a l b e r t
Senior Member
I think when this F707 heat finally cools down, we'll begin to examin its flaws. I'm taking this rapid cool down and try to examine it's warts and all:
Like many others, I can't live with F707's over blown RED, and the GOCS (green cast) problem. I really wish they have saturation control and perhaps even tint control (red or green, we take our picks). The F707 has boosted the green so much that many pictures came out tinted with green. At first glance you many not notice the green on the F707 (or S75/85 for that matter). But if you have another camera taking the same picture to compare with, you'll find the F707's pictures have a greenish tint to them. I know because I've done just that with S70/75 and I see the F707 repeating the GOCS problem on the S75.
I'm also a bit tired of MS; limited capacity and relatively high price. Good if you commit everything to Sony (MP3 player, AIBO, VAIO notebook, mini-DV camcorder).
So far, our two advocates of the "King" (Pondria and Ulysses) have not expressed commitment to the "New King". Ulysses have told me via email that he's satisifed 85% with the King and probably 90% with the New King. Wow! You mean F707 has done so much only to increase satisifaction for another 5%? And not even a 10%?
I've no digicam right now, however, I've used F505, S70, S75 and to say at least I'm not sure with the F707 myself. It does have compelling features, but I'm seeing that other problems are beginning to surface. I just found that the F707 may have more lens abberation around the edges (less sharp). See the crayon shots (G2 vs F707) and the watch macro shot, around the edges.
I also agree with Pondria that the New King is not as cool looking and does lose some sex appeal (ie: use of black plastic parts, such as the black focus ring). Matt silver + shiny silver = cool. Matt silver + black = not as cool.
--a l b e r t
Like many others, I can't live with F707's over blown RED, and the GOCS (green cast) problem. I really wish they have saturation control and perhaps even tint control (red or green, we take our picks). The F707 has boosted the green so much that many pictures came out tinted with green. At first glance you many not notice the green on the F707 (or S75/85 for that matter). But if you have another camera taking the same picture to compare with, you'll find the F707's pictures have a greenish tint to them. I know because I've done just that with S70/75 and I see the F707 repeating the GOCS problem on the S75.
I'm also a bit tired of MS; limited capacity and relatively high price. Good if you commit everything to Sony (MP3 player, AIBO, VAIO notebook, mini-DV camcorder).
So far, our two advocates of the "King" (Pondria and Ulysses) have not expressed commitment to the "New King". Ulysses have told me via email that he's satisifed 85% with the King and probably 90% with the New King. Wow! You mean F707 has done so much only to increase satisifaction for another 5%? And not even a 10%?
I've no digicam right now, however, I've used F505, S70, S75 and to say at least I'm not sure with the F707 myself. It does have compelling features, but I'm seeing that other problems are beginning to surface. I just found that the F707 may have more lens abberation around the edges (less sharp). See the crayon shots (G2 vs F707) and the watch macro shot, around the edges.
I also agree with Pondria that the New King is not as cool looking and does lose some sex appeal (ie: use of black plastic parts, such as the black focus ring). Matt silver + shiny silver = cool. Matt silver + black = not as cool.
--a l b e r t