how to format a floppy disk for a sony mavica

I've bought four of them so far, all at flea markets and thrift stores. It was only the camera.īut I'm glad to see that some one bought one :) Seen one in a flea market, but didn't bought it. ) As for the quality, it's definitely lacking in low-light situations as evidenced in this photo (), but does a pretty good job overall. Given that Sony invented () the 3.5' floppy disk in the first place, they probably saw it as justified. I'm shocked Sony actually used a standard storage medium! Those pictures are excellent for 1998, imo. (more photos from the same convention taken with the FD91 can be found here ()) The image quality isn't that great, even by Mavica standards, but it's definitely a capable camera, and the old F330/F550 'InfoLithium' battery packs still manage to hold a decent charge 20+ years on. The sensor is capable of 1024x768 resolution, as crowed by one of the various colorful stickers stuck to the housing, and each floppy disk generally holds 6-7 photos at the highest quality settings. I'm pretty sure the lens setup was borrowed from their Handycam line of 8mm camcorders, as it sports both 14x optical zoom and 'SteadyShot' vibration resistance.

:rolleyes:Īnyway, on with the cameras! I'll start off with the first Mavica model I found, which was also one of their best (spec-wise), the MVC-FD91 () from 1998: The first Digital Mavica models, MVC-FD5 () and FD7 (), were introduced in 1997 the last models, MVC-FD100 () and FD200 (), were introduced in 2002 and, as a sign of the future of digital photography, were also equipped with MemoryStick slots. For those who aren't familiar with them, the Mavicas used 3.5' floppy disks as their storage medium, which came in handy back when pretty much all computers were still equipped with floppy disk drives, since solid-state memory was still expensive at the time, and transferring photos from most early digital cameras to your computer using a (non-USB) serial cable was slow and tedious. Dave A's threads on old digital cameras have reminded me that, for the past year or so, I've been futzing around with Sony's Mavica () line of digital cameras.

How to format a floppy disk for a sony mavica