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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Manufacturer: Sony Catalog: Photography Media: Electronics Includes batteries: 1 Model: DSC-F707 Box size: SLR Size Ean: 0027242613225 Upc: 027242613225 Floppy Disk Description: None Special Features: Macro, Mini-Movie, Remote Control, Rotatable Lens  Tip: compare prices with similar cameras |
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 Written on March 28, 2006 Summary: Sony Will Pay For Repairs / Repair For Free In short: check out www.SonyStyle.com/ccdsettlement. Three day ago (March 24th, 2006), I got an "important notice" from Sony in my email: "This notice is to inform you about a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit titled Bruce Chabansky v. Sony Electronics Inc., (the "Action"), the Court's conditional certification of a settlement class in that Action, and of a hearing to consider the settlement. The Action alleges that certain digital still camera and camcorder models sold and marketed by Sony Electronics Inc. ("SEL"), and manufactured by a separate entity before March 2004, are defective in that they include a component known as a CCD imager that fails at an abnormally high rate causing a blank liquid crystal display ("LCD") screen and electronic viewfinder or causing a distorted image to appear on the LCD screen and electronic viewfinder rendering the camera and camcorder incapable of taking pictures and recording video, respectively. SEL denies these claims, and denies that anyone has been harmed or deserves compensation in relation to these claims. The Court has not made a decision on the merits. "If you purchased one of the models at issue, at retail, or received one of the models as a gift from the original purchaser, you may be a member of the settlement class ("Settlement Class") that will be a party to a settlement agreement that resolves and forever dismisses the Action. Under the terms of the settlement, members of the Settlement Class are eligible to receive a CCD imager repair-or-reimbursement remedy from SEL under limited conditions. Please see the complete notice of the proposed settlement at www.SonyStyle.com/ccdsettlement or telephone (866) 703-7669 to obtain a copy of the complete notice which includes details regarding the requirements to be eligible for the repair-or-reimbursement remedy and how to receive the remedy if you are eligible. If the proposed settlement is approved by the Court, the person who filed the Action and two others who filed a similar lawsuit in Wisconsin will receive an additional service award of $1,500 each, and the attorneys for the plaintiff in this Action will apply for an award of attorney's fees. These awards and attorney's fees, however, will not affect the relief available to members of the Settlement Class. All claims of the Settlement Class members which were or could have been asserted in the Action based on the facts alleged therein, will be forever released, if this settlement is approved by the Court." I hope this solves the problems other reviewers have or had. (I haven't had any problem with my camera (yet?)). A big thank you to Bruce Chabansky and the others who filed the lawsuits! Written on March 26, 2006 Summary: Revised capability The DSC F717 has capabilities not mentioned in the product description. 1. The memory stick capability is increased to 1 Gig Byte (according to the Memory Stick compatibility chart). I recommend getting the 1GB Memory Stick DUO with the Memory Stick DUO adopter since future Sony digital cameras will switch to the smaller Memory Stick Duo. This is already implimented in the Sony DSC H2; which uses the Memory Stick Duo ONLY. 2. This camera now has a hot shoe function so your old 35mm flash can be used. I use my Vivitar electronic Flash that I have used for years for a few test shots and they turned out great.  Written on November 25, 2005 Summary: The Mysterious Fog Strikes Again I wrote a review for this equipment back in August 2004 and awarded it a decent share of stars, but felt compelled to change my rating and update my review after I read, just now, Martin Valka's review. After a little over two years of use the same mysterious fog appeared all of the sudden on my pics. This problem degenerated rapidly into completely washing out my pictures in a couple of minutes. At first I thought it was a problem with a fogged up lens, then the flash... But after a few shots I just lost hope. Even the LCD viewer faded away too. I contacted Sony as Martin did and again was frustrated by the cost of the repairs. I even asked them if someone had reported this problem previously and, of course, they had never heard of it, which I now seriously doubt. This is why I am re-rating this equipment now with 2 stars, one for every year she worked properly. As I said in my previous review, be aware of the procrastinating mode this camera kicks into when taking quick shots under low light situations (you might never take the shot) and now with the spooky white fog special effect that appears in every picture after two years of use. So, bottom line... If you are planning to own a magnificent camera for JUST 24 months... This is the camera for you.  Written on October 22, 2005 Summary: Great pics when working... After 2 years of great performance and over 5000 pics taken, camera started taking blurry, like in thick fog covered pictures. No matter what mode, pics are unusable. Unfortunately, my problem is not covered by recall, so Sony rep told me. Somehow they were able to estimate repair cost over the phone ($ 185). I didn't expect my camera to quit working after two years, that is why I chose well known brand and paid lot of money for it. I am not paying for repair. At the moment, working F717 is worth about $300, so it doesnt make sense to invest any more money into it. I am very dissapointed with Sony and I understand that they don't really care about loosing one customer, after all they have so many... I am doing research for new one, so far Olympus E300 looks very good to me. Can get it for about $600 fairly equiped. Good luck to all F717 owners. See you later with different brand :-) Martin Written on January 28, 2005 Summary: Great Camera Awesome camera, takes excellent pictures and it looks stunningly beautiful and appealing, wherever i go people inquire about it.....and the pictures that i take with it never disappoints. I read about many people talking about it strange barrel lens that makes holding it difficult but i believe it is very well designed and it fits in comfortably in my hands.....battery life is just awesome, it just keeps on going and going.....response time(after u click) is bit slower but much better than many other digital camera which i have seen, unless u think that u will be very often in a position where u really need to take real quick pics, this camera should do the job for u.....if one have to write about this camera's great features it will easily extend to many pages....gist of all is this a beautiful camera which takes stunningly beautiful shots-no matter what the conditions are and erybdy in my famly loves it....GREAT CAMERA!!!!!!!! |
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| Catalog | Photography | Photography | Photography |
| Media | Electronics | Electronics | Electronics |
| Includes batteries | 1 | - | - |
| Model | DSC-F707 | HVLF1000 | NPFM50 |
| Box size | SLR Size | - | - |
| Ean | 0027242613225 | 0027242566118 | 0027242548015 |
| Upc | 027242613225 | 027242566118 | 027242548015 |
| Floppy Disk Description | None | - | - |
| Special Features | Macro, Mini-Movie, Remote Control, Rotatable Lens | - | - |
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