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I bet (have no doubt) you and Ulysses will get the 717 (or
whatever) because anyone that regularly takes part in these forums
needs to keep current. How many camera owners talk about their
F505, F505V or S70?
Several of the "alumni" members still have their F505 and F505V (at
least that's what they've told me via e-mail). They don't post here
as often because they happen to have D-SLR cameras now to
supplement. But they still get use out of their fun Sony cameras.
Will I get "the Hulk", as I've already started referring to what is
bound to be a lovable but flawed giant? I dunno. Here's what will
have to happen:
1) It will need to take care of my desire for consistent white
balance, at least more consistent than the current F707
2) It will need to be a faster camera, and a decent burst mode
wouldn't hurt (I wasn't kidding about that "Thunderclap Burst"
mode...)
3) It will need to have an improved and more plentiful set of
presets for w.b.
4) It will need to have improved on the issue of chromatic
aberration. The F707 lens, nice as it is, is NOT as nice as the
original F505 lens, at least not in the results it puts out in
terms of matching glass to CCD
5) It will have to have other features that add value to the camera
above and beyond that of the current F707.
Otherwise, the F707 is "good enough" until I can make a significant
move over to something else. It takes really, really nice shots.
The F707 will fade away just like the others and hardly anyone will
be talking about them or want to. The F707 subject matter is
already getting redundant and stale -- we need something new to
pick apart.
I don't know about "stale", but such is the nature of things in
this fast-moving arena of digital cameras and the people who love
them.
Unless you and Ulysses defect over to Canon, I can't see you guys
not getting the latest Sony.
Well, Nikon thus far hasn't gotten it done for me personally.
That's not a slam at all against the equipment of late. I just
won't be buying it from Nikon this year. They'll need to try again.
And that is not likely (that you
will leave Sony) because of all the accessories you guys have.
Accessories have absolutely NUTHIN to do with my decision. I could
care less about the accessories. For one thing, I don't have many.
But even if so, I could easily sell them. That's a zero factor in
my book. I know not everyone thinks like that, but there it is.
717 will have to be a real dud to keep many regular forum members
from getting it. And knowing Sony....It won't be a dud.
Correct. Highly doubtful. Sony hasn't really produced a dud of a
camera ever since the old D-700. Have they had any real "losers"?
I am looking forward to the next generation F-series offering...
and, might I add, that I am looking forward to how all the current
F707 owners are going to react to it and what they will eventually
do. This will be most entertaining.
Oh, Sony "are" nothing if not entertaining!
That's their entire business!
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Ulysses
Ann