Recent content by 717FAN

Try Zeiss Softar II filter w/ any portrait-length lens. The diffusion is nice for softening ladies without getting fuzzy. The highlights in hair and eyes seem to shimmer, an effect unique to the Softar. Expensive but delivers a special quality that no other filter can. Softar became famous as...

If your image was in a magazine, I would have kept turning pages without even a slight pause. Sorry. I am commenting only because you asked for comments. Post another few pics some time.

Qimage is reasonably priced and provides better resolution prints on inkjet printers than PS. But it does not do all the tricky stuff that PS does. Depends what you want. If you want really sharp pics and in different sizes, quickly and easily, I recommend Qimage. Another plus, when you email...

I saw a Microbus on http://fanno.nease.net/motor/Car-Microbus.htm Looks good and is very economical. Do any of you own one? Is it any good?

Try aperture priority mode with the F717. When you set the f-stop indoors w/ normal brightly-lit room lighting, the F717's chip-brain forces shutter speeds like 1/3 sec or 1/5 sec. Those speeds are too slow for taking handheld pics indoors, which is the situation when you need a flash. I tried...

Glad that MinoKoSon brought you a chuckle. Aside from blending the 3 company names into one, MinoKoSon has a Japanese sound to it. Hopefully, the word, MinoKoSon, does not really mean something in the Japanese language. :think: But if it does, let it be a good thing. :angel: It would...

Most modern photo quality printers work very well. I use Canon i950. I also use a totally calibrated system. Monitor, software, printer, etc. all match. What I see on my monitor screen is what comes out of the printer. Color saturation, density, tint, hue, etc. - they all match from monitor...

What shall be the name of the camera when Sony completes purchase of Konica and Minolta? They have to do something. Some cameras now have Konica and Minolta on them. Add Sony to that and we'll see the introduction of new w-i-d-e format cameras, just to fit all three names on the cameras. When...

Tomorrow I'm going to a camera store to check out the Promaster flash w/ Promaster's Sony module. I'm taking my two F717 cameras and my F32X flash. It's going to be a SHOOTOUT! Survival of the fittest! :kok: Stay tuned! My limited tests w/ 32X show it is WAY underpowered. Exposures are...

Thanks for the link. That link led me to another, which is GREAT!!! http://www.pbase.com/geoffb/f1000_flash_fix Provides a manual way to adjust the flash exposure when your flash/camera combo just can't get it right. As to the F32X w/ your new R-1, several users report it works TTL...

UPDATE: Sony still cannot answer the two questions. My third call to inquire about "no response" to the questions was last week. This time I spoke with a Level 1 Supervisor, who ALSO did not know what "TTL" meant. She excused that lack of knowledge by saying she supervised only Level I...

The Manufacturer answered back and said the BY-320AFD (dedicated for Sony digital) flash is not available for international market. :o Are they afraid that I might use it on an American camera, or what? :bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie: They ignored my question about their flash being TTL...

I'm in the US. On the Internet, I have seen some flash equipment manufactured by Beijing YinYan Electronic Flash Co. in Beijing. Specifically I am inquiring about the BY-320AFD for Sony digital. And various electronic flash studio lights, soft boxes, etc. Is the equipment reliable and...

ALL SonyStyle Customer Care staff in the US are primarily clueless. (SonyStyle is the place where Sony purchasers in the USA are required to call for everything connected with Sony products.) I asked one question. Just one. I used "Live Help" online, in addition to nearly 1-1/2 hours of...

BACKGROUND: I have a HVL-F32X flash, which is the strongest of the two flashes that Sony offers for the DSC-F717, but the 32X is a bit weak and has no TTL capability w/ F717. Most of my flash pics will be bounced or diffused, so subtract 1-1/2 to 2 stops from the published/ideal GN...