A580 start up problem (reboot?)

hello Forum,

I am at the moment on holiday in Croatia, Mali Losinj island. I am using a A580 with CZ 16-80 AF lens, that's the only lens I have taken with me.

I have this problem, since a few days, when I turn on the A580, a lot of times I can hear some internal motor noise, and then the LCD screen turns black, and in the viewfinder everything is dark. It's like the camera makes a spontaneous reboot.

When I shut off the camera and then turn on again, it will happen again. Only when I focus on something the camera starts working normally. But the problem returns the next time I turn the camera off en on again. Most of the time this happens, and sometimes the camera starts up normally, like 80%-20%.

I tried to change a lot of small settings in the setup menu, but the problem is still there.

Is anyone familiair with this problem or symptoms, with the A580, and/or CZ 16-80?

Thanks in advance!

Jeroen

Weird.
Both the LCD and viewfinder are black, maybe the mirror is up? The A580 uses a secondary sensor for live view. Did you try to turn it on without lens to see if the mirror is up?

With every electronic device: get the battery out and leave it for a period of time, then re-insert a fully charged battery - sometimes it helps.

Edit: seems slightly different from what you describe, but it could be related.

Edited by addy landzaat - 28 April 2017 at 21:00

Raabje wrote: aha, I have found this topic, seems a common problem for the A580 http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/a580-problem_topic111694_page1.html

A solution was reported in one case. Have you tried that?

Not sure about that.
My HP15 calculator (1980-ish) still works fine.

I encountered a similar issue with my A580. In the end turns out to be a faulty sd card. Sometimes the camera blocked a shot without any message. After cleaning and checking connection, I used the switch to a sony card which was laying around. Issue solved.....

Raabje wrote: okay, thanks, I will try this too. I thought the problem was solved with contact cleaner, but I was wrong. I used the camera only on a tripod for a long period, so I turned off anti-shake. Then the camera has no problems. When I turn on anti-shake, the problem comes back, random shut off immediately after turning on the camera, with some winding noise, or when I press the focus button, than it shut's off too. I will try an other SD card, and maybe a Sony MS duo. Or buy an other A mount camera, I guess it is time to move on.

Maybe the steady shot is broken. I had something similar with my a100 years ago. The camera made an awful noise when put on. And images showed a not to miss parallax.

O, if you move on to another camera and lay the a580 to rest, you will go through a period of grief. At least I did..

I tried the camera with empty card slots, the problem showed up. So I guess it's not related to memory card errors.

I found this too:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/1192873@N25/discuss/72157644903439171/
https://www.flickr.com/groups/1525626@N25/discuss/72157646812556239/

Maybe I try to open up the camera and clean it better:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/1525626@N25/discuss/72157639250616696/

And I will ask Sony repair what the cost will be, if a 580 repair is still possible. I will not buy an other 580, maybe a A68 is a nice replacement.