Throw back to 1998 when I purchased my first digital camera. A 1.5 megapixel Sony Cybershot DSC 770. This was the cutting edge of digital photography at the time. All my professional photographer friends pooh poohed the new technology. They cried out, " It will never replace film! ", " It's just a fad, don't waste your money! ". They all spent their entire careers learning film photography and weren't about to embark on the new learning curve of digital photography. Well, we all know how that worked out. I saw great potential in being able to control my images from start to finish with the instant gratification digital offered. So I jumped in head first and never regretted a thing. Here are the Sony Cybershot DSC-D770 specifications. Now I look at these stats compared to todays cameras and can't believe how much photography has changed. I believe I paid $1995 at the time for my camera.
Imager Optical Size 1/2"
Imager Type Progressive Scan, RGB Primary Color Filter,Square Pixel CCD
Number of Pixels 1.5Mil. Pixel(Total), 1.4Mil(Effective)
Lens Zoom Ratio 5x
F No. F2-2.4
Focal Length f= 5.2-26mm (35mm equivalent : 28-140mm)
Element 13 elements in 10 groups
Filter Size 62mm
Minimum Object Distance 20cm (in all Focal length, Auto Macro)
Aperture F2-11(Wide), F2.4-11(Tele) / 21 steps
Camera System Shutter Speed 4-1/2,000sec.(1/4-1/2,000sec. in AE mode)
Shutter Electrical shutter and Mechanical shutter
Continuous Shooting Up to 2 images in a second (up to Approx. 50 images)
Focus Control CCD TTL Auto/Manual
Exposure Control Programed AE/Aperture priority AE/Shutter speed priority AE/Manual, AE Lock function
EV Compensation -2EV - +2EV (1/4EV steps)
Metering System Center-weighted averaging/Spot
Sensitivity ISO 50/100/200/400 equivalent
White balance Auto/Hold/Indoor/Outdoor
Built-in Flash Type Self-regulating Flash
GN 10
Mode Auto/Forced/Disable
Synchronized Speed 4-1/2,000sec.
Optical Viewfinder Type SLR Type, Built-in Focusing screen, Diopter adjustment
Field of View Ratio 92%
LCD Display in Finder Shutter Speed, Aperture, EV Compensation, AE Lock,AF, Flash,White Balance, Metering System
LCD Monitor Size 2.5"
Type TFT color LCD made of low-temparature polysilicon
Resolution 180,000 dots
Display Control Contrast, Brightness, Color, Picture, Display Size
Recording System Image Data Size 1344 x 1024pixels, 640 x 480pixels
Recording Media
PCMCIA Flash ATA Type II
Memory Stick (PC card adaptor required)
Recording Format JPEG (Compressed), TIFF (Non Compressed)
Number of Images
JPEG JPEG JPEG TIFF
Recording Media Data Size Low Middle High Super
8MB Memory Stick 1344x1024 40 20 10 1
8MB Memory Stick 640x480 122 61 30 8
4MB Memory Stick 1344x1024 20 10 5 0
4MB Memory Stick 640x480 60 30 15 4
General Power Supply Lithium Ion Battery NP-F550/F530
AC-V700 with DK-415
Battery Life /Shots 2.5 hours/1700 shots
Dimension (W/H/D) 130 x 100 x 150mm
Weight Approx. 820g (without battery and PC Card)
Supplied Accessories 8MB Memory Stick (MSA-8A)
Memory Stick / PC Card Adaptor (MSAC-PC1)
Wireless Remote Controller (RM-S7D)
Video cable
Lens cap
Finder cap
Shoulder Strap (BLT-10)
Rechargeable Battery Pack (NP-F550)
Battery Charger (BC-V615)
Memory Stick / Parallel port adaptor (MSAC-PR1)
You can see the full in depth detailed review at
www.steves-digicams.com/d770.
Studio portraits done with my Sony Cybershot DSC 770. Rose and her husband John posed for a 50th anniversary portrait in my studio and I sold many 8x10's at the time printed on a' Hewlett Packard C990 office printer. But thats a whole other story hahaha.
