topic HDR-CX7 Long play gives overheating and loss of autofocus in Camcorders https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315661#M1943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Four year old HDR-CX7 gives perfect picture quality but, recently, if allowed to run more than (perhaps) 10 minutes, device becomes hot and autofocus fails subsequently giving blurred images. Overnight cooling will produce perfect images the following day.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:51:59 GMT andbone84 2012-04-17T13:51:59Z HDR-CX7 Long play gives overheating and loss of autofocus https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315661#M1943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Four year old HDR-CX7 gives perfect picture quality but, recently, if allowed to run more than (perhaps) 10 minutes, device becomes hot and autofocus fails subsequently giving blurred images. Overnight cooling will produce perfect images the following day.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:51:59 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315661#M1943 andbone84 2012-04-17T13:51:59Z Re: HDR-CX7 Long play gives overheating and loss of autofocus https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315663#M1944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi andbone84, welcome to the Sony Forums:)</P><P></P><P>It sounds like a Steadyshot malfunction. Excessive Steadyshot vibration can occur when the camera gets warm through prolonged use; I think the blurring is due to the over-action of the Steadyshot mechanism, rather than an autofocus issue. </P><P></P><P>Try switching Steadyshot off and see if that helps. </P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P>Mick</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:03:17 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315663#M1944 Mick2011 2012-04-18T08:03:17Z Re: HDR-CX7 Long play gives overheating and loss of autofocus https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315665#M1945 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you Mick. I ran 3 hour continuous test on tripod with Steadyshot OFF, filming widlife. Perfect focus from start to finish. Now I just need a steady hand.</P><P>Andrew.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:58:51 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315665#M1945 andbone84 2012-04-19T15:58:51Z Re: HDR-CX7 Long play gives overheating and loss of autofocus https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315667#M1946 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Andrew, great to have your feedback <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@4D7C97FD8435BC5F6F42C999D01DAE43/images/smilies/026.png" alt=":cool:" title=":cool:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:47:41 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/camcorders/hdr-cx7-long-play-gives-overheating-and-loss-of-autofocus/m-p/315667#M1946 Mick2011 2012-04-19T22:47:41Z