This is going off topic.
But what you have said still applies to F717. I'm not too sure with the F828, but I know they have saturation settings.
I bought F717 because of the image quality, it has the lowest noise among the competitors at that time, and I think it's still one of the best in that area today. And the battery life is superb. And performance of the shutter lag, startup time are superb too! Very important when comes to shooting fast objects like F1 cars!
I don't have any issues with the UI. I can get to the settings I want quickly. And I like the jog dial which controls both exposure settings with one finger. Please note that F717 is the perfect camera for noobs like me who wish to take photography a bit more seriously.
I'm still a noob when comes to photography, and I don't have any past experience with any cameras until 1/2 year ago with this camera. So I don't find the lack of features annoy me at all, in the future, maybe.
The only thing that annoys me is the expensive Sony accessories! Memory Stick, Flashes, convertors. I don't have money to buy any more accessories, especially teleconvertor. 190mm is a bit limiting.
Ok, back to topic! I have more photos, if you want to see it.