Farewell to my Sony F717

(credit www.dpreview.com)

My Sony CyberShot F717 is a pretty old camera. First available in 2002 for $1,000. It has a large (attached) Carl Zeiss lens with 5x optical zoom. Another awesome feature is that you can tilt the lens so you can get different angles, and that has come in handy quite a bit! Features a 5 megapixel CCD (very good for 2002). The reason I purchased this was for the NightShot feature. When you turn this feature on in darkness, you can see. So, yes, it is ¨night vision¨. But because some asswipes figured out (on previous models) you can see through certain clothes (the x-ray effect). When you use this feature in lightness it washes out and is pretty much white, but with the use of an Infrared filter, such as the Hoya R72 or Cokin 89B, you can cature amazing infrared pictures. Here's to the memories!

I sold the F717 to buy an IR converted Canon PowerShot G5 (5 megapixel, 4x optical zoom).