Over the last year or so, firmware updates from Sony introduced a much-publicized penchant for Sony Alphas to “eat” stars even in RAW files, apparently due to an internal noise reduction or anti-aliasing routine users could not turn off.
Stars were smoothed away along with the noise in exposures longer than 3. 2 seconds in some […]. petapixel.com
Sony describes its Star Sphere project as a way to open space perspectives that have been previously limited to just astronauts and provide it to anyone on Earth via remote-controlled orbiting camera satellites. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-01-05 22:50
Image from the Star Eater Petition which asks Sony to fix the issue David Kilpatrick from Photoclubalpha tested the Sony A7RIII pixel shift with a vintage Takumar lens. The conclusion: Multi-shot pixel shift images, though only 120MB uncompressed, are so detailed that some won’t compress much at all. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-01-11 22:31
Sony’s latest mirrorless cameras have incredible specs and glowing reviews, but astrophotographers have been complaining about a “star eater” issue in which stars are mistaken for noise and removed from long exposure photos. petapixel.com »
2017-11-14 22:04
There is a Change.org Petition (Click here) to push Sony to fix the Star Eater issue. Sign it! The post Petition: Remove the Star Eater issue on Sony A7/A7S/R mk I/II, and A9 cameras appeared first on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-08-05 17:39
SAR reader Benjamin sent me this: It seems the “star eater” bug is not fixed. Preliminary findings indicate, that the Sony algorithm now processes both green channels at once instead of seperately. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-06-14 13:25
Sony makes excellent cameras. In the last few years, they launched a completely new full frame camera system that has pushed the bounds of digital photography. I switched entirely to Sony gear after first seeing the tremendous low-light capability of their a7S and have enjoyed many outings shooting astrophotography on many different Sony camera bodies […] petapixel.com »
2017-05-04 18:07
Has Sony actually fixed its “star eater” issue in the new a7R III? Photographer Drew Geraci tested the camera earlier this month and found that the problem “is no more,” but now new reports are suggesting that the a7R III does indeed still “eat” stars and cause them to disappear in long exposures. DPReview sent […]
Sony’s latest mirrorless cameras have incredible specs and glowing reviews, but astrophotographers have been complaining about a “star eater” issue in which stars are mistaken for noise and removed from long exposure photos.
Sony makes excellent cameras. In the last few years, they launched a completely new full frame camera system that has pushed the bounds of digital photography. I switched entirely to Sony gear after first seeing the tremendous low-light capability of their a7S and have enjoyed many outings shooting astrophotography on many different Sony camera bodies […]