Sony DSC-F828 Cybershot Digital Camera IRL Review:The Sony DSC-F828 was announced in 2004, and was the successor to the DSC-F717 Cybershot digital camera. It was Sony’s flagship and amongst the first wave of 8 MP cameras (Canon Powershot Pro1, Nikon Coolpix 8800, Konica Minolta Dimage A1, and Olympus C8080, almost all using the same Sony…
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Sony VAIO Z 2010 IRL Review
Sony VAio Z (2010) IRL Review- The Vaio Z11 was the second last generation of the iconic Z lineup before the line was folded into the newer Vaio Pro line up…and then subsequently sold off to Japan Industrial Partners when VAIO was sold off….sadface. Anyways, its an iconic line up that started off with the…
Review: HP TX1000 Tablet PC
Review: Hewlett PAckard TX1000 series Tablet PC: The TX1000 was one of the remnants of the tablet PC era where tablets were poorly designed and widely unused. Unable to gain traction in the mainstream consumer eye, they went for years being a niche product until the iPad blew everything out the water and everyone needed a…
Obsolete Review: Sony Cybershot DSC-V3
Obsolete Review Sony Cybershot DSC-V3; In 2004 the Cybershot division released the DSC-V3, a follow up to their enthusiast level DSC-V1. Known primarily for the Carl Zeiss lens, manual control/handling, relatively larger sensor and accessories, the V series only had two iterations and has not had any follow up to the current time in 2015. Originally…
More Retro Reviews! Nikon Coolpix P5100
Review: Nikon Coolpix P5100: Its a retro review kind of week- this week goes back to 2007ish when I picked up my Nikon P5100 and the SB400 Speedlight. A replacement/sidegrade to my Canon S3IS, it started my journey with Nikon and this would last until 2014 when I switched to Sony for shooting. Originalyl intrigued by…
Retro Review Sony Walkman NW-HD5 and NW-A3000 Review/Overview
Holy flashback Batman. Retro IRL review of the Sony NW-HD5 and the NW-A3000. Not a full review of the NW-A3000 because it doesn’t work and I only own it out of nostalgia and luck. The NW-HD5 Walkman dates back to 2007 when the iPod was all the rage (particularly the iPod Nano which had just come out) and…
Retro review- Sony Cybershot DSC-F88 and DSC-F77
Sony Cybershot DSC-F88 and DSC-F77 review. Retro review indeed- my very first two digital cameras I ever owned (discounting the Sony Ericsson Communicam attachment that went on my SE T310- that’s for another day). I purchased the Sony DSC-F77 from an ad on EO (! holy nostalgia batman) from the Classifieds section in my first year of…
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