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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828
- 8.0-megapixel CCD for image
sizes to 3,264 x 2,440 pixels
- Ultra-sharp 7x zoom lens
(f/2.0-2.8 too!), now with manual
zoom control via lens ring.
- Sony's new "RGB+E" sensor
technology for dramatically
improved color accuracy.
- The fastest prosumer digicam
on the planet? - Maybe so...
- Many enhancements and feature
upgrades over the previous F717.
Review of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828
: Review by art
kennedy On
6th Apr 2004 There is a lot of
image noise with the SONY DSC-F828
Digital Camera. When I view an image
with grays at high mag there are
lots of colored pixels - even at ISO
64. Higher ISO's have really ugly
noise. I've heard it is because they
crammed 8M pixels onto a small CCD
chip. My Olympus D40 and C2020Z were
much better for noise. Also those
cameras seemed to have very great
depth of field for a given focal
length and aperture - so much so
that I wondered if this was a
quality to expect of all digital
cameras - perhaps because of the
shorter focal length of the lens.
This Sony has turned that idea on
it's head because there is so little
depth of field even at f/8 and wide
angle. And with such a beautiful
lens why is the minimum aperture
f/8?? But here is what really gets
me. There are three auto focus
modes. In one of these there is a
small spot ( a frame in the finder )
that can be steered anywhere in the
frame to indicate the area of focus
interest. Yesterday I was set up in
the forest with a tripod to
photograph a trilium flower. I
carefully bracketed the center of
the flower with the focus spot and
used a remote release to take the
picture - being careful to wait for
calm air, aperture was f/8. It
looked okay on the little screen but
on the computer the flower was fuzzy
and the leaf just behind it was in
focus. What's up with this??!!! Also
the very expensive wired remote has
several functions for use on
camcorders but the only thing that
works with this model is shutter
release and power on/off - yet Sony
sells it as an accessory for the
828. I also bought an expensive Sony
closeup lens sold the same way, on
the web site as an accessory for
this camera. It was advertised to
provide greater working distance for
macro shots. The 828 does macros to
13/16" in wide angle but can only
get to 23" at max tele. Well with
this expnseive closeup lens the
maximum distance from the subject in
tele mode is about 12" - what about
the range between 12" and 23". Well
I guess you cover that by changing
focal lengths with the zoom to get
what you want. Hum bug. On the other
hand while out in the woods I
tripped while jumping a gully and
involuntarily threw the camera about
12 feet to a dirty landing. It must
have missed all the rocks because it
was a bit dusty but was unmarked and
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