http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/ Engadget Comments for Sony issues firmware update for Alpha A700 DSLR http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/Sep 16th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/sony-issues-firmware-update-for-alpha-a700-dslr/
If you want an example of messed-up firmware that needed to be corrected then the Canon EOS 1D Mark III borked-AF issues are probably the best example recently. They had to release several firmware fixes since they couldn't get it right the first time (obviously AF problems for a pro-sports camera like the 1DMkIII is a big issue).

read all about it here:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-8740-9068-9264
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Nothing really disturbing about the FW itself, white balance and dynamic range seem better optimised, at least for viewing pictures on the screen. If noise reduction is turned off, the picuters are somewhat sharper, however noise becomes quite significant, which makes it a rather sour tradeoff. So nothing I would be too excited about. What I personally still miss, is the interval shooting option in the FW itself. It was available with the Minolta 7D, and it was till now only available to the Sony line of DSLRs via the remote control accessory. They now added this function into the Remote Control software for the PC, which somewhat fixes this but not 100% still.

Also, together with the FW, Sony updated it's "Sony Image Data Suite" (Data Converter, Remote Control and LightBox). The improvements here are qiute huge, especially as the Data Converter is now at least usable, compared to before. (It had floating windows for every "tool/setting", which made it impossible to use, even on WUXGA - this is now changed, and the UI is much better).
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