd love to get others advice or opinions on this as well as questions and or suggestions that may help me get to the bottom of the issues.
CLIP SPECS: - 23.976 fps - 4K - Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4 - Adaptor: Metabones T Smart Adapter Mark IV for Canon EF lens to Sony E-mount camera.
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