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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Nikon guy with a new Sony A7 -- questions and impressions | |
For OS X users -- I attempted to upgrade the firmware of the A7 with the Sony firmware updater app.
1) Good lord, does Sony write some shitty, half-assed software. I have always had this impression, particularly in relation to UI -- this dates back to my use of old Digital Mavica cameras, the entire Playstation family from original to 4, the PSP... great hardware, infuriating software. The instructions in the updater process were vague and unspecific about how to set the camera up for the update. It took time and guesswork to get it right.
2) I've read that you can't get the updater software to work in OS X Mavericks, or alternatively, that you can't get it to work unless you're booted into the 32 bit kernel as opposed to 64 bit. I found neither to be true.
However, the updater actually aborted mid-update for me on the first THREE tries, leaving me with a steady red light by the card bay door and the fear that I had bricked my new camera. It updated properly on the fourth try. What's the secret? YOU CAN'T UPDATE IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE DOING OTHER STUFF. You have to keep the update app front and center in OS X while it does its thing.
Un. Believable.
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