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I forgot to post the update upon the return of the A700 from Laredo, so here it is. I received the A700 back in 2 days (excluding time in transit of course). They couldn't find anything wrong with it; however, upon my request they checked and re-calibrated the mirror charge circuit and now the loud ...

Thanks to everyone. Actually I spoke to a technician at Sony Laredo Repairs Center. According to him, if the camera is in MF mode, the only mechanical part that would possibly be in action, during the half-press phase, is the mirror twisting a bit (mirror charge circuit? - my own speculation), which...

Thanks for your input. Though the sound is present even with the SSS switched off, so I presume it must be something else.

I have a quick question for fellow A700 owners. I recently noticed that when the shutter button is half-pressed, my A700 emits a faint metallic sound as if some gear is engaged/disengaged. It's not the audio signal (which has been turned off), and it sounds different. The audio signal sounds electro...