Sony's DSC-F828 Cyber-shot Camera 8 megapixels for $999

I was thinking of purchasing the Sony DSC-F717 for $699.00, but I came
across this preorder special for the DSC-F828 at Get a LifeStyle, preorder
price is $999.00:
http://www.getalifestyle.org/modules...icle&sid= 260

The DSC-F717 is a great camera, but from what I read about the DSC-F828,
with 8.0 MP and microdrive storage and RAW image format, how can you go
wrong?

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"sasquatch" wrote:

I was thinking of purchasing the Sony DSC-F717 for $699.00, but I came
across this preorder special for the DSC-F828 at Get a LifeStyle, preorder
price is $999.00:
http://www.getalifestyle.org/modules...le=article&sid
=260

The DSC-F717 is a great camera, but from what I read about the DSC-F828,
with 8.0 MP and microdrive storage and RAW image format, how can you go
wrong?



I had the 717 and now have the 828. So far - Great Camera.

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"sasquatch" wrote in message
...
I was thinking of purchasing the Sony DSC-F717 for $699.00, but I came
across this preorder special for the DSC-F828 at Get a LifeStyle, preorder
price is $999.00:

http://www.getalifestyle.org/modules...file=article&s
id=260

The DSC-F717 is a great camera, but from what I read about the DSC-F828,
with 8.0 MP and microdrive storage and RAW image format, how can you go
wrong?

Careful - You'll need to spend at least $100 more the moment you buy it.
You'll need another InfoLithium battery. Bigger memory sticks than the
paltry 16mb thing that comes with the camera and if you want to charge the
batteries outside the camera, add around $60 for that.

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"Stewy" wrote:

You'll need another InfoLithium battery. Bigger memory sticks than the
paltry 16mb thing that comes with the camera and if you want to charge the
batteries outside the camera, add around $60 for that.

The 828 comes with no memory stick or CF card. I have 2 batteries but
find that the batteries are so efficient I have rarely had to change
batteries while shooting on the 717 or the 828.
Yes they do sell accessory chargers for outside the battery charging.

So 1 out of 3 isn't too bad. Help you make the Hall of Fame if you
constantly average .333 in baseball.

Pretty sloppy though as an average for advice.

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On 2004-01-18, sasquatch wrote:
I was thinking of purchasing the Sony DSC-F717 for $699.00, but I came
across this preorder special for the DSC-F828 at Get a LifeStyle, preorder
price is $999.00:
http://www.getalifestyle.org/modules...icle&sid= 260

The DSC-F717 is a great camera, but from what I read about the DSC-F828,
with 8.0 MP and microdrive storage and RAW image format, how can you go
wrong?

The F828 is almost blind. At 200 ISO it is about as sensitive as the
Canon EOS 300D at 125 ISO. But allready at 64 ISO the F828 has more
noise in the pictures than the the EOS 300D has at 4-800 ISO.

So it is almost 1 stop slower than other cameras, and 3-4 stops
more noisy.

Bob Salomon wrote in
:

I had the 717 and now have the 828. So far - Great Camera.

Bob, how's the shutter lag? That's the one thing I detest about my 707.

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Albert Nurick


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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:13:24 GMT, "sasquatch"
wrote:

I was thinking of purchasing the Sony DSC-F717 for $699.00, but I
came
across this preorder special for the DSC-F828 at Get a LifeStyle,
preorder
price is $999.00:
http://www.getalifestyle.org/modules...icle&sid= 260

The DSC-F717 is a great camera, but from what I read about the
DSC-F828,
with 8.0 MP and microdrive storage and RAW image format, how can you
go
wrong?


As a huge SOny fan and owner of the S85, F707 and V1, I couldn't wait
for the F828 to come out. When I started seeing the results from test
F828's it gave me pause. Now the camera is in full release and I
still won't buy one. These pictures I'm seeing from F828 are not that
great. So why would I spend ANOTHER 1000 for a camera that doesn't
shoot much better then the last few models? If you have you heart set
on Sony pick up a F707 or F717 and save some money while capturing
better pictures.

Reading the Sony talk forum one must wonder if some of the posters are
delusional. I've learned a lot over there and from Phil Askey, but I
now question their judgement since the F828 came out. Read Phil's
summery on the F828 review. It's like he's giving out a recommend as
a gift based on emotion.

I would love to own a F828 IF Sony can FIX it.
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Like a game of pick up stick played by ****ing lunatics

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Albert Nurick wrote:

Bob Salomon wrote in
:

I had the 717 and now have the 828. So far - Great Camera.

Bob, how's the shutter lag? That's the one thing I detest about my 707.

It seems much faster then my 717 or any of the Coolpix models I had from
the 950 to the 5700.

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wrote:

I would love to own a F828 IF Sony can FIX it.

I do own one after having the 717 and have no complaints. And, yes, I
have read the reviews. However I have been in the photography business
since the mid 1950s and have learned to test it myself, under the
conditions I will use it and form my own judgement. So far I am very
pleased.

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