

I have lost the entirety of the cocktal, my couple is really sad and mad at me. I never delete images or format cards on the wedding day, and as I was uploading the images on my PC coming back from the wedding, I figured out that 5mn, then 15mn, the 1h30 of images were missing! I was not able to recover any of the images lost as it apparently did not record them while I was shooting (I clearly remember shooting scenes that the camera did not record).

Knowing one had issues I was using it with the wider lense I use less, the other one being my primary camera with a 35mm.

From the begining one camera would go blind for 10s about 10 times during the day, I would have to turn it OFF/ON to reset until it happen again, but no loss until the 5th wedding I shot witt it. Well well, I bough two brand new A7III in june and started shooting weddings with them straight away. Additionally, a7R III users will need to turn off the auto review function.įor users of any camera, good memory card “hygiene” is important: some rules of thumb include not deleting images from a card from the computer, formatting the card outside the camera, or using the card in multiple cameras without formats in between. Keep in mind that formatting the card will permanently delete all the files on the card. Before that update is available, Sony suggests formatting the memory cards in both slots before each shoot. Sony mentions that a software update will be available in mid-December and should definitely be something that Sony shooters are on the lookout for if traveling or using their camera over the holiday season. The only option is to disable auto review, as the alternative of random lockups can cause data loss. Then, take a picture, back up your data on a PC or other device, and format the memory card on your camera.įor the a7R III, there is no solution offered for the auto review bug. If the images are no longer displayed, they provide the following steps for recovery: Select MENU → (Setup) → → desired memory card slot →.

Sony says the card should still preserve most of the data, as the corruption seems limited to the image database, although the data being written at the time of the interruption may be unrecoverable. It seems the largest issues are related to reusing an SD card and even more critically, using the auto review functionality on the a7R III.
