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RT-- wrote:
I was shooting with my 50 today, and it pretty much refused to stay in magnified view at f/2. I'd say on average it held for 2 secs; sometimes it backed out immediately, a couple of times it held for almost 10 seconds.
Next I'll try it on my friend's 7M3 or 7RM3 to see if it's really the A1 that is to blame.
Has anyone contacted Zeiss or Sony about this issue?
edit: Sent a message to Zeiss tech support.
I haven't contacted Zeiss or Sony. My MF lenses are all Voigtlanders and I'm happy with them. I do prefer the Loxia 21 rendering over the Voigtlander 21's (Nokton & Color Skopar) but the Loxia lenses are unusable on my A1. As of now, I've tried 3 Loxia 21's, 2 Loxia 25's, and a Loxia 85. Same problem with all and never have had a problem with my Voigtlanders (12, 15, 21, 35, 40, 50, 65, and 110).
The main two problems are:
1) I am unable to remain in magnified view. About half the time the camera comes immediately back out of magnified view (I have C2 set for magnified view 4.2X, unlimited time). About half the time I will get a few seconds before it kicks out of magnified view.
2) Taking images with the self-timer is almost impossible. On starting an X-second timer, about half the time the timer stops immediately. The other times I get a variable number of seconds before the timer stops. It's unusual when the timer actually completes and the image is obtained.
* The problems seem to occur at any aperture or shutter speed.
* The problems seem more likely to occur if/when I switch between the back LCD and the eyepiece (set on auto).
* The problems seem to be occurring only on the A1.
* The lenses which demonstrated the abnormal behavior (all Loxias that I have used on my A1) work normally on friends' A7RIV's and A9's
If anyone gets this sorted out, please let this thread know about the solution.
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