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I thought I'd write up what happened to me to help others with similar predicaments. I stupidly didn't read the instructions when I updated the firmware on my a6700. I inserted a freshly a6700 formatted SD card with the firmware update. And proceeded to start the update process. When the screen went black for a few seconds, I thought there was an error and shut off the camera, not realizing this was part of the update process. (I think it's a dumb idea to have a black screen for the update process.) My camera wouldn't turn on. All I'd get was a black screen and a blinking red light on the bottom left side of the camera. I tried all sorts of things for hours upon hours. None of them worked. Here's what did work: I erased the SD card and formatted it in exFAT format on my Mac. Then I added the firmware update. Then I inserted the card and turned the camera on. After a few minutes, the screen turned on. (I think this should be done with a full battery.) Anyways, I thought I'd have to have my camera repaired. But it turned out to be a simple solution.

I did mean the 16-50. I have a 55-210mm lens that I use for sports, and I find that that is too big for some sports, especially indoor ones.

Take a photo of a bright monochromatic surface (e.g. sky, white wall) with a very small aperture (F/22 or so). Do you now see clearly defined specks? If yes, there's dust on your sensor.

+ 1 on the above comment. Just to avoid deception, and add to the information, please note that the Minolta or Sony 1.4X and 2X APO converters will not work with these adapters.

No I hadn't, but I just did and it worked! When it is inactive the focus point is just a grey square. But when I push the centre of the joystick, the square changes to have an outward facing arrow on each corner and then I can move it with the joystick. Thank you so much, a simple solution that I hopefully won't forget.

Have you tried pressing or double pressing the joystick?

Here are some photos I took with my A7R5 a couple of weeks ago in the Adelaide Botanical Gardens while experimenting with a 720nm Infra Red Filter.

I just realized that this is caused by the pre-focus feature. I turned off the pre-focus and voila! It's fixed.

Thanks, joe90. Sony won on this issue: I bought the 300mm f/2.8 lens, and my 200-600 sits unused. It chaps me that Sony profits on their own issue. I'm sad, regardless, that the shop where I sent my lens was unable to reproduce the problem. They didn't want to replace the part without being able to verify that the lens was fixed... so I'm out $100 in back and forth postage and my lens is still not working properly.