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I always use portrait mode for taking panorama shots.

A lot of great panoramas are made with long lenses and the camera in portrait mode. It allows you to zoom in on your subject, stitch a half-dozen shots together and maintain detail. Very effective method.

Back in the late 1970s, I adored my OM1 film camera! Such a simple and easy rig for street, and I was living on the Main Street of a small town...

Sony A1 II and A1.

I agree with Richard A IF you are using a shortish lens (which makes sense for panoramas). I love my gimbal for birds, but for panoramas it's usually overkill. Easy does it, and keep your manual settings even.

Whatever...

Please don’t lecture me. I’ve been using Sony digital cameras since the first a71, and have been updating every major digital brand (Nikon, Olympus, Fujifilm, Canon, OM, Panasonic) since the mid-nineties. I’ve been a photographer since before you were born, and have read the manuals of each camera I’ve owned cover to cover. I actually tried NOT deleting the hidden folders days ago, and only actually deleted them once, in desperation. I have no idea why my camera finally decided to update, and suspect Sony may have done something behind the scenes. Moreover you don’t even own my A1II, so have not been through the frustrations of Sony’s VERY cursory and inadequate instructions. Not too many folks own this camera, and fewer still are even aware of the version 3.00 update, which was released on 7-29-2025. I suspect the directions were translated from the Japanese by AI and never reviewed. In any case, let me volunteer here and now to help any A1II owners through the update process, if they need help.

If you had said in the first place that you were deleting files from a card freshly formatted in your camera, I could have told you straight away what the problem was! Lesson: when asking for help or advice, make sure you give all the information...

Great that you figured it out. I guess there was some misunderstanding between us, probably because English isn‘t my native language.

No, actually, the very act of formatting with your camera produces three hidden folders which you can see plain as day without Command shift period, It was only after I decided NOT to delete those folders and simply copy the update file to then root directory of the card that I FINALLY ABLE to update my A1II to version3.00. PROBLEM SOLVED!

But not the display of hidden files. You have to hit „Command Shift Period“ all together to toggle the display setting of hidden files and folders.

The Mac Finder is always enabled!

A 6500

What camera are you using?

Hi all, new to the forum, I did a quick search but didn't see much on pancake lense option. I'm really liking the portability of the kit lens, but do realize it has its short coming, so looking at some prime options out there. Curious if anyone has tried any, and if they are worth the upgrade over the kit lens, used mainly for landscape and scenic, with occasional action shots when the opportunity arises. Specifically lenses I'm interested in Sony 16mm 2.8 with the wide angle adapter Ttartisan 14mm 3.5 Sony 20mm 2.8 Ttartisan 27mm 3.5 Any feedback is appreciated

Any reason you decided to replace the Sony lens with the Sigma one in the first place?

Yeah, B&H got back to me today apologizing and offering a refund. Strangely, I dug out my old A7 and tried the lens on there. No issues. Put the lens back on the A7 IV and now it seems to be working as normal. However, at the price point I’d rather just exchange it for a different one in case it happens again. Really love the lens though.

I use Auto ISO a lot. Always in Manual. The problem is you're experiencing is that you're giving the camera the choice of two parameters, ISO and Shutter. The camera is making the decision as to which one is prioritized. Just shoot in M and be done with it. As for the ISO, it sounds like you have something programmed.

I would be returning the lens…

That’s a bit strange…

You have to enable the Mac finder to show them. Did you?

I did and they aren't there.

Actually they say you can use bluetooth, which is a lot easier, because I'm not on my home network, being on vacation.

There are no hiddennfiles. I reformatted the card with my camera and then directly downloaded the update to the card.