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Below are the cameras I have had extensive experience with. The first group of three are excellent cameras for schools. They have excellent zoom lenses. You are able to take a photograph that contains the subject not 80% surroundings and 20% subject. (where the subject looks like a small speck in the landscape).
I have used them with classes of children from eight years of age and up. They are robust and store their images on standard floppy discs. The FD95 and FD97 also take Memory Sticks. However for school use you can't beat the floppy drive versions. Children can each have a floppy, take the images they want and then pass the camera to the next person. The camera doesn't have to go back to the computer and you don't have the expense of the memory cards which are also vulnerable to damage, loss and theft.
SonyFD91Sony Mavica FD91: Originally cost around $AU3,200 (£1,250) and with a maximum resolution of 0.7 megapixels. Good enough for reasonable colour images when printed on a colour laser printer. Not photographic but passable. (1024x768 0.7m pixels, Lens 37-518mm)
SonyFD95Sony Mavica FD95:Also originally cost around $AU3,200 (£1,250) and with a maximum resolution of 2.1 megapixels. This too is good enough for reasonable colour images when printed on a colour laser printer. Not photographic but reasonable. (1600x1200 1.92m pixel, Lens 37-370mm, Owner rating 4 star)
SonyFD97 Sony Mavica FD97:Another that cost around $AU3,200 when released (£1,250) and with a maximum resolution of 2.1 megapixels. This too is good enough for reasonable colour images when printed on a colour laser printer. Not photographic but passable. 20x zoom made for excellent composition of the picture. (1600x1200 1.92m pixel, Lens 39-390mm, Owner rating 4.4 star)
MORE PIXELS Sony diverged at this point as image data size became too large for floppies.
Path 1: They went to a very similar looking camera that had a mini CD burner to replace the Floppy Drive unit.
Path 2: They went to cameras with Memory Sticks only. The first of the SLR looking line was the F505. This has gone through a series of replacements up to the soon to be released (end 2003) DSC F828. This line use laser sensing to enable photographs to be taken in the dark. The sensor focusses the camera and activates the flash.
Sony DSCF707 Sony DSC F707: A 5 megapixel camera (three colour: RGB) costing around $AU3,200 when released (£1,250). You could copy from one memory stick to another with the camera. Carl Zeiss lens. These cameras are definitely photo quality when the correct inks and papers are used. (2560x1920 4.92m pixel, Lens 39-190mm, Owner rating 4.5 star)
Sony DSCF717 Sony DSC F717: A 5 megapixel camera (three colour: RGB) priced around $AU3,000 when released (£1,200). It had a wider range of 'film' speeds. Carl Zeiss lens. These cameras are definitely photo quality when the correct inks and papers are used. (2560x1920 4.92m pixel, Lens 39-190mm, Owner rating 4.5 star) - took over 15,000 images in two years - then I dropped it on the road when in Eire - AU$860 to repair - replaced with F828 instead
Sony DSCF828 Sony DSC F828: A 8 megapixel camera (four colour: RGBE) cost around $AU1,750 when released (£620). Have an even wider 'film' speed range as well as better wide to telephoto lens. A newly developed Carl Zeiss lens. These cameras are definitely photo quality, suitable for enlargements, when the correct inks and papers are used. (3264x2448 7.99m pixel, Lens 28-200mm) - replaced my broken F717 and have taken around 8,000 images in first twelve months
Sony DSC-R1 Sony DSC R1: A 10.3 megapixel camera (three colour: RGB - using large format APS-C sensor - size of SLR sensors) expected to cost around $AU1,800 when released (£620). Has an even wider 'film' speed range as well as better wide to telephoto lens. A newly developed Carl Zeiss lens. These cameras are definitely photo quality, suitable for enlargements, when the correct inks and papers are used. (3888x2592 10.3m pixel, Lens 24-120mm)

In the past eighteen months I have taken a large number of images in a variety of locations and settings. From mid 2002 'til end 2002 I used an F707 to take around 3,000 images and in 2003 an F717 to take nearly 5,000.

  • The batteries and memory sticks have been up to the job and the cameras have been a pleasure to use. They can be used as a point and click automatic or you can exercise as little or as much control as you wish.
  • Using the eyepiece rather than the LCD extends the battery life to hours. There is a display on screen to tell you how many minutes of life are left. This changes with the actual function you are using i.e. recording, playing back, flash, etc
  • A feature I use regularly is the ability to 'zoom' in on an image I have taken while still in the camera and create a new copy of the 'clipped' image. When taking quick, informal shots you often don't have the time to fully compose the image. This feature lets you do it in the field.
  • In the normal run of things I utilise the second highest quality setting (2048x1536 pixels). At this setting I can get around 80-90 images on a 128Mb memory stick. Using the later 256S (128Mb x2) gives me between 160 and 180 images. These are excellent when printed at a photographic shop to A4 size and should be O.K. to A3 enlargements.
  • The only drawback with the DSC line of cameras has been the Memory Sticks. With a RiscPC without a USB card I resorted to a second hand IBM compatible machine (AU$275). Networked this to my RISC machines. I download the images via the mouse to the IBM and then access them via the network to manipulate on the RiscPC's. The USB cards and Iyonix may now make the Memory Sticks available direct without resorting to the IBM step.
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    Note: Memory Stick slot in mouse

  • No expensive software needed. Use !ChangeFSI, !FSI_Batch, !Jcut, !Thump, !DrawWorks Third Millenium and other share/freeware. For archiving the images I go back to the IBM compatible machine and use the CD burner.

    Thinking about buying a digital camera?
      1: The old adage 'You get what you pay for!' applies. Buy the best camera you can afford. Even if you only rarely print a larger image it is worth having the image quality to let you do that. You can always scale down an image but you can't increase it without the 'pixellation' or blockiness occuring.
      2: Don't forget you can have your images without paying for them! Your camera and storage (memory) are up front costs. From then on the only costs are for those images you print out. Do you think I printed out the 7,000 images I've taken? No! My wife would have killed me by now, if the bank manager hadn't done so first. I've printed some (probably less than 5%), used some on web sites and archived others on CD. Doing this I've recorded life in a small town without huge cost. Local funerals, weddings, Anzac Day, shows, market days etc all on CD for the historical society.
      3: Check DPReview DPreview logo - here you can do comparisons of different cameras 'Side-by-side'. You can also read owners' comments about their cameras. A most invaluable and amazing site.

    Contact - info@denmarkwa.com.au

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