diff --git a/camlibs/ptp2/library.c b/camlibs/ptp2/library.c
index f14969f21..9dcb00918 100644
--- a/camlibs/ptp2/library.c
+++ b/camlibs/ptp2/library.c
@@ -7470,13 +7470,23 @@ camera_init (Camera *camera, GPContext *context)
 		break;
 	case PTP_VENDOR_SONY:
 		if (ptp_operation_issupported(params, 0x9280)) {
-			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9280(params, 0x1,0,0,0,0));
+			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9280(params, 0x1,0,1,0,0));
 			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9281(params, 0x1));	/* no data sent back */
-			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9280(params, 0x1,0,0,0,0));
+
+			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9280(params, 0x1,0,2,0,0));
 			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9281(params, 0x1));	/* no data sent back */
 
 			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9280(params, 0x4,0,1,0,0));
 			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9281(params, 0x4));	/* gets big data blob? */
+
+			/* tries this multiple times , but gets back 2006 error 
+			ptp_sony_9280(params, 0x5,0,1,0,0); 
+			*/
+			/* also sends at one point:
+
+			C_PTP (ptp_sony_9280(params, 0x4,2,2,0,0, 0x01,0x01));
+			(18 byte datablob instead of 16)
+			*/
 		}
 		break;
 	default: