Retro Review: Sony Cyber-Shot F505

• 2 years ago

Gordon Laing posted his latest retro review of the Sony Cyber-shot F505, which came from an exciting period of time full of experimental point-and-shoot designs. You can watch his full-view review above or get the key points below:

• Nontraditional camera design is still fresh today
• Sony worked with Carel Zeiss, which gave them legitimacy
• Utilized memory stick
• Grab the barrel with your left hand and tilt the body with your right hand for easy framing
• Very good for waist-level shooting
• The twisting mechanism feels great
• The lens contains a sensor and controls
• The body contains the main controls, screen, and the memory card
• Most cameras had 3x optical zooms, while the Sony had 5x, which was equivalent to 38-190mm
• It would have been nice if the lens started a little wider
• The zoom is motorized, and it moves smoothly and allows for fine adjustments
• You can zoom optically while shooting video
• The aperture is f/2.8-3.4, with f/2.8 covering half the range and f/3.4 the rest
• There was no magnified focus assist, but there was an indicator icon
• There is a pop-up flash on the camera and a tripod mount on the optical access
• The rear screen is 2″ and the only way to compose with a transflective hybrid panel that can use ambient light or a backlight
• The transflective technology works well if you angle it right
• The transflective screen saved power
• There are two JPEG compression options and three resolution options, but no uncompressed option
• 2.1MP 1/2 CCD sensor that captures a max resolution of 1600×1200 with a typical file size of 500k in best quality
• Video at 320×240 or 160×120 at 15fps for 5, 10, 15 seconds a clip or a min in the low-resolution mode
• It was bundled with a 4MP card
• The battery was charged externally
• Proprietary USB connector
• Great camera in 1995 and is still great today
• The design remained relevant until 2003

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