Advantages: Uses cheap floppies, not too expensive, easy to use, good quality Disadvantages: Big and heavy, still more expensive than some other digicams.
...people have heard of the Sony Mavica. It has been around for a while and was a revolutionary digital camera because it allows the use of ordinary, cheap floppy disks! A new version is now available which writes onto CD-Rs, but that’s another story.
FLOPPIES
So why is it such an advantage that it uses floppies? Simple – price. Normal digital cameras come with 2 – 8MB RAM to store images on. New RAM costs loads, so if you want to take more than pictures ... ...with floppies, you can carry as many as you want around with you and they’re dead cheap. Granted, you’ll only get 1.44MB on each disk, but you can take loads of them – they’re hardly huge. A set back however is that it takes a while (Around 5 – 8 secs) to save each image.
THE CAMERA
The quality of pictures is excellent, although never as good as analogue photos. You can set the resolution and the quality of the shot, which means that you can have ...
murban 03.10.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sony Mavica FD51
Advantages: floppy disk storage Disadvantages: expensive
The Sony Mavica digital camera is a VGA camera with an intelligent flash. What I like about this one is the you can store your pictures on a floppy disk which you put into the back of the camera. They say that you can get up to 40 pictures on one floppy disk, but unless you select 'fine mode', where you can only store 20, the picture quality is not particularly good. It has six different modes of 'auto-exposure' which to be perfectly honest I don't ...
djhendra 12.10.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sony Mavica FD51
buy one now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now ... ...now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now ...
scott2hot 20.09.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Sony Mavica FD51
(+) Ultra-compact dimensions, fun automatic tools, good performance for the asking price (-) Cluttered menu layout, camera buttons are scarce, specs are almost identical to the Samsung ES15
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