Formating difficulty for Sony 707

KA0TVO

I have been playing around with the IR feature of an old Sony 707. I purchased a 512 MB memory stick non pro as a back up to the old 126MB. However, the camera will not format this card. I suspect the memory on the new card is too large. Any suggestions. Yes, I'm looking for an non pro 126 now. :-)
May have two 512 up on the flea market soon

KA0TVO

Thanks Seymore. I have found some in China. Not too expensive even with shipping. May do that.
The IF works pretty well, but can't stop the lens down.
Thinking of a little manual lens work in this area. I think my Nikor 50 1.4 has a IF mark for infinity.

ziggy53

KA0TVO wrote:

Thanks Seymore. I have found some in China. Not too expensive even with shipping. May do that.
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Do be careful, some of those Chinese memory cards are not what they seem to be.

KA0TVO wrote:

... The IF works pretty well, but can't stop the lens down.
Thinking of a little manual lens work in this area. I think my Nikor 50 1.4 has a IF mark for infinity.

I don't follow your thought. Will you be using the Nikkor 50mm, f1.4 on the Sony DSC-F707?

BigAl

I still have a working F707 which I use for IR and Seymore is right, it can only handle 128MB memory sticks.

For stopping down, I use ND2 and ND8 filters with an r72 filter to cut out the colour spectrum.

KA0TVO

Sorry Ziggy for the jump in topic. I know Seymore is a fan of older manual focus lenses and also a collector of fine Nikon equipment.
So without thinking I just spun off on a new topic
So no I'm not using a Nikor on the sony, hummm wonder if it can be done
With regard to the Nikor I have mounted it on my 20D. I have an old Nikon F series with several lenses that I use.

ziggy53

KA0TVO wrote:

... using a Nikor on the sony, hummm wonder if it can be done
With regard to the Nikor I have mounted it on my 20D. I have an old Nikon F series with several lenses that I use.

You might be able to reverse-mount the Nikon onto the Sony digicam and use it as a very tight macro.

There have been a few brave souls that took older P&S cameras and mounted SLR lenses onto the body (after removing the old/original lens) with (sometimes) interesting results.

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The original Nikon F Photomic nearly stole my heart away when it was first introduced. Fortunately, I didn't have enough money then and I stayed with my Pentax system. (It just made my life easier making the decision not having the money. )

Nikon F series cameras are still very desirable film cameras.