Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F828 Digital Camera

Pros: It is an overall professional grade camera. Highly recommended you won’t be disappointed!
Cons: Individual MPEG movie size LIMITED 1.45 GB even with larger storage space.

After a lot of research I recently purchased the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F828 Digital Camera instead of a video camera. I LOVE it! The night mode is great and can be used in movie mode also. You can edit the movie on the camera if need be removing parts ...

Pros: Love the look, feel, and features - great manual zoom, autofocus, and control layout.
Cons: But I also want acceptable photos without the extra work.

I would have bought this camera at local retailer, but it was out of stock. So I went home and started reviewing it more - of course I saw all the same reviews you have concerning the CA and noise. So I grabbed a memory stick and went back to the ...

Pros: Beautiful build quality, great lens, wonderful handling, and ultimately terrific image quality.
Cons: Some high ISO noise, purple fringing in high contrast images, stupid flap over USB port.

The 828 is a superb camera that has gotten significant bad press over purple fringing. It's an overblown issue and should not weigh heavily in a decision to buy one. The build quality is beyond reproach, the handling is superior to anything in its class, ...

Pros: Great features, great lense and zoom, dual memory media
Cons: Pictures needs post-processing, expensive, heavy

This camera is definitely not for the 'average user' as it is much heavier and more expensive than other 5MP or greater cameras. The manual zoom lens is a GREAT feature and the focusing is ultra-fast. I've already taken about 50 photos with this ...

Pros: CF Card Storage, Great lense, Superb picture quality, Fast picture shooting. Long battery life
Cons: Long raw writing time, Seen better lense hoods.

After reading countless reviews and narrowing it down between the Sony F-828 and the new Canon Digital Rebel I decided to go for the Sony. Image quality is fantastic and the ablity to manually zoom really aids in fantastic picture quality. The camera is ...

Pros: Build quality, materials used in construction, weight is great and it is balanced very well.
Cons: Larger LCD would be nice. External charger should be included.

"Very well made, loaded with quality and professional picture taking tools" Geno on 12-Jan-2004 08:38:30 PM Pros: Had a long wait for this camera and it was worth it. Build quality is fantastic and the controls are very easy to use once you use them ...

Pros: 8 megapixels, T* Carl Zeiss lense, accepts CF/MS media, Nightshot!
Cons: Purple Fringe in some pictures. Hope for firmware update.

I have this camera for about 2 weeks and have taken several hundred pictures. Here are some of the conclusions I made. Flash: It is very powerful for such a small flash. The baby tend to run towards the camera which tend causes overexposure. If you ...

Pros: EASY!/Focus! Lens Quality! Fleshtones are accurate!/EASY!Easy!/fast! No Lag at all!and Easy!
Cons: Somewhat Large,and Heavy, But worth it!

Gave my Nikon8meg to my daughter and Bought this...Wonderfull! Thank Sony for the Green Auto mode button and the fact that it WORKS! Take this camera out of the box, set it on auto and take Awesome pictures that print out at 13X19 with no pixelation. Who ...

Pros: Accepts Compfact Flash and Memory stick, very fast and accurate laser-assist focusing
Cons: Terrible Purple Fringing, Stores images at only 72dpi

This was the largest, bulkiest and heaviest camera I've ever used so far. But it also had the highest resolution among the ones I've used - an 8 MegaPixel CCD that allows you to take pictures in JPEG, TIFF and RAW formats.

The camera comes with a laser-assist auto focusing system that ensures perfectly focused images in pitch darkness! This focusing is super-fast and accurate; couple that with an IR bulb for night framing that allows you to take shots in darkness without the flash. The body has a rugged feel to it; you'll feel like you're holding a professional SLR camera. Other than that, the F828 has a manual focus ring and a manual 10X zoom, and it uses a Lithium Ion Battery that charges within 2 hours and goes on for even longer.

Now for the bad nes. First, the images are taken at 72dpi-not good for professional prints. Second, the images suffer terrible purple fringing and get noisy at 400 ISO and above. All in all, this is an excellent camera with a few but important setbacks

Pros: Excellent build quality and design; superb lens; good battery life; fast auto-focus; Sony dependability
Cons: Slow RAW and TIFF capture, but who cares!

