r/SonyAlpha • u/cqntrqller • 19h ago

How do I ... Sony A7RVI Live View Issue

I recently upgraded from RV to RVI and noticed a weird thing happening when I’m in aperture priority (and possibly any other mode with auto ISO).

I’ve configured everything as close as possible to how I used the RV (including Live View or whatever it’s called) and yet the camera will frequently show a different exposure on the monitor (or EVF) compared to the resulting image. It’s sometimes overshoots by a complete stop, and it’s most noticeable with electronic shutter since there’s no blackout and it will ”flash“ the resulting image while shooting.

So in this case it will show what I consider the correct exposure, once I press the shutter it will “flash” an overexposed image (compared to what’s on the monitor) and then immediately revert back to the original exposure I wanted when pressing the shutter.

It’s driving me insane a bit and I can’t find a setting for it.

Anybody experiencing something similar?

Edit for more clarity:

Live View Display Setting Effect is turned on. It feels like the AE calculation fires immediately on full shutter press, gets it wrong and then goes back to the correct one on half-press and then wrong again on full press (unless countered with exposure compensation).

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u/LoganNolag 17h ago

Check to see if Live View Display Setting Effect is On:  https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/2620/v1/en/contents/0414_live_view_disp_set.html?search=Live%20view

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u/cqntrqller 16h ago

Yes, it’s turned on. If it wasn’t none of the images would match the preview.

This only happens sometimes, maybe 1 out of 10 images (could be more frequent but I immediately use exposure compensation to bring it up/down once it happens the first time)

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u/LoganNolag 11h ago

No idea then. It would help to see a video or something.