REALLY?? REALLY???? FDR-X1000V and the lack of any updates from Sony or even hints.....

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Sony.. WTF? You there? I guess you don't care about your 4K Action Cam models.  I wanted to care.  I wanted to love the new FDR-X1000V.   But... I can't.... I am most likely going to sell my FDR-X1000V at a major $200 loss because... well... there are no firmware updates in the making.. sony doesn't care about us and they are basically making another Discman and no MP3 support.. yea we know how that went.. Discman what? yup... sony.. pull your f#@$#ing head out your ****** and make a group that works with us camera owners to get udpates in your firmware or ******.. give us a dev kit where we can try adding our own features or expanding on the feature set. Why the ****** can't i do a 4k timelapse on my 4K action cam?  GoPro's can...  so yea.. i wanted to move away from GoPro but.. your 4K cam just made me want to run back to them... ****** off and i hope your action cam dept FAILS...  i'm done w/sony action cams forever...  and everyone i know will hear about this.

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So.. prior to this FDR-X1000V, i had been a hardcore GoPro guy.. sure, they had a few issues initially but GoPro was quick to update the firmware to fix battery drain problems, video quality and also add more features that we found useful.   I really had loved what Sony seemed to be doing on the action cam front w/the previous AS series. At CES 2015 i saw news about the FDR-X1000V being released that could do 4K resolutions. I already had a GoPro Hero 3+ Black Ed but really liked the video stabilization features and the way better stereo audio. It is now about 2 months in and i'm selling my camera on ebay at a major loss beause i'm just annoyed w/the lack of forethrought into the planning and execution of this camera and it's features.  OK Sony R&D; this is a free $50K consultation for free because you are going to lose this market even more as 2015 continues and you fail to connect with your hardcore action cam owners and fail to address our concerns/feature requests. 1. Power on and off via remote should have been implemented the moment this camera was even thought of.  There is no way to power on the camera w/o pushing a button on the physical camera.  Try doing that when you have it mounted on your car's bumper going 70mph a freeway.  GoPro can power on camera via phone app and the remote. ALSO, this lack of a feature SHOULD BE MENTIONED ON THE REMOTE'S PACKAGING.. i assumed it would let me turn on / off the camera.. since well the gopro remote did... 2. Menus... have you ever tried using the menu system on the camera?  first off, if i go to settings on a camera and make one change, I DON'T WANT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE MENU after i make a change. If i'm in the settings area, i'm probably making two or three relative changes.  the liveview remote makes this much easier but man...  horrible! 2b.  Power Off option?? umm, how about holding down the PREV button to power off camera vs hitting Prev several times until you see PWR OFF on the lcd and then hitting Record to select.  wow.. so cumbersome.... 3. Timelapses.. why aren't we allowed to take timelapses at the full camera resolution vs 1080P video clips made into jpgs? this lack of a feature is the MAIN reason i'm going back to gopro. I do tons of timelapses and the quality of my timelapses w/the Sony are so much lesser. 4. SPOT metering.. ever hear of this? or how about more manual controls for light exposure.. did anyone at sony take this camera and mount it in a car and do a POV video on a sunny day? probably not.. yea, you can't see a thing through the windshield, just the car's interior. 5. WAY MORE MANUAL CONTROLS!!! i'd love to try to leave the shutter open for 2 - 3 secs at night to get star/night sky timelapses.. nope.. 6.  Finally.. listen to us users...  we are your beta testers and power users; we use your products in ways you obviously have never.   the action camera is a big product sect going forward and it's still pretty early w/two main competitors.. well.. actually really just one main and let's just say it isn't you... This is your mp3 player/discman move all over again if you don't listen.. i've been a sony owner/fanboy since the 80s but you've lost me as a loyal customer and user on the actioncam sect.  and trust me.. when my pals ask me what action cam to get...  the name may start w/a G and not an S...