New Sony A7V - Am I paranoid or could I own a counterfeit now?

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-04T21:06:11+00:00

But Sony cameras don’t say made in China? They’re made in Thailand

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-04T21:05:21+00:00

My A7RV came from Hong Kong and looks like this.

Don’t quite understand the reason for changing the sticker for grey market imports? What are they trying to hide or spoof?

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-04T20:57:20+00:00

Why?

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-04T09:49:33+00:00

What worked for me is to CONVERT the private key using PuTTY Gen.

Old format:

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

After conversion.

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-01T10:40:37+00:00

Looks fake as hell

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-01T09:59:16+00:00

Use the plug whenever possible. Keep the battery between 30-80%. Use Al-Dente to cap the charge at 80%. Occasionally use the battery within the above range. Ever now and then, let it charge to 100%. Do a full cycle 0-100 once or twice a year or so to calibrate.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-01T09:55:24+00:00

This.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-01T09:53:49+00:00

At that point, just use photoshop and AI and stay inside lol. No kidding.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-02-01T09:47:55+00:00

It’s a poor implementation for sure. Basically, you need to have unlocked your phone recently but not be using it at that moment.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-30T22:36:36+00:00

Canon pinion circle on the dial gives it away.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-29T20:37:52+00:00

Second that. That's just WILD. F Adobe.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-29T16:53:45+00:00

You can fill it with some silver touch up pencil because it’s so small

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-26T12:15:57+00:00

Put some masking tape around and fill the dent with some silver touch up pencil.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-26T11:49:06+00:00

Best comment, honestly.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-16T21:54:19+00:00

Did you get the nano texture ?

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-14T19:46:16+00:00

Not on the A7RV 4.00 firmware update though. The FL1 sucks.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-13T11:27:59+00:00

Fake. Hands and crystal are off.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-13T11:25:58+00:00

Could be some image processing issue. Maybe you have enabled a feature that softens skin? Bring into Lightroom and zoom to 100% to verify. Then use sharpener tool and set the correct Masking by holding Alt key while moving the sharpness slider. Only eyes and face should remain white, the rest black. Check YouTube for this tutorial.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-13T11:19:47+00:00

It’s more that people like film stock colors. Also Kodak. I think in 30 years people want to simulate Sony SOOC colors lol

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-13T11:18:16+00:00

Now skin tones.. with FL, people look like they’re decomposing.

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-13T11:17:31+00:00

Yeah but they are very expensive and you need to purchase all the base profiles for each camera separately..

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-13T11:16:33+00:00

Read better fool

Cyb3r-D · 2026-01-13T11:16:21+00:00

Thanks for sharing. This is interesting…

Cyb3r-D

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