I've taken over 14,000 photo's with this camera, It has never failed me!
Johnny Cole :arrow:
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Every time I'd try to get a shot between the ropes the camera's auto focus would catch one of the ropes and focus in on it...... complete disaster.
Taking shots outdoors today was a snap and every photo came out better than I ever expected so I was really looking forward to this event..... Oh well.... Its probably more me than the camera.
Tons and tons of features. It'll take me a while to learn how to use it properly. I am beginning to wonder if I should have bought a less expensive 35mm with a few different lenses....
The lenses on these cameras are great, probably the best in the prosumer category.
The cons are simple:
-38mm is not wide enough
-Sony memory is expensive
-autofocus is not fast enough
-EVF makes focussing difficult
-love it or leave it shape
I saw the DSC-F828 on ebay for $879.00, with free shipping. I almost pissed myself!
But it is a beauty. I'll just be happy with my G5.
I generally don't like Sonys, but it's truly lovely.
Me, th eFLea
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Thanks for the update enigma...What do you shoot with?
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/sonydscf828/
looks very nice.
It is a light comfortable camera that fits and balances perfectly in my hand and I can easily change zoom and exposure by feel without ever moving my eye from the viewfinder. It is pretty easy to get amazingly clear, beautiful photos with the auto settings and has a lot of capability for manual or semi-manual settings. For night shots I really like the shutter priority mode in which I can set shutter speed and let the auto exposure controls work around that. I can take 3-4 pictures at 20 different shutter speeds in 10 minutes or so and almost always end up with at least a few usuable pics.
BIGGEST PRO: Very fast autofocus and write time. I can take pictures almost as fast as I can center the picture and press the shuter release. This is a much more important feature than I thought and a tremendous help taking action and grandkid shots.
BIGGEST CON: Neither the electronic viewfinder or the LCD screen give me enough detail to get much use out of the otherwise excellent manual focus. Some of that is my "over 40 eyes" and it's more usuable with reading glasses but still I usually don't bother. Some people probably can use it fine. The auto focus is usually good and by taking a lot of pics with the auto focus spot in slightly different places you can usually end up with what you want.
As some reviews have said it does give some photos that are too "cool" looking. I have found that adding a tiny amount of red and yellow in editing mostly overcomes that and the pictures are very attractive despite that minor flaw.
This camera is selling for $595 at a very reputable online store currently and even with the 828 out it is well worth considering.
I ordered a 10d, but canceled the nextday after finding out about the 300d. I have not bought anything yet. I just cant stop buying old film stuff (old land cameras and just ordered a hogla) At the same time setting up a darkroom....
maybe someday I will get around to buying a digital agian.
PS I think price on 828 is going to $800-$1000 I think, I dont remember where I saw it though.
I was just trying to get in touch with those folks, who already ownes f717 and can give me couple advicies. Here they are! Do you also have any lenses for your camera( f717)? Are they from Sony company? And how do they work, i mean, should I buy one too- will they help me to get to the most deep camera secrets? Do you know any other lenses' companies that make lenses for Sony CS f717 and how do they work? I am also just totally in love in macro, so I am wondering how does this camera work? I've heard so much good words about Sony's CSh.. doing macro shoots....
Thanx to everybody! ;-)
Will come soon with more questions!
ps: and I saw their new camera Sony DSC-F828 on e-bay for $825...It looks cool....
I do not have any lenses for the 717 (the base lens is not removable) because each lens, teleconversion and wide angle, is $300 from Sony and I don't really trust lenses from any other company for this camera (if there are any).
As for macro, I only have a few complaints. Usually it is somewhat hard for me to take macro shots with this camera since the subject has to be nearly touching the lens while I'm fully zoomed out. Otherwise the subject immediately blurs since the focus changes when zoomed. Occasionally, the huge lens causes a shadow on whatever you are shooting, and the pop-up flash doesn't help much in macro situations.
Besides all this, I absolutely love this camera! The quality is so much better than my old Olympus C-3000. However, I still take the Olympus when I need to be stealthy, such as on NYC streets :D The 717 is just too bulky. It is very comfortable to hold though.
One flaw I personally dislike is the light metering. I usually adjust aperture/speed to get a +0.3 or +0.7 EV because 0 EV on this camera is just waaay too dark. The LCD may confuse people too because it always projects the image much brighter than what you would see when you upload it to a computer.
Looking forward to getting an 828.
It doesnt look too good now, i am a little dissapointed but i think sony's second version of this will fix the bugs, expect that one in 10 months, for less money
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/dsc_f828-review/index.shtml
it's a great camera and even though it's only 1.5 megapixels, it still produces great pictures (somewhat undersaturated, but that's what AUTO LEVELS in Photoshop is for).
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