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Sony A7R + Sony FE 55mm F1.8 Sonnar T* Snow on the Ashridge Estate by -jones_adrian1-

I have had the A7Rii since the start of August and it has been really fantastic... but in the last 3-4 days it has started to malfunction when using continuous shooting. This happened first after about 1 hour of following a Eurasian Pygmy Owl the other day, the camera stopped in the middle of a 5 frame burst and said "camera error, please power the camera off and on again". I did so and the camera worked again for 20 minutes before the problem repeated... and this time power cycling did not help, game over for the day. A few hours later it was functioning again. Today saw a repeat of the situation, but this time it happened immediately when I tried to shoot continuously (it was fine before and after when shooting single frames) On both occasions the temperature was below zero, the first time it was -3C, the second time -8C. So... I am wondering if my camera is broken... or if it is just too cold for it. Has anyone else used the A7Rii with continuous shooting in sub-zero temperatures for any length of time? Andy