I followed up with Sony after some question marks on the battery warnings they “hid” in their firmware updates. My issues were simple:

If this was to help users identify fake batteries, why is there no option to turn it off? There are plenty of after market batteries that are affected by this.
If Sony were honest about helping users, why haven’t they notified users of the functionality change in their firmware description? After all, this was an “honest” attempt to help users.

Whilst I do have an issue with manufacturers limiting third-party batteries as a whole, I have a bigger issue when they add the functionality through updates because what has worked perfectly is essentially handicapped by firmware. I also have an issue when they secretly embed this in an update, which can’t be reversed and don’t include the information in the firmware. That strikes me as pretty underhanded. Continue reading “Sony has no intention of notifying you what is in their camera updates”