Petition against Sony's Star Eater

[Fred_76]

Hi all!



A petition is now online against the Star Eater.



It has been proposed by myself and reviewed by Laurent Laveder, Thierry Legault, Ian Norman, Damian Peach, Aaron D. Priest and Babak Takeshi.



We invite you to sign it and share it to the max:

http://www.change.org/p/sony-remove-the-star-eater-on-sony-a7s-r-mk-i-ii-and-a9-cameras



Clear sky



Fred

[skysurfer]

Signed,even i am not a Sony owner.

[graham.hobart]

Me too, as a contemplating buying one for the full frame goodness.
graz

[SimmoW]

Thanks, done too!

[ZeroID]

Signed, I like my SONY, just wish I could tether it ..

[Fred_76]

The petition is online since 3 days and already collected 518 signatures ! Thank you all !

Do not hesitate to share it on Facebook, Tweeter... and to send the link to the astronomy magazines, to the photography associations, to the photographers (well known or not), etc.

Clear sky

Fred

[SimmoW]

Hear, hear! Maybe we need to get another petition going re. Their SDK

[bojan]

Signed.

I think some Nikon models "suffered" of similar disease in the past? This was the reason why I am now in the Canon club....

[gregbradley]

Yes it did. Exactly the same issue. Marianne Oleund fixed it for Nikon and they implemented the change. She has a detailed writeup about the change but basically I think it was making the detection size of the hot pixels tighter.
Currently Sony's and past Nikons detection size was too big thus picking up some stars.

Nikon has been fixed for quite a while now. I am not sure exactly when but it must have been several years ago now.

Greg.

[Fred_76]

The petition just turned 1000 signatures a few hours ago, after being only 4 days online.



Thank you all* :thumbsup:



But the "quest" is not ending, the petition shall now be shared as widely as possible, in particular in the printed and online photography and astronomy magazines/blogs. If you know journalists or blogs editors, keep them aware !



You are also invited to ask authors of reviews of the A6000, A6300, A6500, A7 mk I and II, A7S mk I and II, A7R mk I and II and A9 to warn the reader of the Star Eater issue. For example no mention is made on the Star Eater issue in the reviews of DxoMark, Ken Rockwell, DPReview... this is misleading ! One request will not make them change their reviews, but several requests...



Fred

[Fred_76]

More than 2000 signatures 8 days after it is online ! Wonderful ! Thank you to all supporters ;)

[Fred_76]

3200 today !

[Fred_76]

The petition has now been supported by more than 4000 persons!

It is available in 4 languages:
- english (https://www.change.org/p/sony-remove-the-star-eater-on-sony-a7-a7s-r-mk-i-ii-and-a9-cameras)
- french (https://www.change.org/p/sony-retirez-le-mangeur-d-étoiles-des-boitiers-a7-i-ii-a7s-i-ii-a7r-i-ii-et-a9)
- spanish (https://www.change.org/p/sony-eliminen-el-comedor-de-estrellas-de-las-cámaras-a7-a7s-r-mk-i-ii-y-a9-de-sony)
- russian (https://www.change.org/p/sony-star-eater-ru)

Please:
If you speak Spanish or Russian, post the links to the Spanish or Russian versions of the petition on the Spanish and Russian forums / Facebook/ Twitter... about photography, nightscape and astronomy !

Clear Sky to all

Fred

[netwolf]

Signed and shared. Thx

[Fred_76]

Here are the most recent statistics about the supporters of the petition.

No of supporters counted by Change.org: 4 394
No of doubles: 7
No of supporters without doubles: 4 387

Supporters by country:

United States 1167
France 483
Germany 370
United Kingdom 296
Australia 191
Canada 153
Russia 147
Italy 135
Spain 105
Switzerland 94
Netherlands 81
Sweden 60
Austria 58
Belgium 57
Japan 55
Bulgaria 50
Hong Kong 48
New Zealand 48
Denmark 46
Singapore 46
Thailand 43
Taiwan 36
Georgia 35
Finland 34
Czech Republic 33
Norway 33
India 31
Malaysia 31
Poland 27
Portugal 25
Croatia 23
Ukraine 23
Brazil 21
Philippines 20
Greece 18
Indonesia 18
Romania 18
Ireland 17
Mexico 17
Hungary 16
Argentina 14
Chile 10
Turkey 10
United Arab Emirates 10
Slovakia 9
Israel 7
Belarus 6
Lithuania 6
Slovenia 6
Vietnam 6
Réunion 5
Serbia 5
China 4
Cyprus 4
Estonia 4
Qatar 4
South Africa 4
Sri Lanka 4
Kuwait 3
Luxembourg 3
South Korea 3
Armenia 2
Egypt 2
El Salvador 2
French Guiana 2
Greenland 2
Guatemala 2
Iceland 2
Kazakhstan 2
Latvia 2
Oman 2
Pakistan 2
Saudi Arabia 2
Algeria 1
Andorra 1
Azerbaijan 1
Bolivia 1
Colombia 1
Costa Rica 1
Ecuador 1
Ethiopia 1
Faroe Islands 1
French Polynesia 1
Guam 1
Guernsey 1
Iran 1
Isle of Man 1
Kyrgyzstan 1
Lebanon 1
Macau 1
Macedonia 1
Mauritius 1
Moldova 1
Montenegro 1
Morocco 1
Paraguay 1
Saint Barthélemy 1
Sudan 1
Tunisia 1
Uruguay 1


Supporters by continent:

Europe 2299
North America 1345
Asia 433
Oceania 241
South America 52
Africa 17

[Nikolas]

And after all this what is the end result????

[Fred_76]

The petition has now gathered more than 5000 supporters. Many thanks to all supporters.

It will soon be available in Swedish.

[Fred_76]

A rumor at SonyAlphaRumors says a firmware update may soon be online to solve the Star Eater but ... on mk II cameras only.

Why not the mk I ?

Source : http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr3-sony-will-soon-launch-major-firmware-update-fix-star-eater-issue/

Continue to sign the petition (if not signed yet) or share it !

[Fred_76]

Hi!

The petition is now over 6000 supporters, and to celebrate that number, three new translations are available :
- german (thanks to Beate Gauthier) : https://www.change.org/p/sony-sternenfresser-d
- japanese (thanks to Boris and Makiko) : https://www.change.org/p/sony-remove-star-eater-jp
- swedish (thanks to Nisse Rudhag) : https://www.change.org/p/sony-star-eater-se

At the time I write these lines, the above petitions counters have not been merged to the petitions counter below.

These three new translations join the following:
- spanish (thanks to Mrs Degot-Longhi) : https://www.change.org/p/sony-comedor-de-estrellas-sp
- russian (thanks to Daria) : https://www.change.org/p/sony-star-eater-ru
- english (thanks to Aaron D. Priest, Thierry Legault, and Ian Norman for their review) : https://www.change.org/p/sony-remove-star-eater-en
- french : https://www.change.org/p/sony-mangeur-etoiles-fr


Don't hesitate to share these links to the forums and social communities you subscribe to !


Clear Sky


Fred

[John K]

Update on A7III:

https://petapixel.com/2017/11/21/sony-a7r-iii-eats-stars-new-report/

It still does look an amazing camera!

https://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/sony-a7r-iii

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/sony-a7r-iii/sony-a7r-iiiA.HTM