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Brick Yang from nphoto.net sent me the following text: “I am a Chinese editor from nphoto.net. Pls forgive my poor English. Attached here is the NEX-5N. I have removed the CMOS and the yellow one is shutter unit. In the red ring is a moveable stick to move the curtain. I found the click noise is from the stick when it moved (no other moveable things here). Near the stick is a MIC. The distance between the stick and the MIC is so short, and the noise must be recorded by MIC. I guess this is the truth of the issue.What you think?
Thanks & Best regards
Brick”

Click here to see the full report: Nphoto.net (google translated).

I guess you all know that the most used camera of the world is actually a phone, the iPhone! And the new iPhone 4S uses a new back illuminated 8 Megapixel Sony sensor. The confirmation comes via Chipworks.com (Click here). That’s a huge business for Sony and again a prof that Sony is currently producing the best sensors on market (like the [shoplink 8452]Sony NEX-5n[/shoplink] 16 Megapixel sensor). I can’t wait to see how good the new fullframe sensor is. We only have to wait a couple of months to see it :)

And her eis one more Sony sensor news: Ziptronix bonds with Sony to provide its oxide bonding technology for backside illumination imaging sensors (eetimes.com).

Sigma Japan (Click here) announced that many of the current Sigma lenses are having autofocus issues with the new A77 and A65 cameras. A bit below you can read a list of the affected lenses. Sigma will offer a free service to fix the lenses. All future Sigma packages will have the logo on top whenever the lenses ahas been already made compatible with the A77 and A65 cameras.

These are the non compatible lenses:
2,8/4,5 mm EX DC CIRCULAR FISHEYE HSM
2,8/10 mm EX DC FISHEYE HSM
3,5/10-20 mm EX DC HSM
2,8/17-50 mm EX DC OS HSM
2,8-4/17-70 mm DC MACRO HSM
2,8-4/17-70 mm DC MACRO OS HSM
2,8-4,5/18-50 mm DC OS HSM
3,8-5,6/18-125 mm DC HSM
3,5-6,3/18-250 mm DC OS HSM
2,8/24-70 mm IF EX DG HSM
1,4/50 mm EX DG HSM
4-5,6/50-200 mm DC HSM
APO 4,5-6,3/50-500 mm DG OS HSM
APO 2,8/70-200 mm EX DG OS HSM
1,5/85 mm EX DG HSM
APO 4,5-5,6/120-400 mm DG OS HSM
APO 5-6,3/150-500 mm DG OS HSM

You can now download the new 1.03 firmware for your A77. Click here: http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/474591. let us know what you think about it! Do you have less issues? Is there any improvement?

UPDATE: Our reader “Wiel” made a detailed list of the firmware links (Thanks!):

Sony NEX-7 versus NEX-5n shutter sound.

Steve Huff first posted a NEX-7 vs E-P3 and X100 high ISO comparison (Click here) and than tested the 50mm f/1.8 lens on the NEX-7 (Click here).

Someone at Dpreview forum asked: “does anyone know if Nex7 popup flash will trigger the Sony flashes?“. The answer is yes!

Spent a day with NEX-7 – Wowww!!! (Dpreview forum).

Sony NEX-7 preorder links: [shopcountry 8454].

Back in May 2011 Sigma displayed the first lens for the NEX system, the 30mm f/2.8 macro lens. Now you can see it again at the Paris show. Source: Flickr (Click here). The Sigma guys on the stand couldn’t unveil the price and availability of the lens. The question is how much sense it makes for Sigma to release a lens like that when there is the Sony 30mm f/3.5 macro lens which will be in Stock in October. Hm, I would have preferred to see something really new!
Click these links to check the availability of the Sony macro: [shoplink 7434]

One more Sigma news: There will be a new 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM lens for Alpha mount (Press release on Dpreview).