I bought a new Sony A7II in February and by April its performance had deteriorated. It took awhile to figure out the mystery of what was happening. At first I thought the battery was dying incredibly quickly, like after 10 photos. But then through experimentation I learned that the battery was not indeed dead it was just “disconnecting” from the camera. If I turned the camera off then it would not turn back on. It was totally dead: the shutter wouldn’t click and the screen was black. But if I removed the battery and reinserted it – while the camera was still on – then it would start up again. I contacted Sony in May and sent it in for repairs – twice! Twice it came back to me with the exact same problem. Perhaps at their repair center they could not recreate the problem? Finally I convinced Sony to send me a replacement camera and it arrived today! The long national nightmare has ended! I will say that I hope I *never* hear the customer service hold music again. I could probably whistle it in my sleep I was on hold with them for so long and for so many calls. It was a little frustrating but in the end they did the right thing by replacing the camera. I clearly got “a lemon” the first time around. 

Today I felt like taking photos but also going for a hike so I took the new camera to the Botanical Gardens here in Athens and took some abstract, black and white nature photographs. Here is the set. I hope you enjoy.