If you can cope with the size (about the same as an SLR), this is a great camera for travellers because there is no need to find a computer to download photos to. After taking a photo you choose wether to delete or save it. Once you save the photo it is recorded straight onto the 8cm CD. ... Read review
Advantages: Burns pictures straight onto CD Disadvantages: Takes a few seconds to record each photo
If you can cope with the size (about the same as an SLR), this is a great camera for travellers because there is no need to find a computer to download photos to. After taking a photo you choose wether to delete or save it. Once you save the photo it is recorded straight onto the 8cm CD. To view photos you can either connect the camera to a PC or simpy insert the CD into the CD drive. Camera comes with software to organise photos into albums. ...manual control but also an automatic option - great if you're just learning. Also has options for quality of photos - the better the quality the more space they take up on a CD. At the highest quality (necessary if planning to enlarge photos) the CD holds about 100 photos.
The camera also has a video function - reasonable quality but takes up a lot of CD space.
We have taken a variety of photos with this cameral over ... more
If you can cope with the size (about the same as an SLR), this is a great camera for travellers because there is no need to find a computer to download photos to. After taking a photo you choose wether to delete or save it. Once you save the photo it is recorded straight onto the 8cm CD. To view photos you can either connect the camera to a PC or simpy insert the CD into the CD drive. Camera comes with software to organise photos into albums.
There are a variety of settings for manual control but also an automatic option - great if you're just learning. Also has options for quality of photos - the better the quality the more space they take up on a CD. At the highest quality (necessary if planning to enlarge photos) the CD holds about 100 photos.
The camera also has a video function - reasonable quality but takes up a lot of CD space.
We have taken a variety of photos with this cameral over the last 2 years and are very happy with the quality and ease of use. Have had a lot of success learning to take great close-ups recently.
The zoom range is not a big as we would like, but you can buy extra lenses to take care of this.
Would also recommend an LCD screen cover as it naturally gets scratched over time.
Overall a great digital camera with a variety of useful features.
Advantages: Good Pictures but with some concern. Disadvantages: Manual setting not so good but automatic is good.
I have the camera for only one week and already I have problems. As a professional photographer the quality of the photograph are good. Subsequently I love to branch all in manual setting due to the fact that that takes away the guessing if the automatic malfunction. I used the manual setting and realized that the viewing screen is not stabilized, it was very hard to frame the subject. Right now it's in the repair shop. I called the manufacture they ... ...by their technician to take it to a repair shop for evaluation. At this moment I feel that if this problem is not solved I will ask the manufacture to return my money. This camera is too new and quite pricey and with no help from their high technician responds. ...
cresz 31.03.2003
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Sony Mavica MVC CD400
Never run out of storage space again! Sony's MVC-CD400 Digital Still Camera features massive 4.0 megapixel resolution (4.1 MegaPixel gross) with a Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar 3X optical zoom lens and the ability to write to inexpensive optical media. Capture exceptional still images and MPEG video clips directly to 156MB CD-R/RW media, measuring only 8 cm in diameter and readable on most CD-ROM equipped PCs. This incredible camera features a broad range of advanced features such as Multi-Point AF, Hologram AF, Multi-Pattern Metering and Pre-Flash Metering for creating the most compelling still images and digital video you've ever seen. The MVC-CD400 puts the power of digital photography in your hands!
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