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Company: Sony Corporation, Customer Information Center, 1 Sony Drive, Mail Drop #T1-11, Park Ridge, NJ 07656; Web: http://www.song com/.
Description: The Sony Mavica MVCFD85 is a 1.3 megapixel digital camera that saves photos and movies directly to a standard 3.5-inch floppy diskette. Photos are saved directly to Internet-standard JPEG format; movies are saved directly to Internetstandard MPEG format. This camera replaces the MVC-FD83 in Sony's digital camera product line. Specifications: The FD85 digital includes 1280 x 960 (1.3 megapixel) SXGA maximum picture size, highspeed scan auto focus and five-mode program auto exposure, 4x Quick Access floppy disk drive, 3x optical zoom lens, 6x precision digital zoom, MPEG movie mode, and Intelligent Flash with red-eye reduction.
The retail product includes the camera, a standard battery, battery charging power supply, shoulder strap, and cables to use when viewing the photo images on a television screen. The software bundled with the camera includes ArcSoft's Camera Studio, Photo Studio, and Video Impression. Price: $699, estimated retail price.
System Requirements: To view the pictures and movies on a computer, JPEG and MPEG compatible software and a standard 1.44 MB 3.5-inch floppy disk drive are required. The camera and ArcSoft software operate with Microsoft Windows 3.1, 95/98/ 98SE, or NT 3.51/4.0 and Macintosh Systems 7.6.1-9.0.
Warranty: The Sony Mavica MVCFD85 Digital Camera comes with a warranty of 90 days for labor and 1 year for parts.
Reviewer Comments
Installation: There really is not any computer-related hardware installation/connection associated with this camera.
Camera Set-up: After the battery is charged and a floppy disk is inserted in the designated slot at the side of the camera, the camera is ready to use.
A full charge of the included F330 Battery Pack requires approximately 2.5 hours, during which time the camera is acting as a very expensive battery charger, instead of as a camera.
Once charged, the battery is good for approximately 70 minutes of continuous recording. Note that recording a photo takes approximately 5 seconds, so the actual useable time is better measured by the number of images (about 750) that can be taken on one full charge.
Software Installation: I installed the bundled software on two different computers: one with a Windows 95 operating system and one running Windows 98 Second Edition....