Please support this petition for an RX1/R Firmware update.
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I'm not a great fan of petitions; I've yet to see one that works for something like this. In today's digitally-connected, social-media savvy world there are more effective ways to get your message across.
We are all aware that sony has a strickt no-update policy. I got around 30 other people who told me exactly that since I started this. But this is a really special case. There is no - and most likely will never be - a successor to the RX1 - besides the RX1R which is identical in hard- and firmware. That´s what this petition is all about.not to rain on anyones parade, and to be sure i am an rx1 owner, but sony doesnt update. it puts out new cameras, thats their idea of updating. they are bottom feeders in support of any kind. when you buy sony you should expect to get whats in the box, nothing more. if supports important buy fuji.
Genuinely curious - what makes this "...a really special case"?
I get if you have the camera that it matters to you, but that doesn't mean that it matters to everyone, nor in the same way. Sweeping generalisations in your petition can only weaken your case - defining something as "...by far the most requested feature" is subjective at best. Equally something like reversing the direction of the focus ring surely is a "nice to have" by any standards, and will matter most to someone who also has another camera or system that turns in the opposite direction - a subset of a subset. I do get what you are trying to do, and I do sympathise, but I think you are trying to climb a mountain without agreement on which boots to wear, let alone which path to take.
Perhaps it is correct to say that Sony doesn't, or won't, update the RX1/R firmware, but it is not correct to say that Sony doesn't update camera firmware in general. In the past year, Sony has provided firmware updates for the A7 and A7R, the QX10 and QX100, and the RX10. There are widely-requested updates to the RX1/R firmware, such as the ability to set a minimum shutter speed in auto ISO, but for some reason, Sony has not acted on those requests. I don't understand why Sony has chosen to neglect a premium product like the RX1.