Camera: Sony a7II bought around 3 moths ago.Lenses: Carl Zeiss CY mount manual lenses.Mode: "A" mode.ISO : 200 manual.Battery: Sony's battery Newly recharged 100% full.Memory Card: SD class 10, 60MB/s, 32GB.Shooting: Single frame general subjects .Recently, try to use the camera's spot meter and AEL on toggle.Do not know what or when it happened but find the camera become very slow.Example: The camera blacks out after taking a shot and it takes a while (10 or 15 sec.) for it to come to. And now, no matter what the meter option is in use, the a7II blacks out for around 10 to 15 sec. after each shot. It is very anoying.What seems to be the problem?Appreciate your help.

That might be normal if the exposures taken were of the same duration as the blackout (long exposure NR).   Otherwise I'm at a loss, and would try resetting the camera if in your shoes.

does it have a display in the viewfinder? can it still take a 2nd shot or its completely frozen?

Bob Tullis wrote:That might be normal if the exposures taken were of the same duration as the blackout (long exposure NR). Otherwise I'm at a loss, and would try resetting the camera if in your shoes.Thank you."... if the exposures taken were of the same duration...."No.  It is not the case.First, I shoot in day light.  Second, I hand hold the camera and avoid shutter speed slower than 1/200 of a second.

Diano wrote:Bob Tullis wrote:That might be normal if the exposures taken were of the same duration as the blackout (long exposure NR). Otherwise I'm at a loss, and would try resetting the camera if in your shoes.Thank you."... if the exposures taken were of the same duration...."No. It is not the case.First, I shoot in day light. Second, I hand hold the camera and avoid shutter speed slower than 1/200 of a second.Then it's a setting that I (and you) can't quite identify yet, or an issue requiring service.   A full camera reset would go a long way in determining which of those it might be.   And/or a call to Sony service might be helpful (if no one else passes through offering a solution).

Rey66 wrote:does it have a display in the viewfinder? can it still take a 2nd shot or its completely frozen?Thanks.No display.  Nothing, simply black out for 10 to 15 seconds.  It then recovers itself and ready for the next shot.Yes, it takes a 2nd or 3rd shots and so on.  But blacks out for a short while after each shot.No. It have never been completely frozen so far.

I suppose these may be obvious, but have you tried a different memory card and resetting your camera to factory defaults?

Bob Tullis wrote:Diano wrote:Bob Tullis wrote:That might be normal if the exposures taken were of the same duration as the blackout (long exposure NR). Otherwise I'm at a loss, and would try resetting the camera if in your shoes.Thank you."... if the exposures taken were of the same duration...."No. It is not the case.First, I shoot in day light. Second, I hand hold the camera and avoid shutter speed slower than 1/200 of a second.Then it's a setting that I (and you) can't quite identify yet, or an issue requiring service. A full camera reset would go a long way in determining which of those it might be. And/or a call to Sony service might be helpful (if no one else passes through offering a solution).Thanks for the advice.Sounds very serious.   I suspect that I did something wrong when I started monkeying on spot metering and AEL toggling about a month ago.Or, might be that there is a bug in the a7II and I stirred it up by mistakes.

tqlla wrote:I suppose these may be obvious, but have you tried a different memory card and resetting your camera to factory defaults?Thank you.Yes, I have tested it with other SD cards and the a7II behaves the same way, that is, blacks out after each shot.This is the first time in my life that I put my hands on a digital camera.  And I have had it for only a few months.  I don't even know the settings and buttons for a recovery to its factory default.   I can do it on PCs easily.  On a digital camera?  Scared.

Factory reset? And see if it is over?

Diano wrote:... I don't even know the settings and buttons for a recovery to its factory default.Look in the user manual: MENU > (Setup) > [Setting Reset] > [Initialize]

It's possible you've selected some mode like DRO or HDR that require a bit of in-camera post processing Although neither of those take anything close to 10-15 seconds.To rule that out select Raw as you quality (not Raw + Jpeg) M for your shooting mode and 1/250 sec as your exposure (a random number to ensure it's not related to exposure time.)If that cures the issue - it's caused by one of the setting you had selected.If it persists, remove the C/Y lens & adapter and test the camera with a native lens. If the issue goes away it's an issue with the lens or adapter.