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Old 11-16-2008, 08:39 AM   #14
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Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
i'm beginning to think that there's really no way to judge from a photo, because the photos we've seen so far vary so extremely in apparent quality.
From my experience with the 700, I have to agree with zelda_pinwheel on this point -- if I had seen this sort of photos of my 500 before I purchased it, I'd still be reading paper books only.

But the pictures I saw of the 700 at the Sony web-site and in the videos which were cited in this forum convinced me that it would be readable and I am happy I acted on my hunch and bought it anyway.

It's not as bad as the photos make it appear. Digital cameras, if they focus or set their white balance on one item (the brightest, usually) will leave other things looking very dim, whereas a picture taken of only the 700 will show its detail much more crisply.
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