| Camera Name: | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828 |
| Maker: | Sony |
| Sensor Type: | RGBE CCD |
| Sensor Size: | 8.8 x 6.6mm (2/3 inch type) |
| Recording Medium: | Memory Stick or Memory Stick Pro or Compact Flash (Type I or II) |
| Res: | 3264 x 2448 (8 megapixels) |
| Lens: | 28-200mm equivalent |
| Shutter Speeds: | 1/3200s to 30s |
| F-Numbers: | f/2.0-f/2.8 at the widest |
| Farea: | 5 focus points |
| Wb: | Yes |
| Rearlcd: | 1.8 inches with 134,000 dots |
| Dimensions: | 134 x 91 x 156mm (5.28 x 3.58 x 6.14 inches) |
| Weight: | 906g including battery |
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828 is a 8.0 megapixel digital bridge camera announced by Sony on August 15, 2003.
As successor of the DSC-F717, F828 was widely considered "revolutionary" at launch. Major changes / improvements over its predecessor, the 2002 F717 include:
The F828, along with the "Cyber-shot F" series designation, was discontinued in 2005.
Despite having attractive on-paper specs, F828 did not fare as well as its predecessor among camera reviewers and photographers. F828 received a "Recommended / Above average" rating from DPReview, in contrast to a "Highly recommended" given to F717.
Visible picture noise, associated with increased pixel density and underdeveloped noise reduction algorithm, was of primary concern. Moreover, the novel RGBE sensor did not bring in much improved color accuracy as expected; this led Sony to drop any further development on such sensors, making F828 the first and the last commercial camera ever to use a 4-color sensor. Many photographers also noted more severe purple fringing on F828s than on its predecessors.