Sony · Cyber-shot
Cyber-shot DSC-F828
A swivelling 8 MP bridge camera with a mechanically zoomed 28–200 mm lens, RAW recording and two memory-card slots.
- Type
- Bridge
- Sensor
- 2/3-type
- Megapixels
- 8
- Lens
- 28–200 mm equivalent
- Video
- 640 × 480 at 30 fps
- Body weight
- 832 g
What reviewers say
DPReview and digitalkamera.de praised handling, the mechanical zoom, autofocus and battery life. Both found conspicuous purple fringing and slow RAW recording. DPReview considered image noise and highlight colour shifts serious weaknesses; digitalkamera.de measured low-to-moderate noise and thought some criticism overstated. Both valued the swivelling design, while noting missing settings memories and limits to processing controls.
From dpreview.com and digitalkamera.de
Specifications
Report a wrong or missing specImage and sensor
- Camera type
- Bridge
- Sensor format
- 2/3-type
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Effective resolution
- 8 MP
- Largest image
- 3264 × 2448
- RAW recording
- Yes
- Standard ISO range
- 64–800
- Sensor detail
- 2/3-type four-colour Super HAD interlaced CCD, using red, green, blue and emerald filters; maker 8.0 million effective versus 8.3 million total photosites; native 3264 × 2448 image contains approximately 7.99 million pixels; 14-bit conversion
- Image formats
- JPEG Fine or Standard, TIFF and SRF RAW; RAW and TIFF also record a JPEG companion
Lens and shooting
- Built-in lens
- 28–200 mm equivalent
- Maximum aperture
- f/2–2.8
- Optical zoom
- 7×
- Lens detail
- Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T*; actual 7.1–51 mm, equivalent 28–200 mm; f/2–2.8 maximum aperture; 12 elements in nine groups with three aspherical elements; seven-blade aperture; 58 mm filter thread; mechanical zoom and separate electronic manual-focus rings
- Autofocus
- Contrast autofocus with Hologram AF assistance, multi-point, centre and flexible spot areas; single, monitor or continuous focus; wide normal focus from 0.5 m, telephoto from 0.6 m, wide macro from 0.02 m
- Shutter
- Sony Japan original table gives 1/8–1/3200 second automatic, 1–1/3200 program and 30–1/2000 shutter priority/manual. The later UK support table lists 30–1/3200 for manual; main detail follows original launch table, corroborated by DPReview
- Burst detail
- Seven full-resolution JPEG frames maximum. Maker UK table gives 0.38/0.42-second burst intervals; DPReview measured 2.6 fps Speed Burst and 2.4 fps Framing Burst, while digitalkamera.de measured 3/2.7 fps. No inferred sustained headline rate
- Flash
- Pop-up flash, Advanced Accessory Shoe and ACC connector; maker range 0.5–4.5 m wide and 0.6–3.3 m telephoto; optional HVL-F32X flash
- Exposure controls
- Automatic, program, aperture priority, shutter priority and manual modes; ±2 EV in 1/3 EV steps; Real or Standard colour, three-level saturation, contrast and sharpening controls; histogram; NightShot and NightFraming
Video
- Highest video resolution
- 640 × 480 at 30 fps
- Video detail
- MPEG-1 with audio; 640 × 480 Fine at 30 fps requires Memory Stick PRO or Microdrive, rather than ordinary CompactFlash or Memory Stick. Lower-rate standard VGA and 160 × 112 video-mail modes are separate
- Audio
- Movie sound and still-image voice annotations
Screen and viewfinder
- Viewfinder
- Electronic
- Screen size
- 1.8″
- Screen dots
- 134,000
- Tilting screen
- Yes
- Display detail
- 1.8-inch 134,000-dot rear TFT LCD and 235,000-dot electronic viewfinder, both maker-stated 100% coverage; backlit top status display. Body/lens joint rotates up 70° or down 30°; tilting refers to that joint
Connections and design
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- 370 photographs
- Body weight
- 832 g
- Release detail
- Sony Japan original 16 September 2003 announcement states 19 December 2003 sale; documented Japanese first-sale date, distinct from the earlier August international announcement
- Recording media
- Separate Memory Stick/Memory Stick PRO slot and CompactFlash Type I/II/Microdrive slot; Duo formats use adapter; FAT16/FAT32; no memory card included
- Ports
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Mini-B, NTSC/PAL AV output, DC input, ACC connector and flash accessory shoe; PictBridge printing
- Battery life detail
- Supplied NP-FM50 InfoLithium; Sony UK normal-shooting claim 370 shots or 185 minutes. DPReview measured 540 shots/5 hours 28 minutes in its own repeated four-no-flash/one-flash test; this is separate from the maker headline
- Dimensions
- Approximately 134.4 × 91.1 × 157.2 mm (width × height × depth), at wide zoom
- Weight detail
- Approximately 832 g camera only; Sony Japan specifies 955 g with battery, Memory Stick, shoulder strap and lens cap. Review loaded weights differ (DPReview 906 g, digitalkamera.de 942 g); main uses maker body-only figure
- In the box
- NP-FM50 battery, AC adapter and power cable, AV and USB cables, shoulder strap, lens cap and strap, lens hood and software CDs; no memory card
Pros and cons
Pros
- 28–200 mm equivalent f/2–2.8 mechanically controlled zoom
- RAW recording and CompactFlash/Memory Stick slots
- Electronic viewfinder, histogram and external flash shoe
Cons
- RAW and TIFF recording pauses further shooting
- Seven-frame burst buffer
- Approximately 832 g before battery and accessories
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Sensor | Megapixels | Lens | Video | Body weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge | 2/3-type | 5 | 38–190 mm equivalent | 320 × 240 | 586 g | Oct 2002 | |
| Bridge | 2/3-type | 5.02 | 38–190 mm equivalent | 320 × 240 | 594 g | Oct 2001 | |
| Bridge | Other | 5.1 | 36–432 mm equivalent | 640 × 480 at 30 fps | 438 g | Jun 2005 |
Sources
- sony.co.uk/electronics/support/compact-cameras-dscf-series/dsc-f828/specificati…
- sony.jp/CorporateCruise/Press/200309/03-0916
- dpreview.com/reviews/5485010427/sonydscf828
- digitalkamera.de/Testbericht/Testbericht_Sony_DSC-F828/2127.aspx
Photo: sony.jp
