Sony NEX-7 menu at DVinfo.net

JC Goloubev · May 10th, 2016, 07:27 AM

I bought a Sony NEX-7 camera, mainly for testing purposes but it will now become my main camera for taking photos.

However, the menu is entirely in Japanese and there is no language option.

I am aware that some people were looking into making a kind of patch for this situation but I can't find much information and definitely nothing that seems to be working. Does anyone have more information on this?

Jim Michael · May 10th, 2016, 09:36 AM

In your research did you run across this:

It is possible!

From the (english language) manual, page 25:

There is a little icon, a small black box with the letter A on it, kind of looks like a tiny character sized picture of a book.

Go into the settings menu, the toolbox icon, and scroll down until you find this the letter A icon, select and there you have all your languages,

Good luck!

Source https://community.sony.com/t5/Custom...er/td-p/240337

JC Goloubev · May 12th, 2016, 09:38 AM

Sadly this is a NEX-7 purchased in Japan, so it doesn't have the language menu.

I found one website that sort of edits the camera but they went only as far as the NEX-6 in doing so. Apparently all those cameras use android "apps", but not the NEX-7 (and possibly onwards).

May 10th, 2016, 07:27 AM	#1
JC Goloubev New Boot Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Yokohama Posts: 9	Sony NEX-7 menu I bought a Sony NEX-7 camera, mainly for testing purposes but it will now become my main camera for taking photos. However, the menu is entirely in Japanese and there is no language option. I am aware that some people were looking into making a kind of patch for this situation but I can't find much information and definitely nothing that seems to be working. Does anyone have more information on this?

May 10th, 2016, 09:36 AM	#2
Jim Michael Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 895	Re: Sony NEX-7 menu In your research did you run across this: It is possible! From the (english language) manual, page 25: There is a little icon, a small black box with the letter A on it, kind of looks like a tiny character sized picture of a book. Go into the settings menu, the toolbox icon, and scroll down until you find this the letter A icon, select and there you have all your languages, Good luck! Source https://community.sony.com/t5/Custom...er/td-p/240337

May 12th, 2016, 09:38 AM	#3
JC Goloubev New Boot Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Yokohama Posts: 9	Re: Sony NEX-7 menu Sadly this is a NEX-7 purchased in Japan, so it doesn't have the language menu. I found one website that sort of edits the camera but they went only as far as the NEX-6 in doing so. Apparently all those cameras use android "apps", but not the NEX-7 (and possibly onwards).