Sony DCC-F707 - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

07/03/2002 07:17:21 PM · #1

I am seriously thinking about buying a Sony DCC-F707 and would like to know if it had macro on it. I did read the spec's on it and didn't find that in it. Feel free to speak if you have an opinion on the camera.
Thanks
Sonja

Zeissman

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

07/03/2002 07:57:18 PM · #2

jmsetzler has one, PM him.

07/03/2002 08:05:22 PM · #3

it has a great macro capability... if u wanna, i can point you to some macros i have done with mine...

07/03/2002 08:09:40 PM · #4

great, show me

07/03/2002 08:12:07 PM · #5

click on my MY GALLERY link below and hit the macro album.. there are about two pages of them in there...

07/03/2002 08:14:22 PM · #6

Oh and by the way jm, I love your outtake of transparency.
That would have been a ten in my opinion!

07/03/2002 08:18:26 PM · #7

Originally posted by Sonifo:
Oh and by the way jm, I love your outtake of transparency.
That would have been a ten in my opinion!

Thanks for the vote of confidence :) I hope my submission rates that well.. lol.. :)

07/03/2002 08:18:28 PM · #8

I think I am going to own a new camera. Thank you jmsetzler

07/03/2002 08:19:50 PM · #9

Originally posted by Sonifo:
I think I am going to own a new camera. Thank you jmsetzler

I think you will be happy with the F707 for sure...

sjgleah

Olympus C-2100UZ

07/03/2002 09:09:16 PM · #10

How large is the optical zoom on the Sony F707? Do you miss having a large optical zoom?

sjg

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Originally posted by Sonifo:
[i]I think I am going to own a new camera. Thank you jmsetzler

I think you will be happy with the F707 for sure...
[/i]

07/03/2002 09:14:26 PM · #11

Originally posted by sjgleah:
How large is the optical zoom on the Sony F707? Do you miss having a large optical zoom?

sjg

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
[i]Originally posted by Sonifo:
[i]I think I am going to own a new camera. Thank you jmsetzler

I think you will be happy with the F707 for sure...
[/i]

[/i]

The optical zoom is 5x and the digital is 10x. I turned the digital off. I missed it initially cause my mavica FD-95 had 10x optical and 20x digital. The digital zoom degrades the image quality too much to suit me but the added resolution of the F707 makes up for the zoom. I can crop a great image out of whatever i take... :)

timj351

07/03/2002 09:31:04 PM · #12

I'm a little late but I thought I would chime in. I think F707 has very good macro capabilities. I just purchased a 1.8x teleconverter for it so now it has a very good zoom range. The teleconverter is somewhat limited by having to use an f-stop between f5.6 and f8 but I can live with that. I am pretty happy with it so far and I will give more details including pictures later on.

Tim

07/03/2002 10:15:05 PM · #13

Tim, do you chat online? I would love to talk to u sometime bout the teleconverter and closeup lenses...

timj351

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

07/04/2002 03:20:05 AM · #14

Yes I do , John. Just try timj351 and you will probably get me. Sometimes I even have something to say :? )

autool

Canon EOS-20D

07/13/2002 02:42:09 PM · #15

My 30 year old son is looking for a starter camera. He will want to make some 8X10's. What do you recommend.
Thanks
Autool

Ronin

Sony DSC-S85

07/13/2002 03:19:27 PM · #16

Is price an option? The DSC-S85 went way down in price to 599.99 at the stores and even lower online. This is a 4.3 mp camera and has suited me well. I have seen its limitations but it�s an excellent beginner and intermediate camera. I would certainly recommend it for the price and the excellent quality of the lens

mpmcgeehan

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

07/13/2002 03:36:23 PM · #17

Just wanted to correct the model number on the subject line. :-) P.S. I love the camera as well.

autool

Canon EOS-20D

07/13/2002 04:40:07 PM · #18

Originally posted by ezns:
Is price an option? The DSC-S85 went way down in price to 599.99 at the stores and even lower online. This is a 4.3 mp camera and has suited me well. I have seen its limitations but it�s an excellent beginner and intermediate camera. I would certainly recommend it for the price and the excellent quality of the lens

Thanks for the help.
Autool

timj351

07/13/2002 04:47:51 PM · #19

Since the F707 has a nice little meter that shows you when you are in the digital zoom range, I leave it on. By leaving it on I can do the cropping first, in camera, before any jpeg compression is added. I try to be very careful with it and I only crop tightly, digitally, if I am certain I would, otherwise, do that in Photoshop later on. But I will usually take a wider, non digitally cropped image as well. It's not a big difference but when I am taking a ton of photos any time saver is welcomed.

Tim J

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