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Can you turn off blackout free shooting on A7v?

  
 
Jimi3
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p.1 #1 · Can you turn off blackout free shooting on A7v?


I just upgraded from the A7iv to the A7v, mostly for the faster sensor. Getting used to the new camera, but I’m actually not loving the blackout free shooting in the V; sometimes I’m shooting bursts with the camera at arms length, and it’s hard to tell from the lcd whether frames are being captured or not. Previously I always knew, as there’d be that brief blackout. The “shoot start display” setting helps with this a little, but I’d prefer the ongoing feedback of the A7iv. I know there is still a flash of an outer frame to indicate that shooting is active, but it’s hard to see when I have the camera at waist level.


May 11, 2026 at 06:50 PM
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p.1 #2 · Can you turn off blackout free shooting on A7v?


This is something I've had to get used to as well. I've put gaffer's tape over the speaker and I keep it at the lowest volume so that at least I can hear that I am shooting. I also purchased a shutter button cap so that I shutter button presses feel a little bit more intentional.

Finally, you just get used to it. You see the screen change a bit and you know that you are shooting. Previously, I'd rely on the blackout, but now I rely on the other kinds of feedback the camera provides.



May 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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p.1 #3 · Can you turn off blackout free shooting on A7v?


Yeah, perhaps use the shutter sound?


May 12, 2026 at 05:47 PM
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p.1 #4 · Can you turn off blackout free shooting on A7v?




nineblade wrote:
Yeah, perhaps use the shutter sound?


Yeah I guess that might be an option. I’m used to silent shooting for dog shoots, but maybe it’s quiet enough that it won’t be an issue. Haven’t tried it.



May 12, 2026 at 06:24 PM







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