Sony MVC-FD91 Mavica 0.8MP Digital Camera with 14x Optical Zoom
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Manufacturer: Sony
Price at amazon.com:
List price $899.99
- 0.8 megapixel sensor creates 1024 x 768 images for prints at sizes up to 4 x 6
- 14x optical zoom lens with autofocus
- Images are stored on floppy disks
- Compatible with Macs or PCs with floppy drives
- Uses included NP-F330 InfoLithium battery; mPEG movie mode stores up to 60 seconds of video and audio on a single floppy
Product Description:
Average Customer Rating:
Comment: Outstanding Flexibility Rating:
I run a small newspaper. The FD91 has become so indispensable that I now own 2. I can lend one out to an experienced emulsion photographer and, when necessary, teach him/her the essentials of how to use it in 5-6 minutes. These flexible features make it perfect for my situation: The 14:1 zoom means less cropping, and therefore higher resolution in the final cropped photo; the swivel LCD means it's easy to shoot from a higher angle (like over heads of a crowd or from a low angle, or even around a corner; floppy-disk media means film is essentially unlimited, or limited only to roughly 8x the number of disks I'm willing to carry, and they're cheap so "film cost" is never a problem. Finally, of course, in a newspaper operation there are the digital camera advantages of immediate availability, unlimited no-cost shooting because there are no one-time film or processing costs. As to resolution, the 1024x768 size means that a landscape shot can be printed as wide as 12 inches in an 85-line screen without apparent loss of resolution. (But because this camera is so oustanding, I've now purchased a third Mavica, the FD95, for its resolution, which is 2.5x the FD91's.) The cost equation on the FD91 is outstanding, because although the purchase price is high, the advantage of no film cost soon makes it the cheapest possible photo solution for anybody who shoots a lot of pictures.
Comment: Excellent camera - durable - great zoom Rating:
This camera has many unique features that make it perfect for the right person. First, it doesn't store pictures on memory cards like most cameras, it stores on floppies. This means you probably already have the "memory." When I first purchased this camera, that was great because 16 MB memory cards were expensive and if you were taking a lot of pictures, it could add up real quick. Now, 128 MB memory cards are cheap and will hold 100x the pictures a floppy will hold. That said, the picture quality is great for this class, and the zoom will astound you. A friend has this same camera and uses some passive flash units with it to create off-center flash lighting. The built-in flash is only good for a narrow distance range of about 10 ft. Much closer and it floods the subject, much further and it doesn't reach, but this is easily overcome, plus, you don't need a flash with this camera in many situations where a conventional camera would need one. The flippable lcd display will flip so it shows to the front and automatically flips the image so you can see the framed image when doing self-portraits. Includes auto or manual focus and f-stop modes. It also takes very short movies with sound. Optional optical viewfinder. Rechargeable Infolithium batteries operate well but buy at least one spare.
Comment: I Really did love this camera Rating:
But with the new ones coming out, I felt a little outdated.
I definiteltly love the floppy disk feature of holding images. It makes life soooo much easier!
Whenever I ran outta discs, someone always had extra or I could easily buy them very cheap.
The only bad thing was the battery life was soooo short and towards the last few months Ive had nothing but disc errors and lost pics.
I finally upgraded to a new camera but I don't regret this one at all.
Posted at November 11, 2003 07:59 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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