Support for Sony ILCA-99M2 (Sony A99 ii)

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Name of the camera
Sony A99 ii (ILCA-99M2)

USB IDs
Mass Storage mode:

lsusb | grep Sony
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 054c:077d Sony Corp. ILCA-99M2

MTP mode:

lsusb | grep Sony
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 054c:077e Sony Corp. ILCA-99M2

PC remote mode:

lsusb | grep Sony
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 054c:079e Sony Corp. ILCA-99M2

camera summary output
run

gphoto2 --summary > summary.txt

attach summary.txt here

summary.txt

I could only get this to work when the camera was in PC Remote mode.
All below tested in PC Remote mode.

camera configuration output

gphoto2 --list-all-config > list-all-config.txt

and attach list-all-config.txt here

list-all-config.txt

test capture

test if capture perhaps already works:

gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download

OK, working.

gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download
New file is in location /capt0000.arw on the camera                            
Saving file as capt0000.arw
Deleting file /capt0000.arw on the camera

gphoto2 --capture-preview

OK, working.

gphoto2 --capture-preview
Saving file as capture_preview.jpg