p.1 #1 · Sold: Sony DSC-F717 ++ Infrared Playground
FS: Sony DSC-F717 Camera +
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Price: $200.00 Payment method: PayPal Item condition: 9+ Shows little or no signs of wear Shipping instructions: shipping covered in price (it's a BIG box)
Purchased this to play with Infrared (IR) a while back and see if it was something I was interested in pursuing before dropping much more money to do it with a more sophisticated system ... and yes I am! I will soon be having a DSRL for IR or full spectrum shooting.
This Sony is probably THE easiest way to get introduced to IR photography. It fully works as a regular "normal light" camera, and has a surprisingly good Zeiss lens (5X Zoom, 38mm-190mm Equivalent, F2.0-2.4), BUT you also have built-in infrared capabilities which even allows it to shoot in complete darkness (at close distances), but much more interestingly, also outdoors for IR landscapes with the appropriate filters. There are lots of articles on the web on how to shoot IR using this camera, so I won't bother you with this info here.
Everything works perfectly and is in great shape both cosmetically and functionally. I'm including everything that came with the camera originally -- battery, charger, caps, strap, cables, manuals, box, etc, etc.
I'm also including a 58mm 950nm IR filter, that in my experience allowed me to shoot in daylight without overexposure and at hand held speeds (see photos below and http://jpgmag.com/stories/5117) as well as a whooping 512mb memory stick duo with adapter.
Some photos of camera, strap, IR filter and strap. Not shown are the battery, charger, box, manuals, cables, etc (but these are included). In taking the photo I noticed an aesthetic scratch that I never noticed before, my eyes are getting old I guess - Obviously this has no functional effect and the camera works perfectly.
2 Notes -- 1st theres is nothing wrong with the area around the lens -- there is black tape covering the 2 IR emitters next to the lens so as not to get a reflection when using the IR filter. 2ndly the memory stick is not really that blury in reality -- and to paraphrase Bill Gates - who could need more than 512Mb?
*both of these images have been PS'd to get them here, as all IR images have to be, but it is pretty straightforward. The panoramic stitch'd together in PS with no fuss or muss (credit the good lens).
FS: Sony DSC-F717 Camera +