The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828 is a 8.0 megapixel digital bridge camera announced by Sony on August 15, 2003.
4-516: As successor of the DSC-F717 , F828 was widely considered "revolutionary" at launch. Major changes / improvements over its predecessor, the 2002 F717 include: The F828, along with the "Cyber-shot F" series designation, was discontinued in 2005. Despite having attractive on-paper specs, F828 did not fare as well as its predecessor among camera reviewers and photographers. F828 received a "Recommended / Above average" rating from DPReview, in contrast to
8-554: A "Highly recommended" given to F717. Visible picture noise, associated with increased pixel density and underdeveloped noise reduction algorithm, was of primary concern. Moreover, the novel RGBE sensor did not bring in much improved color accuracy as expected; this led Sony to drop any further development on such sensors, making F828 the first and the last commercial camera ever to use a 4-color sensor. Many photographers also noted more severe purple fringing on F828s than on its predecessors. DSC-F717 The Sony Cybershot DSC-F717
12-653: Is a bridge digital camera , introduced by Sony in September 2002. F717 features the same 5.0 megapixel CCD sensor and 38–190 mm equiv. Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lens as its predecessor, the 2001 DSC-F707 . Major changes / improvements over the F707 include: F717 retained all distinctive features from F707, such as: The F717 was succeeded by DSC-F828 in August 2003. Some very early production units may experience inaccurate focus with Laser Hologram on. Sony admitted
16-460: The problem as a minor design flaw, and offered free examination and repair service. Serial numbers of potentially affected units were also announced. According to Sony, it is fixable by correcting a wrong parameter with Sony factory adjustment software. The fix was only performed at Sony service centers. Around 2004–05, many F717 users reported CCD-related defects. It was later confirmed that many Sony CCDs made from late 2002 to early 2004 suffer from
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