Camera anti-shake

[Dibble]

I have not used the camera for some time. In the bottom right of the screen, there is a hand in inverted commas and an exclamation mark.

What does this mean please?

[VTC]

There a reason to keep the specific camera model a secret from those trying to help? There's something like 50 different cameras in Sonys alpha corral. Knowing which of the ponies you ride would be a crucial detail worth revealing.

[XKAES]

Whatever the question, the solution is easy.  It's in the User Manual.  Don't have a copy?  Find it on-line.

[Dibble]

i do have the user manual which was the first place I looked for help, I also have a book by Shawn Barrett on the A300.

Neither of these were any help! 

As someone said, " if you can't any anything nice (Helpful), don't say nothing at all"

Anyway, I still need the help I asked for. The exclamation mark is obviously the important thing here. What is causing it and why is the symbol flashing constantly?

Kind regards

[XKAES]

I don't have your particular camera, but in all of my Sony & Minolta manuals there are pages specifically covering all of the items displayed in the viewfinder -- look up "VIEWFINDER" in the index.  In my manuals, it explains the STEADY SHOT information that is displayed in the viewfinder -- THAT'S THE "HAND" in the brackets.  It explains when it is ON and when it is OFF -- and what exactly the display means.  It also explains how to turn it ON or OFF.

Since I am not familiar with your camera, I'd suggest to dig a little deeper.  My owner's manual are all about 200 pages long and clearly describe the features of the camera -- including the anti-shake display in the viewfinder.

So back to my original response (which I thought was helpful).  As they say in the Army, "It's in the manual".

Edited August 10, 2021 by XKAES

[Pieter]

A 1-minute Google-search got me this:

 - Search for 'Sony A300 manual'

 - Search for 'shake' in the manual

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[Dibble]

Hi Pieter, Thanks for the information. The camera is sitting on my table and therefore there is no shake possible.

As you say, the shake icon does no display with the M/S/P mode selected.

[Pieter]

This warning doesn't have anything to do with actual shake of the camera: usually such a warning pops up if the shutter speed is slow relative to the focal length of the lens, to warn the user to take some kind of stabilising measures such as a tripod to avoid motion blur (camera shake blur, that is). I assume you're testing indoors with dim lighting conditions. Does the warning disappear if you go outside?

Edited August 10, 2021 by Pieter

[Dibble]

Hi Pieter, just goes to show, some people really do know what they are talking about. Yes I was indoors!

As soon as I tried outdoors, the problem (?) has gone away.

Thankyou so much

 

Kind regards