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Smart Zoom: This
feature is usable in lower resolutions to increase the normal 28-200mm
lens zoom range. When it is enabled it can be switched on and off with
the Magnify button. In 5mp mode the range increases to 36-249mm. At 3mp
it increases to 45-308mm. Attaching the F717 1.7x tele adapter
increases that to 76-524mm (equiv to 2.72x)...(the tele vignettes when set below 135mm).........Test:
The 3mp smart zoom image appeared sharper than the
cropped 8mp image on my monitor, but when printed they looked the same.
Smart zoom does work and produces much smaller files. I think that is
it's only advantage, so won't use it much. The Sony 1.7x tele works
very well and was a good investment. |
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F828 Zoom vs FZ1:
Did comparison test with my F828 and Panasonic FZ1. The F828 image
cropped to 2MP has about the same zoom factor as the FZ1. Interesting. |
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Purple Fringe: In
dpreview forum, Quidko posted the worst purple fringe image I've seen so
far. Tried several procedures to fix the image, but none were any
better than my cloning tool. My procedure works well, but it's too slow. |
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Power
Flash: Sunpak
120J pro hot shoe flash is similar to the 622 pro, but is much smaller
and lighter. Comes with a removable parabolic reflector, creating a
bare bulb flash also. The 828 has better focus capability than any
other camera I have seen, but for long range night shots it does need
the assistance of a laser pointer. Night shot from my porch to
another 80 ft across the street. Camera: ISO400 f2.8 200mm. Flash:
f.2.8 ISO100. Bare
bulb shot
of birthday party. |
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Digi-Slave: SA-10 slave trigger
allows me to use my popup flash for direct lighting and a Sunpak 120J
for bounce lighting. I'm using an old hand made flash shoe extender to
give the 120J enough clearance to function properly when mounted on the
camera. This arrangement was developed to provide adequate lighting for
large rooms with high ceilings. This photo proves enough bounce
lighting is provided for rooms with 10 ft ceilings. |
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Tele Adap:
Received the Sony HGD1758 1.7X Tele Converter 12-31-03. It's 2.74" long
and 3.62" diameter. It's huge and much too heavy to use without
additional support. I took the rest of the day making a support bracket
before it was safe to handle. |
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Macro: I needed
to take a closeup of my Nikon CP-990 so I set the 828 to 85mm and used
a Porter Camera close up lens (+8 diopter #06-0932 $13) so I could
shoot at 4 inches. I wanted to show my fix for a poorly designed
battery door latch and the 828 worked well enough for that. I haven't
attempted to make my 828 into a macro camera, because I use the 990 for
that. It has a 28mm lens and allows plenty of room for lighting.Had to
play with it one more time. The bottom image shows an experiment with
my fluorescent ring light. Camera set at 50mm,
1/100 and f8. |
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View Finder Mod: I
wanted to modify my view finder so I could use it with and without my
glasses, so I resized a +1.25 reading glass lens and pressed it into
the rubber covering of the viewer |
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Infrared Experiment:
I discovered that my two Tiffen TFF-58POL linear polarizers, won't
block daylight adequately when cross polarized. Then I used Science Kit item
6025861 film polarizers in two filter configurations. Four of these
filters are required to block visible light. The first configuration
uses two sets of crossed polarized filters and are installed in an
empty filter ring. The second configuration modifies
one of the adjustable Tiffen filters by adding two film filters behind
the glass filter and then two more are cemented to a separate plastic
ring that fits into the camera lens, and is locked in place when the
Tiffen filter is installed. None of these five filters are cross
polarized. Cross polarization occurs when the Tiffin ring is adjusted
to block all visible light. This combination also serves as an
adjustable ND filter that allows IR and visible lighting to mix during
low light conditions. |
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Ref: Reichmann's F828 review
, Dpreview hand's on review , Steves-digicams. Review
, Imaging-resource Review |
