Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F717 Digital Camera

Pros: Excellent images, great battery life, fast zoom lens
Cons: EVF, Sony Memory Stick proprietary storage media, and poor ergonomics.

The DSC-F717 is the fourth digital camera built around Sony’s “L” shaped body. There have been a lot of changes to this digital camera platform since the DSC F505 debuted in 1999. The latest incarnation is an update of Sony’s popular DSC...

Pros: Excellent photo quality with a lot of features!
Cons: I didn't care for the pop up flash and their battery.

The Sony DSC-F717 Cyber-shot Digital Camera gives you a 5.02-megapixel effective CCD image sensor (5.24 megapixels gross) that will give you a superb large 2560 x 1920 resolution digital photos. To give you the superb quality in photography they use a...

Pros: Incredibly sharp images. User-friendly. GREAT CAMERA
Cons: What's up with 32MB supplied memory??

Well, six months and six thousand pictures after purchasing this camera, I'm still a happy woman. Be ...

Pros: Creativity booster; Great battery life; easy to use and great picture resolution
Cons: A bit bulky and heavy

Equipped with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, ISO sensitivities of 100/200/400/800 and shutter speed of 1/2000 second in auto mode, this new Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F717 digicam brings you the convenience of the point and shoot film camera you are used to. I ...

Pros: Fit, Quality, Ease, LCD, Lens, Battery, Controls, Menu And Sony Reputation For Quality.
Cons: Bulky, Unbalanced, Optical 5X And Memory Stick.

:UPDATED October 12, 2003---Update first For Your Review: While this review here is for Sony's wonderful DSC-F717, this camera at two years of age (almost) is being phased out with extensive price reductions. It is being replaced by Sony's new (and extr ...

Pros: Big, impressive, flexible, expandagle, fast/large memory stick pro.
Cons: CCD Failure/recall.

This is a pretty great camera! (except for the CCD failure/recall)... This was my first digital camera. I didn't much like film cameras - I guess because I'm too "cheap" to buy film & get it developed. I also hated waiting until I took a whole ...

Pros: Swivel Body - Hologram AF - Fast - Night Framing - Battery Life
Cons: Pricey - 32MB Memory Stick - What's up with that silver body color

Ever have the upgrade itch? The F717 gave me that itch and this is after only owning the F707 for 6 months. Now comes the time where you have to ask yourself is this new camera worth upgrading to from F707 (or another digi-cam)? For me it was...

Pros: Sturdy, excellent pictures, LCD viewfinder, design.
Cons: Odd shape if you're not used to it.

I'm a long-time Sony fan. I've had their products in one form or another since the days of the original Walkman. It was a huge and pleasant surprise when my dad's wedding present to me a few years back was the DSC-F505V digital camera. After a couple of...

Pros: Great optics, battery life, high resolution, night mode, laser-assisted focus, bright flush.
Cons: Ergonomics, 5x zoom, slow shutter

Yes, it's 21st century, and it's time for me to move on to digital. I had Canon EOS camera, which I loved, but developing film in local photo shops was expensive, quality of prints was so-so, and Kodak Photo CD that they would make had only 1.2 MP scanned ...

Pros: Excellent quality photos even for beginners, nightshot, infolithium battery
Cons: price, odd shape, flash shadow in macro shots

I did two solid months of research before settling on a new digital camera, and I finally settled on the Sony 717. I must say it exceeded my expectations both in quality of photo and in the number of features it had. It does well in all the important...

Pros: InfoLithium Batteries, Memory Stick Pro, Carl Zess Lens, 5.24 MP
Cons: Weight, Sony Warranty

Let Me Start off By Saying that I have owned 3 Previous Digital Cameras and 2 of those were the Sony Brand (Kodak DC-210 Plus, a Sony Mavica FD-90, and a Sony Cybershot DSC-F707) So I do write this review with some expirence.

I upgraded from...

Pros: Great pictures, ease of use, New Pro memory sticks
Cons: Body Shape, Battery door is a little weak, Regular memory sticks don't work

Overall the camera is great.

The good:
1. The pictures are outstanding when I compare them to my P7.

2. The automatic settings get it right almost every time.

3. The camera, however, let's you take full control...

Pros: Amazingly Sharp pictures. Great low light capability. Very fast camera in the prosumer category.
Cons: Pictures are little underexposed in bright sunlight. Colors are not as vivid as a canon.

Experience: I am very happy with this camera, and will not replace it (not with the Nikon DSLRs, nor with the Canon Rebels) UNTIL the X3 technology becomes stable and the chip is mass marketed (refer to www.foveon.com). I firmly believe that the X3 ...

Pros: High Quality photos, long battery life, many accessories available, Quality construction, Fun to use
Cons: Bulky size, only Memory Stick compatible

I tried several cameras and read many reviews before buying this one from dolivertonn on Ebay. First, I must comment about buying cameras on Ebay -- BE CAREFUL!!! dolivertonn was the only honest seller I encountered in a two-month period. All the ...

Pros: Unsurpassed quality for pictures
Cons: Odd shape for purchasing carrying accessories

I had been a loyal Nikon customer, including my last digital camera (Nikon CoolPix 950). I decided ...