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Alan Lenton: More Sony recalls

Posted by: Alan Lenton on 10 December 2006
[10-12-2006] Rumour has it that new editions of Japanese/English phrasebooks will include a translation of 'My Sony device is on fire.'
You know, I almost feel sorry for Sony. Hot on the heels of the exploding battery disaster and the lack of adequate numbers of PS3s comes another product recall. This time it's Sony digital cameras. It seems that the glue used to stick the cameras sensors to the backing is affecting the sensors, giving blurred or non-existent images. Quite a problem for a camera!

The irony is that Sony engineers spotted this problem some time ago and thought they'd fixed it. Unfortunately, they misdiagnosed the problem and fixed the wrong thing - they thought it was a reaction between the glue and the plastic packing, so they changed to a ceramic backing. Now they've discovered the problem is caused by iodine in the glue.

Of course, they've now switched to an iodine free glue, which will, hopefully, fix the problem, but in the meantime they've had to recall a large number of still and camcorder digital cameras. Just what they needed at Xmas time :(

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