Archives for 2016

This is a continuation in a series of posts on power consumption in the Sony a7RII. The more recent incarnation of the series starts here. I’ve been telling you all about what I’ve been finding out about the a7RII battery draw under various conditions. It’s time I showed you how I’m doing the testing. Warning:… [Read More]

Adobe turned loose the 2017 update of most of the Creative Cloud apps today. I installed Ps, Ai, Id, and a few others on my main dual-Xeon, 256MB RAM, 32-core, AMD V8000 system. Lr did not get an update. I fired up Photoshop, and tried to open an image. Nothing. I treid a few other… [Read More]

This is a continuation in a series of posts on power consumption in the Sony a7RII. The more recent incarnation of the series starts here. About the question in the post title: in a word, no. In three, somewhat more accurate words, hardly at all. In order to create a worst-case test, I told the… [Read More]

This is a continuation in a series of posts on power consumption in the Sony a7RII. The more recent incarnation of the series starts here. The manual for the Sony a7RII says that the electronic viewfinder (EVF) consumes more power than the liquid crystal display (LCD). My testing has indicated the reverse. That’s because I… [Read More]

This is a continuation in a series of posts on power consumption in the Sony a7RII. The more recent incarnation of the series starts here. Earlier today I showed you Sony a7RII battery current draw under several operating modes, with the data gathered with a Keithley 2100 DMM. In this post, I’ll give you a… [Read More]