I notice that Sony has launched a new blog website for people to leave feedback about products and give them ideas for future ones.

Sony (http://electronicsblog.sel.sony.com/)

Believe it or not Sony do listen to people, but this seems to be a really good progression.

Nice find Simon but guess what? I tried to register so I could leave some feedback about my EX3 (mostly positive but some tips for the PMW-EX5, whenever that might be) and it only appears to allow input of US address information (state, phone number and zip codes required fields). Sure, I have many US friends who's addresses I could use but that seems daft.

So Sony, my first bit of feedback is that the site needs to be global - not just a US blog/feedback engine!

For those who are interested my review of the EX3 and those tips/suggestions etc. are on my own website (in case you were dying to know what I think of the EX3). It's a link in the More Information page and will be added too/updated yet again in the next few weeks with my latest experiences of using it for corporate work (when I get time!)

http://www.shootingimage.co.uk/Sony%20PMW-EX3%20Review/SonyEX3Review.html

I notice that Sony has launched a new blog website for people to leave feedback about products and give them ideas for future ones.

Sony (http://electronicsblog.sel.sony.com/)

Believe it or not Sony do listen to people, but this seems to be a really good progression.

Interesting, but seems oriented towards the consumer side. Of course, myself and a few others have been lucky enough to provide feedback to Sony during the early phases of XDCAM HD. So as far as I'm concerned, they do listen. I know at least one of my nits was corrected in the subsequent firmware release.

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If you attend one of Sony's free EXperience workshops you get access to a dedicated EX forum hosted by Sony in Europe.

Sony : Free XDCAM EX Master Class Training : United Kingdom (http://www.sony.co.uk/biz/view/ShowContent.action?logicalname=ssw-bc-expression-0908)

You also get a free DVD, co produced by some bloke called Simon Wyndham

some bloke called Simon Wyndham

Who's he then?

Handsome Chap. Lots of clips featuring him on the DVD.