Recently Sony has - rather quietly - mentioned that they will be replacing a wide variety of products - including those of other companies - that use thier CCDs. More info here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0510/05100701sony_ccds.asp I recently had my brand new DSCF-717's CCD die and am happy to see that they're at least bowing to pressure - be it at an unknown cost to the consumer. I'm wondering how they're going to cover thousands of claims while dealing with an overall profit loss and job cuts (then again, the cuts could have been a precursor to this admission?). Let's hope that Sony honours their end of the bargain and goes forward with a full recall.

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