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The sensor is similar to the one used in the A550, but modified and updated. One major difference is that the new sensor is optimised for extended video recording, suffering much less from heat buildup and the associated image quality degradation.

I certainly haven't heard that an EVF is off the books. Agorabasta: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1007/10070101sonynexfirmwware.asp I don't have direct contact with the Russian Sony office, but I expect when you return it it'll find it's way to whoever needs to see it. David: Yeah, that's frustrating...

35mm f/2 or 50mm f/1.8, pancake. IS if I had my druthers, but somehow I doubt it's on the cards

I'll keep my ear to the ground for any other flash issues. If more cases crop up with nearby serials it could be a batch issue- odds are the units I have on hand were manufactured days or weeks before/after yours, and the problem might no longer apply.

Do you plan to return/exchange the faulty unit?

Hi agorabasta. I read your posts and have tried to reproduce the settings you describe as closely as possible. Of course there are dozens and dozens of settings on the camera, and there's no way to know which ones are relevant. If I can make the error happen on another camera then I can feed back to...

I sure did notice and describe exactly that :) So no additional details that might help to reproduce the error? And I wouldn't notice it in a 100-unit 'event' if the flash were not used ;) Retail staff are nocturnal, so we do our events at night :) We handed out the cameras with flashes affixed, so...

Hi David, I work for Sony in Australia as a Product Specialist, although I'm not posting here in my, er, official capacity. My views are not the views of Sony etc etc. Thanks for the feedback on the camera- it all goes into my feedback to our product managers and on to Japan. I prefer to steer clear...

Hello agorabasta, Someone on the DPR forums pointed this out to me and I've tried to reproduce your problem on several cameras without success, although the cameras I've been using are very far from yours in serial number. Have you noticed the problem is particularly bad in one mode/setting or anoth...