NEX-6 - CRAPPED OUT - Shutter remains closed. REFUND imminent - TURN OFF BODY BEFORE SWAPPING LENSES

So the answer - for you and all the others who object to Sony's 'laxity' - is they should incorporate idiot locks and/or perhaps re-design the laws of physics? Simple static can kill sensitive electronics - I bet Sony don't warn against wearing synthetic clothing when using the camera either ...

Bluntly: how many letters of complaint do you think they would get if they did incorporate power-on lens interlock features? I know many who already curse their washer/dishwasher timer releases when in a hurry ... but would go ballistic if it were possible to flood the house ... or worse, injure themselves, by opening a working device.

The washer analogy is flawed too ... as it can't be opened whilst powered anyway ... I thought your argument was you didn't want to switch anything off?

Also, you'd like waiting for two minutes or so to remove a lens? i.e. to ensure all residual current flow, or any in-progress operations, had finished?

To the whole 'let's re-design the equipment' brigade - why incorporate another feature that can be accomplished by simply powering down. One for the ".... I never switch the power off when re-wiring the house ..." crowd - just how hard is it to switch something off momentarily?

It's this lack of simple commonsense (by a few) that ensures we all suffer ... as Health & Safety guys listen to the whiners, then swathe us all in cotton-wool 'blankies' - and endless regulations - to ensure the big bad world don't bite back. If you take the risk of power-on swaps ... why whine if it all goes wrong?