Sony Mavica FD71

Mavica FD71 with 3.5" floppies image by Vladimir Gonzalez (Image rights)

Camera back controls image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

When the Sony Mavica cameras arrived on the market the traditional Personal Computer technology with 3.5" diskettes as storage medium had reached the peak of its popularity. The Mavicas were like floppy disk drives with additional photo optics. An astounding 10x zoom lens and the built-in flash made it a full-featured compact camera. With these cameras Sony was a pioneer of modern popular digital photography.

Slot for floppy drive image by Vladimir Gonzalez (Image rights)

imaging sample image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

• Introduced: August 1998
• Resolution: 640 x 480 Pixels (0.3 megapixels, VGA)
• Sensor: ¼-inch CCD
• Screen: 2.5" LCD
• Lens: 40-400 (35mm equivalent, 10x zoom), f1.8-2.9
• Shutter: 1/60s - 1/4000s
• ISO rating: 100
• Self-timer: 10s
• Storage: 3½-inch diskettes, jpeg format files
• Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.1 x 2.4 inches
• Weight: 17.6oz

Links

• Sony Mavica MVC-FD71 manual at Sony eSupport
• data sheet and several links in dcviews.com
• Specs at dpreview.com
• Review by Edward Goss