New forum member here.  I joined hoping to get some advice on a problem with my camera.

I was using my trusty A33 last night, with a freshly charged battery (Sony), and after taking several photos, pressed the shutter button to take another when the camera shut off.  Nothing I tried got it to turn back on.   When I got home, I tried another battery, also freshly charged, and it still would not come on.  The strange thing is, when I tried the AC adapter, the camera worked fine!

I did some research and learned others have had similar problems though I saw no mention of their cameras still functioning on AC.  Regardless, I tried the reset steps from the Sony site, let the camera sit overnight,  put a battery in this morning and though it acted like it wanted to work,  when I hit the shutter button, it made a soft click and went black.  After that...nothing.   But again, when I switched to AC, it came on and functioned perfectly.

Any helpful suggestions will be appreciated!  Thank you.

Cheers,

Eric

 

 

My first "port of call" would be to check the battery connections to see if they are dirty, corroded or bent.

Good Luck

Try attaching the camera to the AC, with the camera OFF and leave it overnight.  The internal battery may need recharging.

Update - First, thank you for the replies!

I'm happy to report that the problem has been solved...it was the batteries!  Both are 10+ years old but were rarely used until recently as I usually used the AC adapter.   Even though they appeared to charge properly, and registered 100% when first put in the camera, for some reason they couldn't provide the needed power.  I thought it odd that with AC power the camera worked fine so on a hunch, I bought a new battery that arrived today.  The camera works perfectly with it.  ?  

Eric