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Although this Sony D770 camera (and the identical D700) is nearly 22 years old, it's the first of the DSLR digital cameras to hit the consumer market. Amazingly, it can still find use today. No, you aren't going to create crisp 16 by 20 inch posters with this, and no, it doesn't sport a 24 or 36 megapixel sensor. In fact, it's paltry 1.5 megapixel sensor, by today's standards, will create a usable image of 8x10 at best. For web images or eBay sales, this is perfectly acceptable, but that really isn't the point of owning this camera 22 years after it came to market. This camera is a collectors item. It's built like the proverbial brick outhouse. It's solid, it's heavy, and it has a substantial professional feel to it that eludes many of today's better performing brethren. Yet, the battery it uses is still manufactured by Sony for other Sony cameras made today. So there's no fear of not being able to use the D770. The 5 to 1 zoom lens is well made, and the camera can be used fully manually, fully automatic, or with any combination of settings in between. In its day, it was the king of cameras for newspaper journalists, who made it difficult for the rest of us to find one. Today, it's a relic of our past. A conversation piece to put on the mantle, and pull down every now and then to appreciate how far digital imaging has advanced in 22 years. Plus, the darn thing is just so cool looking, even today. The D770 and D700 are identical except for one thing. The D770 starts at ISO 50, and the D700 starts at ISO 100. Both top out at ISO 400, where grain becomes visible. The sensor needs light. Being its limit is ISO 400, the ISO 50 setting is notably cleaner than ISO 100. If owning a piece of digital history is your thing, grab one of these while you can. A fully working, clean D770 or D700 is getting harder to come by as the years tick forward.Read full review
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This is a great beginner camera. It was state-of-the-art 9 years ago and built tough. I like it because the controls are easy to learn and mostly automatic. I use it for work which includes uploading photos to the internet. The low mega-pixel resolution, about 1/10th by today's standards, helps to keep photo size to a minimum; no need for gigabytes of camera memory. The largest compatible memory stick is only 128 MB; the camera cannot format Memory Stick PRO products even though they fit into the slot.
This is the camera with the most bang for your buck! Colour is excellent, in tiff mode, pictures are of a decent size, takes any media card you have lying around, with the proper pcmcia card reader, is a true SLR, heck... what more could one ask for? I have a DSLR A100, and it is great, but look at the price difference. I can carry this around all day, if it gets broken or stolen, I can afford another, and they are plentiful to replace, should one need to. The only downside, for some folks, is that there is no USB slot on the camera, you need a separate card reader if you have a desktop with out one. If you have a laptop, then the pcmcia card will fit right into it and you are off and running! You just cannot go wrong!
The idea of the fixed lens camera was great but after really building the camera from starch I found numerous factors that take away from the positive results of a digital camera. I like the handle type body and the accesses to the flash (manually). Where the camera falls short is the way the memory card is installed. The camera has this wide entry for the memory card but the memory card 128mb (largest card) is placed in a little bigger adapter, then another adapter is used to fit the wide opening of the camera. You eventually have two adapters to fit into the camera. The total size of the Cybershot MEGAPIXELS is 1.5MP & that is an unworkable file. It is the smallest MP camera on the market, where others are at least 10MP. I had bought the camera after seeing it advertisted for $600 but did not realize it was so LOW in mega pixels. Now the camera will go to a grandchild to take pictures with because it allows TEACHING of a child without using the more expensive gear.Read full review
A great product for non-professional seeking a professional quality photos for his/her product. Light weight yet sturdy. Easy to use. A great value.
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