Sony F828: Hands on with a unique digital camera.

I got out for the first time with the Sony F828. What a joy it was to see colors it produced, but quite the slow camera this old thing is haha.

This 18 year old bridge camera has a unique "RGBE" Sony built 2/3 inch CCD sensor. The resolution is about eight megapixels, and the file size is very digestible for virtually any current computer. Images are sharp and would look just fine for the web and small prints.

The colors are very true to the scene, but if one chooses to post produce, the .SRF, TIFF, and even .jpg are correctable!

The Sony F828 can be found in the ballpark of 100 to 200 USD (prices can very erratically due to the style of camera and age, even more than DSLR's.

Thanks for your view, and leave a comment below if you have any questions!

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[matthewjohnson]

I used to drool over the pictures of just the camera when i was in college.

[danvander-ark]

This was my first digital camera...still have it and it works fine! I charge the battery every now and then and take it out and shoot a couple pics. And you're right...you hit the shutter button and then go mow the lawn or something cuz the RAW takes quite a while to process. The lens is great...its a camera built around a lens; and its part of the reason I bought the Sony RX10 IV 3 years ago...that lens if fantastic. Love your videos!

[shutterslaps]

Love this man 🙏 your comedic style is killer, had me loosing it at “what the hell is she painting” 🤣🤣

Very interesting about that sensor 👏👏 will be looking into that one.

That’s awesome that you got a Nikon 775🎉🎉 very interested to see your thoughts and images on it 👏👏👏

[benlowe]

I bought this camera in 2003 and still works great. I'm far from a photographer and don't really have much of a background in it. I am looking for information about how to adjust the shutter speed to perform "light painting" and I am not having luck finding manuals for a 2003 camera. Do you know if this model can perform this? I've tried and have not had any success.

[shabanafzal]

I got this camera from USA in 2004. I still use it today. It's been great for wedding and portrait photography. The results are colourful and amazing. After nine years I bought a new Sony battery, the old one holds 50% but still works. The camera is a legend and takes beautiful pictures. I'm keeping mine for as long as possible.

[rickbiessman]

Dude, right before you started talking about the Bright Project shirt, I thought "wow, that’s a really nice t shirt!". So cool of you to mention it – I just ordered one. Pretty affordable too. So cool!

[gregorymessimer]

Pssst! All you need to 'mod' this is a neodymium magnet and some filters. You can use the night shot in restricted modes, which actually turns this into a full-spectrum camera, but with a magnet you can trip the relay to move the filter out of the way and run full-spectrum in all modes! You 'un-mod' it by flipping the magnet around and swiping over the sweet-spot (which is on the right bottom of the barrel towards the tripod stabilizing hole) a second time. Add filters to exclude various wavelengths and you can shoot in IR or UV, or any mix thereof. Just got one of these on Thursday, found out about all that on Saturday, so I haven't tried it all myself yet.

I feel like I stumbled onto something really sweet with this camera.

[stevemccormack]

I was always a fan of that Sony format. It was my favourite at the time. They need to introduce this with video capability. My guess is it would be a hit.

[robstammers]

Great video, I've owned (and use) an F828 on a regular basis. Shooting products as its macro mode is superb, by the way you forgot to mention the F828 is equipped with a superb Leica Tessar zoom lens, which still today is highly regarded.
I wouldn't recommend this as a street shooter, its just not fast enough, but for landscape, portrait, close up, or any studio static work it's just so good, the F828, to me, is as good today as it was when first released, vastly underrated it certainly is, but those in the know, and to those who know how to use it, it's a gem of a camera, in which Sony got it 99.9% right. Yep, I love my Sony F828, thanks man.

[ShutterKnack]

Have you tried the infrared magnet trick? It's a full spectrum camera in disguise!

[DouglasNascimento]

I still use the predecessor Sony F717 until today for a few things. Both are great cameras

[stimpacat]

I got this camera, Back in 2004. Di night shot for Long Island Summer mag. Running around the Hampton's taking pics of chicks. Rough work. Made enough to pay for camera and then some but it was for couple years. Although he mentioned that a lot of times it was not in focus. Looked perfect when taking but I never downloaded to see pic s and understand why it was out of focus. Still have the camera and do use it now and then. Still takes great pics.
Also the camera has a extra filter, you need a magnet to turn it on and off, And you can see thru cloths

[MattParson]

I've finally went down the RGBE rabbit hole... I've found the REAL mode with saturation and contrast boosted in camera gives more accurate color in the skin tones compared to shooting in STANDARD mode.

[garethwilliams]

Got mine in 2003 and liked it a lot except for its inability to cope with specular highlights which threw up all sorts of colours. You did not mention one great feature which was the laser focusing so that in darker areas a grid pattern was thrown forward from the camera and the lens was then focused on this! Did Sony ever use this again? Swapped for an R1 which had much better image quality and which I still have though rarely use.

[dubajja]

Great camera to try infrared photography.

[paulbrett]

It was also my first digital camera, bought it in 2004. The swivel body made it an incredibly good for candid shots shooting from the hip. Apart from my interest in photography, I ended up documenting my kids growing up, so it has a special place for that alone. One time I took it to a local camera shop asking for advise on how to safety clean the lens. The guy proceeded to demonstrate by damaging the lens coating and removed some of it. This was traumatizing. Lol. Anyway, I never noticed any change in the images after that. Can anyone recommend a modern day equivalent to that lens? I use a Sony a6400 now.

[Gamehighlight]

I ordered one back in 2004 for $1500 then Sold it :( in 2006 because lost my job)....Anyway I just got onr today as brand new for $100 in 2022 :))))

[celsoprincipal]

whats the name of this music in this video ? Thanks. Like.

[artistjoh]

So what is the IR camera you refer to - I didn't see in your videos any mention of IR?

[themrhtc]

Hey bro. Is this good for video? For YouTube?