Digital Photography Review
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| Price | US: $ 999 [check
/ order] UK: £ 799 [check / order] |
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| Body Material | Magnesium Alloy | |
| CCD effective pixels |  |
8.0 million |
| CCD size | |
2/3" (8.8 x 6.6 mm - more info) |
| CCD color filter array | |
RGBE |
| Pixel pitch | 2.7 µm | |
| A/D Converter | 14 bits | |
| Processor | Sony "Real Image Processor" | |
| Images sizes | • 8M: 3264 x 2448 (7.99 million
pixels) • 3:2: 3264 x 2176 • 5M: 2592 x 1944 • 3M: 2048 x 1536 • 1M: 1280 x 960 • VGA: 640 x 480 |
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| Image ratio w:h | • 4:3 • 3:2 (only at 3264 x 2176) |
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| Movie clip | • 640 x 480, 30 fps * • 640 x 480, 16 fps • 160 x 112, 8 fps • All with audio, only limited by storage space * Memory Stick Pro or CF Microdrive Only |
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| Still image file formats | |
• RAW (stores a JPEG at the
same time) * • TIFF • JPEG (EXIF 2.2) - Fine, Standard * Effectively a RAW+JPEG setting |
| Movie file format | • MPEG-1 | |
| Approx. file sizes | • RAW: 16.5 MB + 2.4 MB JPEG
(8M FINE) • 8M TIFF: 22.9 MB • 8M FINE JPEG: 2.4 MB • 8M STD JPEG: 1.6 MB • 5M FINE JPEG: 1.7 MB • 3M FINE JPEG: 1.1 MB • 1M FINE JPEG: 0.5 MB • VGA FINE JPEG: 0.1 MB * All taken at ISO 100, JPEG sizes will increase with noise / detail |
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| Lens | • 7x optical zoom • Carl Zeiss T* • F2.0 - F2.8 • 12 elements in 9 groups • Rotation 30° down, 70° up • Lens cap and flower hood included |
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| Zoom wide (W) equiv. | |
28 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) equiv. | |
200 mm (7x) |
| Zoom control | • Mechanically linked • Zoom ring at front of barrel |
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| Lens Thread | 58 mm | |
| Digital zoom | |
• Precision Digital: 2x (all
image sizes) • Smart: Increases at smaller sizes (max 35x at VGA) |
| Focus modes | • Auto Focus • Manual Focus |
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| Auto Focus Modes |
• Single |
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| Auto Focus Areas | • Multi-Point AF (5 area auto
select) • Center AF • Spot AF (flexible) |
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| AF Illumination lamp | |
Yes, Hologram AF (laser pattern) |
| Manual Focus | |
• Focus by wire • Focus ring at rear barrel |
| Normal focus range | |
50 cm (19.7 in) - Infinity |
| Macro focus range | |
2 cm (0.8 in) - 50 cm (19.7 in) |
| Sensitivity equiv. | |
• Auto (ISO 64 - 200) • ISO 64 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 |
| Metering | |
• Multi-pattern |
| Min shutter | |
• Auto: 1/8 sec • Program AE: 1 sec • Aperture Priority: 8 sec • Shutter Priority: 30 sec • Manual: 30 sec |
| Max shutter | |
• Program AE: 1/3200 sec • Aperture Priority: 1/2000 sec • Shutter Priority: 1/2000 sec • Manual: 1/2000 sec |
| Shooting Modes | • Auto • Program AE • Aperture Priority • Shutter Priority • Manual • Scene mode: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Portrait • Movie clip |
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| Aperture Priority | • Wide: F2.0, F2.2, F2.5, F2.8,
F3.2, F3.5, F4.0, F4.5, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1, F8.0 • Tele: F2.8, F3.2, F3.5, F4.0, F4.5, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1, F8.0 |
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| Shutter Priority |
30, 25, 20, 15, 13, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1, 1/1.3, 1/1.6, 1/2, 1/2.5, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, 1/13, 1/15, 1/20, 1/25, 1/30, 1/40, 1/50, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125, 1/160, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1600, 1/2000 sec |
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| Manual Exposure | Any combination of aperture and shutter speed above | |
| Exposure Compen. | |
-2EV to +2EV in 1/3EV steps |
| AE Lock | Yes, dedicated button | |
| Auto Bracketing | |
• 3 images • 0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV steps |
| Noise reduction | • Clear Color • Luminance NR • Slow shutter (1/25 sec or slower) |
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| Image Parameters |
• Color mode (Real, Standard) |
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| Picture Effects | • Off • Negative Art • Sepia • Solarlize |
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| White Balance | |
• Auto • Daylight • Cloudy • Fluorescent • Incandescent • Flash • Manual |
| Continuous | |
• Speed Burst, 2.5 fps, max
7 frames, No LCD review during shooting • Framing Burst, 2.3 fps, max 7 frames, LCD review • Multi Burst, 16 images on a single 1 mp frame, custom interval |
| Built-in Flash | • Pop-up (powered) • Auto / Manual pop-up |
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| Flash Range (approx.) |
Unknown |
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| Flash modes |
• Auto |
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| Flash compensation | • Low • Normal • High |
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| Flash metering | Pre-flash TTL metering (flash fires twice) | |
| External flash | • Hot shoe • ACC terminal |
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| Tripod mount | • Yes, metal • Base of lens barrel |
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| Self-timer | Yes, 10 sec delay | |
| Remote control | Optional wired | |
| Time-lapse recording | No | |
| Video out | Yes, selectable NTSC / PAL | |
| Storage | |
• Memory Stick (inc. Select) • Memory Stick Pro • Compact Flash Type I/II (supports FAT16 & FAT32) • IBM Microdrive • No storage included |
| Viewfinder | |
• Electronic Viewfinder with
dioptre adjustment • 0.44" TFT LCD • 235,000 pixels |
| LCD | |
• 1.8" TFT LCD • 134,000 pixels • Anti-reflective coating |
| Playback zoom | Yes, 2.0 - 5.0x | |
| Connectivity | |
• USB 2.0 (HiSpeed) • DC-IN • A/V Out |
| Power | |
• Lithium-Ion InfoLithium
NP-FM50 (1200 mAh) • Supplied AC-L15 adapter / charger |
| Weight (inc. battery) | 906 g (2.0 lb) | |
| Dimensions (inc. grip) | 134 x 91 x 156 mm (5.3 x 3.6 x 6.1 in) |
From:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/SonyDSCF828/
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