Specifications
- 8.0 megapixels (effective)
- 7x optical zoom/2x digital zoom
- auto and manual focus
- program and manual exposure
- JPEG
- TIFF
- and RAW file format
- ISO range 100 - 800
- proprietary Lithium-Ion battery
- movie mode with sound
Editors' Comments
The groundbreaking Sony CyberShot DSC-F828 is the first amateur camera to offer 8-megapixel resolution. The F828 boasts an impressive feature list, including a 7x optical zoom, Carl Zeiss lens, CompactFlash and Memory Stick slots, and Sony's new 4-color image sensor. Similar to the popular Sony F717, the F828 has an unusual body design with a large lens that swivels around the camera's body.
Sony CyberShot DSC-F828 Comments & Questions (write your own!)
I noticed you haven't yet marked a "Best Answer"... are you still looking for help? If so, I recommend re-submitting your question on digitalcamera-hq.com so it has a better chance of being noticed. Lately it looks like questions are being answered within just one or two days. Good luck!
If the lighting conditions are very low (e.g. sunrise; sunset; cloudy days or pour indoor lighting) the best setting configuration to have the camera on would be shutter or S; this will allow you to set the speed the shutter will move; thus allowing allot more or very little light into the camera; by turning the black wheel in the right top corner of the camera. The shutter speed can be set to 60 seconds (30") or a fraction of a second (2000). Basically taking the picture with a setting of anything above 200 would be safe enough to use in bad lighting conditions without distortion. Always remember that the viewfinder or LCD does not always display the correct preview of the picture you are going to take in relation to the settings you have set the camera to. And lastly it would be a good idea to put the camera down on something stable while taking the picture or to buy a tripod; this will ensure the camera to be stable while taking a picture. By using a tripod you will be able to take pictures at night without any fuzzy-ness.
This camera comes with 7x optical and 2x digital zoom.
Andrew
On page 80 of your user manual the instructions to switch the camera back to just taking jpeg pictures are there.
1) Set the mode dial to P, A, S, M or SCN
2) Press menu
3) Select [mode] [record mode] [normal]
This will get you back to just taking jpeg pics.
Hope this helps,
Mark
You're great! i got it. THANKS!
I lost my user's manual.
By the way, what is best settings for indoor shots?
Jay
Philippines
Your camera has a lot of scene modes and manual settings so you can play around a lot to see the effect the different settings have. If you don't want to use the flash indoors as sometimes built in flash can be just too powerful, you can try bumping up the ISO settings to 200 or 400 depending on how much light you have in the room. You don't have image stabilisation though, so you'll need a steady hand for the slower shutter speed.
You can also try using the exposure compensation setting on your camera so that the camera takes 3 shots one after the after, sometimes a slightly over-exposed or under-exposed shot can look much better.
You could try putting your camera in aperture priority mode. Set the aperture as large as possible (smallest number) and then the camera will automatically choose the appropriate shutter speed.
There's an article <A HREF="digital-photography-school.... which gives some good tips for indoor shots.
Hope this helps,
Mark
how to restore my camera settings to factory default settings?
thanks,
jay
But I can tell you that there's a new firmware update available ( sonydigital-link.com/DIME/f... ).
The DSC-F828 Firmware update Ver.2.0 resolves the following issues:
1. Picture deleting issue using quick review function:
* If you delete a picture in the Memory Stick using the quick review function , and the Memory Stick contains more than 2 folders, it may occur that another picture in another folder is deleted or that you cannot delete the target picture at all
2. Picture that is copied from the computer gets damaged when transferred to a camera via USB.
* When you copy a picture from a computer to a camera via USB2.0 in Hi-Speed mode, it may happen that the copied file in the Memory Stick gets damaged.
* When you copy and delete a picture from a computer to a camera by USB several times, it may happen that the file in the Memory Stick is damaged.
There are actually numerous lenses ( amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/1... ) you can use with this camera. The previous link shows many different types that will work. I hope this helps.
Andrew
Another tip is to go to Sony's website and look for firmware updates. Download and install them.