Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:15 pm
Ummm...bit of a mistake here. Only the first (spray booth) photo was taken with the iPhone. The remaining, outdoor photos were taken with my trusty SONY DSC-F717. I recommend this camera to anyone who will listen including my online students. I simply can't believe how good it is, at any price below about $5K.
The photos above are part of a group of nearly 120 snapshots that I took yesterday at sunrise in a 20-minute time period. Included in these shots were this conversion and three different acoustics that I'm going to post below. The camera was set on automatic, no flash, highest pic quality (it's "only" 5 MP), and I simply pointed and pressed the shutter button every few seconds. Absolutely no fancy stuff, Out of the 120, three were out of focus due to sun flares on chrome. The rest are as you see them here. I have done no cropping.
The 717 hasn't been made for about 5 years now. It's been superceded twice in SONY's line already, and its two successors are not even close IMO, and much more expensive.
There are a number of people selling reconditioned 717s on Ebay, for about $200.00 average. Reconditioned are preferable to NOS or original, because the sensors have been upgraded to a ceramic one that's bulletproof. I have four 717s now--a hedge against the day when they become rare. The most I paid for one was $212.00; the least was $140.00 for the one which took these photos. Best darned guitar snapshot camera ever made. In our house are these four 717s, another SONY 10MP pocket camera, a new 13MP Canon prosumer, a Nikon 5000, a Fuji 10MB, and my Panasonic 10MP Lumix (which I use for recording HD video). The 717 puts them all to shame.
Below are some acoustics that are being detailed and broken in prior to shipping. Same 20-minute session, same camera.
The photos above are part of a group of nearly 120 snapshots that I took yesterday at sunrise in a 20-minute time period. Included in these shots were this conversion and three different acoustics that I'm going to post below. The camera was set on automatic, no flash, highest pic quality (it's "only" 5 MP), and I simply pointed and pressed the shutter button every few seconds. Absolutely no fancy stuff, Out of the 120, three were out of focus due to sun flares on chrome. The rest are as you see them here. I have done no cropping.
The 717 hasn't been made for about 5 years now. It's been superceded twice in SONY's line already, and its two successors are not even close IMO, and much more expensive.
There are a number of people selling reconditioned 717s on Ebay, for about $200.00 average. Reconditioned are preferable to NOS or original, because the sensors have been upgraded to a ceramic one that's bulletproof. I have four 717s now--a hedge against the day when they become rare. The most I paid for one was $212.00; the least was $140.00 for the one which took these photos. Best darned guitar snapshot camera ever made. In our house are these four 717s, another SONY 10MP pocket camera, a new 13MP Canon prosumer, a Nikon 5000, a Fuji 10MB, and my Panasonic 10MP Lumix (which I use for recording HD video). The 717 puts them all to shame.
Below are some acoustics that are being detailed and broken in prior to shipping. Same 20-minute session, same camera.
How is this to be accomplished? Hmmmm...
