Sony Mavica MVC FD71

Sony Digital Mavica – MVC-FD85. I’ve not had mine long and don’t know if I’m qualified to write an opinion yet! – But here goes anyway!! I bought my FD85 in the June of 2001 it cost me £449:98 from Dixon’s (a bit pricey for a digital camera these days) I could have bought one for about £30:00 less, mail order but had itchy fingers and like any “big kid” I couldn’t wait the week for delivery (how ...
...(Buy a carry case? A Sony case will knock your pocket an extra £30 at least, I picked up a padded shoulder case new on a market stall for a £1 and it’s the BIZZ). As all the pictures are stored on floppy disk they are instantly compatible with your computer and no software is needed. This Mavica has a 1.3 million Mega-Pixel capability (not a lot by today’s standards but “enough”) this allows picture image sizes to be set as ...

paulbowes2k1 05.09.2001 · Read full review
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I bought the Mavica to have my pictures instantly and not have to pay to develop film. The camera is quite big but not too heavy. A bonus is, it is really easy to use. You just insert a 3.5 inch floppy disc, point and press the button and your picture is saved onto the disc. On fine mode you can get about 20 images on a disk. On standard mode you get about 40 images on a disk. The flash can be forced on or off, it can also be set to automatic flash ...
...is needed. There is a colour LCD on the back of the camera, which is used to view and take the pictures. Pictures are saved as a *.jpg file. The down sides to the camera are; it does not perform very well in low level light, the colours are too saturated and the picture can be quite grainy (in low level light conditions). Also the maximum resolution is 640 by 480 which is very low in today’s market of digital cameras. When you are in very ...

adam.owen 29.04.2001 (27.05.2001) · Read full review
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I needed a digital camera to make my listings of items for sale on the eBay auction site as easy as possible. After checking with contacts in the US the general opinion was that the Mavica was the quickest and easiest to use. I've now had my Mavica for just over 9 months and I have not been disappointed. Just take the pictures and take out the 3 1/2" floppy. Insert into the drive and away you go. I have also started to use it for ordinary photography, ...

fulwell 20.07.2000 · Read full review
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