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Common fixes
What fixes the a7C II's known problems — heat shutdowns, the tighter 60p frame, focus breathing, the missing joystick?
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Heat shutdowns: Auto Power OFF Temp. on High. Tighter frame at 4K 60p: the locked Super 35 crop — plan for it. Breathing: Breathing Comp. on. Focus point: no joystick on this body — wheel buttons or touch.
Heat: Setup → Power Setting Option → Auto Power OFF Temp. → High · Breathing: Shooting → Image Quality/Rec → Lens Compensation → Breathing Comp. · Touch: Setup → Touch Operation → Touch Panel Settings → Touch Func. in Shooting
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Quits mid-record, hot to the touchAuto Power OFF Temp. → High. MENU → Setup → Power Setting Option → Auto Power OFF Temp. Sony's guide rates roughly 60 minutes of continuous 4K at 25°C on High — falling to about 10 minutes at 40°C, so heat is managed, not abolished.
Lens frames tighter at 4K 60pNot a fault — the locked Super 35 crop. At 4K 60p the APS-C/Super 35 setting is locked on, so the angle of view is ≈1.5× the lens marking. Plan the wider lens, or step back; 30p and under record the full frame.
Frame pulses when focus racksBreathing Comp. → On. MENU → Shooting → Image Quality/Rec → Lens Compensation → Breathing Comp. The guide notes the angle and quality change slightly.
Focus point won't move — no stickWheel buttons, or touch. This body has no joystick. Move the point with the control wheel's direction buttons, or set Touch Func. in Shooting to Touch Focus / Touch Tracking (MENU → Setup → Touch Operation → Touch Panel Settings) and tap the subject.
Try it now
Set Auto Power OFF Temp. → High now, then switch Touch Focus on and practice placing the focus point by tap until it beats your old stick habit.