A7rii Something is wrong!

[T.Beck]

Hi guys, 

Having a lot of trouble with the Sony A7rii. I decided to buy one (used) a couple of months ago and bought a Used Sony FE 3.5-5.6 28-70mm OSS. When testing it out I found that the images seemed weirdly noisy and blurred despite shooting on RAW, with low ISO, high aperture, a shutter speed above 1/125th and on a tripod. After discussing with the camera shop I thought it was the lens (lens aberration) so decided to get the Sony FE 50mm 1.8 new from the same shop I got the camera. 

When I got it there was a definite improvement but there were still problems with noise and handling contrast and depth when it was a landscape. I shot RAW and JPEG and I was completely baffled. So I thought it was the sensor of the camera which was wrong and returned it. 

I have now bought another used one from eBay from someone who worked at Jessops the camera shop. And I am having the same problem with the 28-70mm lens. (I have returned the new Sony FE 50mm lens). 

Firstly, should I buy a new lens and give it a go-to see. 

More importantly, however, what am I doing wrong??? I'm a recent photo graduate so have a fair amount of experience and I'm stumped. I was really looking forward to using this camera and this ordeal is now over a month-long!

(I've bought used because I'm a graduate and the price of a new one is £££)

Thanks!

[Pascale_F]

Hi T.Beck,

Welcome to the community.

I'll see if I can track down some answers. Maybe someone else in the community has an idea in the meantime.

Thanks,

Pascale

[Joe_Dohn]

The first thing I'd suggest is making sure that the camera is updated to the latest software version currently available. Also if you do have the latest version already, resetting it to factory settings would be a good idea to eliminate the possibility of a software glitch (whether by updating or resetting).

Cheers,

J.D.

[Chickenchaser]

• I realise this is a very old post, but also relevant to me. I have exactly the same problem. Very poor quality images at every conceivable setting from factory reset auto everything to manual. (And yes up to date software) Has anyone had similar problems and know of a solution ? I don't even use the camera anymore, I've gone back to my old but trusty nikon d7100 it's that bad. 

[HannahEd01]

Hi Chickenchaser, what seems to be the issue? Could you be more specific? Also, what's the current software version of your camera?? What are the connected accessories? Settings?

[IamNic]

Hello @Chickenchaser,

just upload an image with intact EXIF data in your next reply and the people in the community can investigate the settings which usually helps to identify the issue.

- Nic

[SkyNet404]

Yea I'd say you need to upload some RAW footage unedited to see the issue exactly.