Rick Burnett
Section Moderator
Again, you presume too much about what you don't know about what other people are doing. These reflections occur from non blown out areas as well. I'm sorry you cannot wrap your head around the fact the sensor reflects more than many other sensors. It's not about defying the laws of physics, it's about recognizing something that DOESN'T account for the physics as well. Like I said, I pointed THREE DIFFERENT CAMERAS with THE SAME LENS at scenes and saw vastly different results in the reflections. Period. You can make all sarcastic comments that you want, it doesn't change the fact the camera doesn't perform in this area as well as other cameras can. I'm glad you feel that you can decide what is "proper usage of a camera" but I say, if other cameras I own that I paid a lot less for don't have the same level of a problem, that means the design isn't as good.
Actually, let's even take this a step further. If you actually read the literature for FS100, one of Sony's selling points was using the camera for things like weddings. (Their words, not mine). So you can wax poetic about using the camera correctly, but I can say without hesitation that people that shoot weddings end up shooting situations that change without their control. They start shooting, someone in the church turns up the lights, opens a window, outdoors the lighting changes. So if in fact the camera was designed to shoot situations like a wedding, it should be designed to handle not exact perfect conditions, since a wedding isn't going to stop because the camera is having a hard time shooting something.
This whole extension of discussing the FS100 reflection issue was another user just letting people know that Sony told them they were working on addressing the reflections in the FS700, to which you accuse them of lying. If you want to talk about professionalism, that isn't it. I've talked with Sony myself and passed along my feelings and findings on the reflection issue, and they've thanked me. Sure, like other sensors the reflections will not be gone, but bringing them down within the range of others will make it less of an issue.
If your shooting conditions don't push the FS100 as hard as other people, I'm happy for your. But your usage methods are not the same as mine, or other people, and it's not about ignorance of using the camera, it's different needs. The FS100 is not just a single "characteristic" decision on using it. There are MANY aspects to shooting that I have to account for. But it's okay to not like certain aspects of it. It's okay to discuss not liking them.
For instance, if I shoot for more than 10 minutes in one take multiple times, eventually the audio and video being output by the onboard LCD and headphone jack are out of sync. It's a design flaw that I have to work around occasionally.
If you don't have anything useful to add to the discussion, and I'll give you a hint, complaining about others being unhappy with the reflections isn't useful, move on.
NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS! 
