Sony H1

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In article <Xns9602B108699A5WoodchuckBill@130.133.1.4>, bwr607@hotmail.com
says...
> It looks like the Konica Minolta Z series, has IS, is 5.1 MP, but it
> only takes Memory Stick Pro and does not have a Zeiss lens. The lens
> is 2.8-3.7, as opposed to the Panasonic FZ20's constant 2.8. Is this
> camera a bit too little, too late, with the undoubtedly high Sony
> price tag?
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/ [...] _dsch1.asp
>
>

Well, I didn't believe this camera was real... If Sony has gone backward to a
camera that only uses Memory Stick, they have shot themselves in the foot BIG
TIME.


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

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In article <Xns9602B824348A7WoodchuckBill@130.133.1.4>, bwr607@hotmail.com
says...
> Larry <larrylynch3rd@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:MPG.1c818e3ac0802eab9896c8@news.individual.NET:
>
> > In article <Xns9602B108699A5WoodchuckBill@130.133.1.4>,
> > bwr607@hotmail.com says...
> >> It looks like the Konica Minolta Z series, has IS, is 5.1 MP, but
> >> it only takes Memory Stick Pro and does not have a Zeiss lens.
> >> The lens is 2.8-3.7, as opposed to the Panasonic FZ20's constant
> >> 2.8. Is this camera a bit too little, too late, with the
> >> undoubtedly high Sony price tag?
> >>
> >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/ [...] _dsch1.asp
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Well, I didn't believe this camera was real...
>
> You had good reasons to suspect that it was a fake; we get lots of
> those around PMA season. ;-)
>
> > If Sony has gone
> > backward to a camera that only uses Memory Stick, they have shot
> > themselves in the foot BIG TIME.
>
> They obviously want to keep an incentive for users to buy the more
> expensive models. This is a midrange. There must be an upgrade to the
> 828 around the corner...that model is almost 2 years old. I'm sure that
> their new flagship ZLR will not lack any of the features you described
> the H1 as lacking.
>
>
I admit to not being thrilled with my F-828.. Ive said it before, if you are
aware of the cameras pitfalls you CAN work around most of them but it isnt
the great camera I expected it to be. I damn glad I didn't sell my F-717!


If Sonys new Flagship isnt something REALLY special then my 828 will be my
last Sony.


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

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Woodchuck Bill wrote:
> It looks like the Konica Minolta Z series, has IS, is 5.1 MP, but it
> only takes Memory Stick Pro and does not have a Zeiss lens. The lens
> is 2.8-3.7, as opposed to the Panasonic FZ20's constant 2.8. Is this
> camera a bit too little, too late, with the undoubtedly high Sony
> price tag?
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/ [...] _dsch1.asp

I'm not convinced about the image stabilisation, to be honest. "Super
Steady Shot fights motion blur during longer exposures at full zoom" - is
"Super Steady Shot" a currently known or tested technology? Is it in the
lens? Moving the CCD? Some sort of electronic stabilisation? To me the
caveats of "longer exposures at full zoom" suggests a very limited form of
stabilisation.

Memory stick is a killer, though.

Cheers,
David