Otherwise most of my remarks here are relevant to the new model as well. The floppy drive speed has been increased, and there is an "uncompressed" mode, where you can save just one picture on a diskette without image compression. This camera is a little smaller than its predecessor, but the differences in specs remain rather insignificant. Update of November '98: Recently Sony replaced the FD-7 with a very similar model, FD-71. The concept of virtually unlimited, cheap storage of images directly on floppies looked like a great thing, and the other specs were also quite impressive - this is why I have chosen the Sony Mavica MVC-FD7.Īfter having used the camera for six months or so (although not as much as I could wish), I wrote this brief summary of my findings. In 1997 I decided to buy a digital camera. Once again, the most important factor is the photographer. Still, the particular camera reviewed here is, after six years, still alive and working well in hands of a young family friend in Poland, who is getting surprisingly good results, often turning the camera limitations into strong points of his images.
These which I could try out do not deserve a recommendation. Sony is still making some cameras of the Mavica FD line. Unfortunately, the Mavica is not one of them. Some cameras of the 1998/99 vintage are aging gracefully, still quite usable and capable of good results. When I'm updating this note (April, 2003), the digital camera technology is much more advanced, and in this view the Mavica FD-7 seems, of course outdated and crude. All opinions and judgements shown here were, I believe, valid at the time of writing. Note: This article, written in 1998, has mostly historical value.
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