Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Wouldn't put it past the sssssnakes at sony to include a virus that would brick their own hardware upon detection of a third party accessory
Recommend buying Canon or Nikon

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Nope. That is not how they operate. Sony runs on very tight tolerances to insure a reliable, quality product. I know this for a fact being a certified Sony television servicer. 3rd party replacement parts don't cut it for repairs. I've tried.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Consider the possibility that the grip was not the issue, and that there is no direct correlation. Many cameras mysteriously cease to function without ever coming near a battery grip.

BIG ROB Loc: Princeton, NJ 08540

jUST STAY AWAY FROM 3RD PARTY GRIPS.

BIG ROB Loc: Princeton, NJ 08540

BIG ROB Loc: Princeton, NJ 08540

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

To determine the cause of malfunction, one must consider ALL possibilities, not just the one which seems most obvious. Any experienced technician can attest to that.

A great many third party battery grips work just fine; some come right off the same factory assembly line as the original, with only minor cosmetic alterations to exterior housing.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Tom: to Mom, there is no ugly baby.
Yeah - - I can hold a grudge, particularly when a company practices predatory marketing as a routine
Remember BetaMax (instead of going with the VHS format, Sony invented their own in attempt to corner the market)
The brutal DVD wars where in a lengthy battle Sony and Philips (BluRay) finally teamed up to Crush Toshiba, NEC, Microsnot's HD-DVD
The Only real losers there were consumers who had to wait YEARS for the dust to settle.
And then there was the proprietary 'Memory Schtick' BS - - NONE of sony's ploys had the consumer at heart (other than the consumers pocket)
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So - - NO, I don't like, nor do I trust sony further than I could toss a Mac Truck
And it simply would NOT surprise me if anti-competitive 'things' were buried in their firmware.
OK - - I've said my said, and will leave this alone now.

NorthPacific

One more quirky thing I just thought of......If your A6000 has an ill timed battery failure exhaustion ASSOCIATED with writing to a card that is nearly filled, the Sony will not appear to be working AFTER load up a new battery and a new card. It appears the camera is broken sort of like what you were reporting..not exactly however. The Sony A6000 will give you a message (though not constantly) that you need to put in the OLD card even though you a new battery.. The Sony is the "happy" that you put in the old card and does some sort of software function so that it can write what it can to the card in a kind of low level format warning you that images files the were put on the card from "other devices" stand a chance of being lost though not from the A6000. Once this "repair" is done, you remove the card and put another card in and the A6000 works normally once again...

But there is some odd thing going on even though you removed the battery that the Sony A6000 remembers something unusual took place and will not operate until you put that old card back into the camera. What's even more bizarre is the Sony A6000 has NO internal image storage capability....

So who knows what took place with your experience but I thought I would add that in since this above condition generally mimics a camera without power ....'
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blackest Loc: Ireland

I found this

Before you send it in for repair try a HARD RESET!

1. With the camera off, remove the battery.
2. Turn the camera on (without the battery) and push ALL buttons TWICE!
3. Turn off, replace battery then turn on.

Some people found it worked, some didn't. No harm in trying it though.

BIG ROB Loc: Princeton, NJ 08540

Sony doesn't make a battery grip for that camera.