Here Is What A Sony A7S Looks Like After Dipping In Lava
Dec 16, 2015
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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If you thought that the Sony A7S was weather proof think again. It obviously can’t cope even with the simplest of Lava streams.
Photographer Amanda Stevens was demoing some products at Samy’s Camera in Pasadena CA. She spotted this bitten-to-death camera. [luckily, this is not her camera]. As part of the store’s effort to convince customers to purchase an extended warranty, they have a few cameras on display that have made it to hell and back. Samy’s stuff told Amanda that this specific A7S was unfortunate enough to come across a hot lava stream.
Now, obviously Sony will not pick up the tab for this kind of damage, so it serves as a perfect example as to why you would need an extended warranty.
BTW, the back side of the camera did not do better:
P.S. GoPro is not likely to pick up Lava damage tabs as well.
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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18 responses to “Here Is What A Sony A7S Looks Like After Dipping In Lava”
Whyyyyyy
Rugged testing right there.
Warranty??
Did it still work?
Did the memory card survive? :)
What about lens? or she was using it without?
good time switch to Nikon or Canon
Must be nice to be able to piss away money like that!
soooo… will it buff out?
Oh good. I always wonder about these sort of things.
that should buff right out
Outch
Please – send it to me next time.
That’s what happens when you film 4K.
Hanna Saba
Lol every camera will look like that with lava
This is what happen when you dont use a UV filter… LOL
Well, we should test if the owner also is weather proof and stub him into Lava :)