ISight Noise interference - I know what is causing it, but how to fix it?

Hi,
I bought a MacBook in April, and from day one I had this interfering noise with the iSight. Unfortunately for me, the iSight was one of the main reasons I bought a mac.
I looked online and there is no fix, there is no suggestions because there is "a small number of users with this problem" (which I doubt for some reason) or that nobody knows why its doing it.
I continued to use the iSight after I figured that editing the sound with the EQ reduces it, but its a tedious task. And the noise is never actually gone, just reduced.
By chance I was recording with the iSight outside on a sunny day. And would you believe the sound that was recoded came out crystal clear. I took it home and I tried recording again and the interfering noise was back.
The only difference that I could think of between the two recordings was light. Outside was really bright out, but inside it was it wasn't as half as bright.
So to test this, I got my lamp and I held it up against the iSight and I started taking. The sound was perfect. Take it away let the camera adjust to the darker room and it was back to the usual tricks.
So now that I know the auto brightness feature of the iSight causes this noise, I downloaded iGlasses to mess around with contrast and brightness etc. ... no luck. Still had the noise.
So I'm here wondering, if there will ever be an apple fix for the auto perfect picture thing on the iSight because recording in the shade just causes an interfering noise. And living in Ireland we never get that many sunny days. So I cant use direct sunlight all the time.
Any suggestions would be nice.

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