Any Sony DSLR owners? Have a Q

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Hey all :wave:

On holiday with friends at the mo and one of them has just bought a Sony A300 that has a peculiar problem - the live view and view through the eyepiece are about a third lower than the picture actually comes out as. Hard to describe but if you line up the top of the frame when composing with the top of a door frame, the actual picture that is taken is about a third higher up onto the ceiling?
Lens is 18-70.

Thanks all :thumbs:
 
Just found the 1.4x and 2x zoom button and made sure that wasnt making any difference. Starting to think something has made the mirror jump?
 
I think all the Sony owners are already out on it for new years :)
 
:( Cheers guys. at best was hoping for an incompatible lens...
 
The view from the eye piece and live view are not a true representation what is captured. The viewfinder is only 95% coverage of what is captured, so it maybe normal depending on how far out it is, a third sounds quite a bit. If I recall the coverage from the live-view mode is slightly less than the view finder.

If there is a fault, then it could be the sensor isn't parked back to centre. Is the steady shot indicator (the right button icon through the viewfinder) constantly flashing with an exclamation mark? Regardless if the shutter is set to a high shutter speed like 1/1000?
 
Cheers Guys n Gals for all the responses. Alas I think it must be a drop job or perhaps it was faulty since new. Friend is sending it back to Sony.

Thanks again for the prompt responses.

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I bought an A700 from jessops which had exactly the same fault. It's not the viewfinder coverage but a proper misalingment job. Send it back.
 
it seems like a fault, bring it back and they will replace for u
 
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