This digital camera blows all the others right out of the ballpark. The Zeiss T-Star zoom lens is one of the sharpest lenses I've ever owned. The lens is designed for digital capture, and unlike lenses built for SLRs,it is much less bulky and thus much lighter. The purple fringing issue keeps coming up, but I have not noticed it any more on this lens than my D-series Nikon lenses . . . a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. It gets a little noisy above ISO 200, but I have little or no reason to even go above 64! The RGB+E color sensor increases the color gamut substantially. While the RAW and TIFF capture is slow, with the JPEG-Fine platform I have no reason or desire to use either of them. Granted the 828 is somewhat bulkier than some of its brethren, but at least you have something to hold onto. Compared to the heavy digital SLR equipment I've been lugging around, the 828 is like a feather. The rotating camera body is extremely useful. The overall design and build quality amounts to a professional piece of equipment that suits my travel photography needs to a "T".

Pros: Excellent lens, focusing, great picture quality, great battery, different media at same time.
Cons: The camera is heavy

I have now shot well over 3000 pictures, in all lighting conditions, both in-doors and out, including night shot, and night framing. The camera, as with most things, is far more capable than the person using it. I have read some comments about bad pictures at high shutter speeds, I have gotten great pictures out the window of a bus going 65 miles an hour, shooting at 1/800 and 1/1000 of a second. No blurring, no C/A or P/F. The battery is the best I have seen in the last 4 Sony digitals that I have owned.

The camera is big and does get heavy after carrying it around the neck all day, but it is well worth the effort.

Pros: Speed, construction, dual media, configurability
Cons: Bigger than most cameras (minor)

A largish, FAST, well-constructed, feature-rich, dual media camera that I absolutely fell in love with at first touch. I bought the camera in Japan and am waiting for the English user manual, but have a passing familiarity with Japanese and got the menu switched to English. I've messed with some settings, but am supremely impressed with its SPEED at turn-on and file writing. This is my fourth digital camera (Fuji, Nikon, Nikon, now this). I use Sony MiniDV camcorders and love the commonality of the batteries used for both. Plus battery life seems like it'll be lengthy. The four-color CCD seems to capture colors more accurately. I like the manual zoom ring, although it'll be an adjustment after three cameras with zoom buttons. The on-camera flash is astounding! Tons of power and reach! Recycle times are very short. I bought this based on the new 4-color CCD, dual-media (finally!) and optical zoom capability. My user experience has been nothing short of spectacular! When I get my user manual and really discover what this bad-boy can do, I'm sure I'll do cartwheels!

Pros: Ease of use... takes incredibly clear photos, comparable to with the best SLR film quality.
Cons: Few... Larger screen would help. But won't find it in comparably priced cameras.

Easy to use, easy to experiment with, and still makes poster size prints that look incredibly crisp and clear. Using the "auto" setting, my kids even take great pictures. I get to enjoy "playing" with the many settings. After 4500 shots, it is still fun. The video comes in handy for those time when 15 seconds to 2 minutes would be nice.

Pros: MANUAL FOCUS RING, great battery life, great low-light operation... much more
Cons: slightly heavy, but it "feels" very professional

the sony dsc-f828 is definately a must have. don't listen to all the critics out there complaining about the "purple fringing"... though i personally have not had the first hint of this, if you are going to scrutinize that deep anyway you should be heading the SLR way. sony has really out-done itself on this one though, one of only 2 in the 8MP field with a MANUAL FOCUS RING!!! and this is its best feature, too. it also works really well in low light, be it with or without flash. the flash does not turn the person white as many do, either; very good built-in flash. also, it is very convenient that this camera accepts mem sticks, CF cards, and Microdrives. great feature. i also love the swivel-body, although i wish the lcd could flip out and back in to protect itself. also, GREAT battery life!!!! INCREDIBLE!!! definately a great camera for a amature or semi-pro or even pro photographer... VERY user-friendly; the most features of the 8MP's and the easiest to use as well! kudos sony!

Pros: 4th Color Emerald "e" provides the best raw pix for this level of camera.
Cons: The usual noise issue, but good Photoshop skills overcomes most of the problem.

I purchased my Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F828 Digital Camera shortly after they hit the stores. It has proved to be one of the best photographic tools that I've ever owned. Besides being a great pro level location camera for my graphics business that captures great available light shots in factories, hospitals, etc. when necessary, it also serves as a terrific scanner for stuff too big or thick for my desktop scanner. When a strobe is needed, the high end Sony HVL-F32X strobe does a wonderful job in a variety of challenging circumstances... especially in low ambient light. The swivel back makes it possible to see the display when raising the camera high above my head on a monopod when shooting crowded events. A flat back SLR just couldn't do that! This camera is dependable and solid... one of the best digital purchases I've ever made. FYI: I'm a former ad agency art/creative director who changed careers when digital made it possible to become a photo designer illustrator.