Sony A7R VI SONY A7RVI WARM / HEAT

[AB2026]

I recently bought a Sony A7R VI and noticed that the body gets surprisingly warm after just 5-10 minutes of use, even when I'm only going through the menus and customizing settings. Have any other A7R VI owners experienced this? Is it considered normal, because I have never had this with my older sony models. Considering returning it the avoid having a bad copy...

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

[THXGEEK]

Hello ABPhoto & welcome!

While I don't have the A7RVI, I do know it has a new/larger battery (capacity of 20.9Wh, a 27% increase over the capacity of the other Z-type batteries), so I wouldn't be too concerned if it gets a bit warm. My A1II (and almost all of my other cameras) can get quite toasty - not a concern unless stuff starts to fail or go sideways.