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    Posted: 06 March 2010 at 11:25
I saw this in the camera talk forum, and thought I'd pose the question here to A2/3xx users. Have you had this problem where the first exposure you make is a black picture, for no particular reason? It sometimes happens to me (and yes of course the lens hood is off) So anyone else who has sporadically encountered this issue on an A230?
 



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Nope... Can't say that I have... If I did, I'd surely be sending it in for warranty work.
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I've never experienced that with my A200, that was an old Minolta problem with the 7D.
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I saw a recent similar complaint regarding a Sony model around here somewhere. But yes, there was a more serious and probably unrelated issue with the KM 5D/7D.
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Originally posted by sybersitizen sybersitizen wrote:

I saw a recent similar complaint regarding a Sony model around here somewhere.


Here it is.
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Originally posted by the_fat_zebra the_fat_zebra wrote:

I saw this in the camera talk forum, and thought I'd pose the question here to A2/3xx users. Have you had this problem where the first exposure you make is a black picture, for no particular reason? It sometimes happens to me (and yes of course the lens hood is off) So anyone else who has sporadically encountered this issue on an A230?


you need to take off the lens cap not the hood

no i have not had this happen to this on my a200.
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I also have the same "Black Frame" problem with my Sony a230. After taking about 5000 images (in about 4 months), I had 5 TOTALLY black images up to now. As far as I can tell, it only happens after turning the camera on; the first taken picture is totally black, the second picture will be OK (I don't even need to turn the camera off, only the first image is lost ~ totally black).

This gets annoying with the time :(

Hopefully Sony has an answer to that!
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I sent my a230 back for the service and after about ~3 weeks I got the camera back :)

The following parts were replaced:

+ Shutter unit
+ Slider unit

It seems that the "Black Frame" problem is gone! hopefully forever :)

I Just wanted to let you know, if you have the same problem with your a2xx or a3xx, then it is covered by the guarantee (within 2 years).

After the guarantee period this service would cost about ~200 EURO!!
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I bought it in the UK, so I'll send it across the channel as soon as planes start flying again
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Interesting. My partner has the A230 and has mentioned that every now and then she gets a black picture on the first shot.

Would it be harming the camera as a whole if she kept on using it as it is now? If its not harming the camera, I cant see her sending it in to get repaired...
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I also didn't know if I should send the camera for service or not! BUT after I got a very strange shutter sound (like something breaks), the camera showed the following error message for the first time:

"Camera Error"

I took a second picture and it was fine!
After that I emailed Sony people and told them what had happened. They wrote me back, that this is the right time to send the camera for service

I believe, Sony is well aware of this issue and that is why it is covered by the guarantee.

Besides, it was annoying to me, that there is a chance the first picture I'm shooting is gone! Sometimes you don't get the second chance to take a picture of your subject.
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