View Full Version : Problem - can't film, blacked out


Geoff Schatzel
December 18th, 2010, 03:41 PM
Was filming a wedding and everything was fine with my Sony Z7. Turning the camera on a short time later (without changing any settings), I am now not getting a record signal from the camera.

When I pull out the screen it is completely black and the Iris info value has lines instead of numbers. I did get a condensation error and it told me to turn the camera off for an hour.

I let it sit overnight and the problem still exists. I turned it into record mode and the screen is still black. I put a tape in and it won't record either.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Frank Heney
December 18th, 2010, 03:58 PM
Have you tried the reset button?

James Cairns
December 18th, 2010, 05:37 PM
Hi Geoff, I only recently got my Z7 back from Sony for the same problem with the iris info as lines and not allowing me to record, I however did not get the Condensation error.

It turned out to be my Lens? Sony fixed her and now all is fine.

Hope this helped you.
James

Geoff Schatzel
January 3rd, 2011, 10:31 PM
I did try the reset button and cleaned the contacts on the lens, but I am still getting lines through the Iris info area and have no control over zooming / focusing.