Some great features but annoying operations
June 17, 2017
I recently bought this camera and found it did some very unconventional operations. i.e. The process of moving the images stored in the A7ii camera to my computer is different from all my other digital cameras. This camera does not allow a one step process to Select all image files and Move them from the camera to a directory of my choice. What it does is automatically send a copy of the images to the My Pictures folder in the computer which then have to be moved into my storage directory. Then an additional step needs to be done to Delete the image files that remain in the camera. All previous digital cameras, including a Sony DCS-S85, allowed the computer to select the entire batch of images in the camera and in a single step Move them to a designated directory in the computer and at the same time delete them from the camera.
Another annoying feature is that all of the images shot with the Sony A7ii show the ILCE-7M2 model name in the Metadata tags instead of the common camera name Sony A7ii. The camera menu allows the camera name to be changed but it does not change the Metadata tag. This is also different from all my other digital cameras and I find it very displeasing.... Read More
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