For Sale: Sony F828
Update: SOLD. Thank you all for the interest!!
My year-old Sony F828, a 7x (optical) zoom, 28-200mm, 8 megapixel, articulating body camera, is up for sale:
Selling as a kit, with the HVL-F32X external flash (a nice unit with excellent capabilities), 1GB compact flash (it’ll also take Memory Sticks — simultaneously!), all the cables, original packaging, etc., and two bags (of different styles).
I liked my time with it, but simply outgrew it — and found that the only way to get some of the “pro” features I needed was with “pro” gear. The Sony isn’t, frankly, but during the year I had it, I was asked a great many times what kind of camera I had — because the pictures were so good.
It does well-lit and studio scenes beautifully. Use a tripod in the dark, and get great results there, too, or attach the external flash to get outstanding results with fill or bounce. Small enough to carry in a purse, it’s best feature is the articulating body — move the grip and screen on the back some 100 degrees up and down (I think it’s 70 up and 30 down) relative to the plane of the lens — fantastic for taking ground-level or over-the-crowd shots.
Read Sony’s point of view, or a review by The Luminous Landscape’s Michael Reichmann, who covers the good and the bad — and notes that he bought one:
”[T]he Sony F828 has found a permanent place in my camera arsenal— it’s the ideal digital travel camera…”
$550 for the kit, plus $25 insured shipping (in the U.S.). Little more than some — certainly not all — on eBay, but you get the great flash unit, you know who you’re buying it from, and can rest assured that it works and has been well taken care of.
Email blog (at) ospreydesign (dot) com if you’re interested or would like more information. Good examples of photos taken with this camera are available on Flickr. (That link only shows photos taken with the camera pictured above.)
The Sony opened my eyes to what photography can do. It’s not perfect, but what it does, it does exceptionally well. I hope someone enjoys it!
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Posted by Giles, Tuesday, September 19, 2006, at 6:32 PM.
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