Sony MVC-FD95 Mavica 2MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom

The Camera works very well for being almost 25 Years old. At first The Floppy drive didn’t recognize a Floppy til I did some tinkering.I accidentally went through the process of returning but it’s no longer needed since I fixed it! (I’m sorry seller)

If you are considering a jump from your trusty old SLR to digital, this camera is the reason to do it. The ability to review a shot right after taking it, reshoot it if you like, and then email the image home is fantastic. Any digital camera can do that, but this one gives you ease of use, sound annotation, remarkable quality of images, great zoom capability, and worthwhile advanced features as well.This camera is ready to travel. The batteries recharge quickly in the camera off 110V US or 220V European style outlets with the cables provided. Also, any computer shop can move your images from floppies to a CD for cheap. You might also be able to upload your images to a web site. You don't need to carry 400 disks on a long trip as you can reuse them.Limitations:- This is not a small, unobtrusive camera. The FD-95 is comparable in size to a big SLR. You'll need to carry floppies also, so plan on a bag.- I have had a 2% failure rate writing images to floppies. (Might be the disks. Buy good disks!)- Action shots are harder as the image capture is slower than with an SLR. You'll need to anticipate your shot.- The placement of the LCD view screen is perfect for catching nose prints.- No JPEG viewer/editor is provided, though you can download a great one from CompuPic for ($).- No case is provided. (See bag, above.)- No warranty comes in the box. 5 year third-party warranties are about ($).- Only one battery pack is provided. The NP-F550 pack outlasts the NP-F330 supplied with the camera and runs about($).- The manual covers only function. Amazon's camera page will teach you the rest about digital cameras.- Consider buying a CD burner if you take lots of photos. ($).Even with the issues noted above, this is a great camera. Enjoy your new toy! You won't look back.

This was the worst thing I ever bought form Amazon !! I would give it a -10 if I could .. Shirley

I purchased this camera 14 months ago - stepping up from my Kodak DC220. I wanted the extended zoom capacity - and unknowingly sacrificed quality and user ease. Exterior shots where lighting was ample, for the most part, are excellent - but as I do an extensive amount of interior shots for "reporting" purposes, this camera would not have a rated a "one". With my Kodak, the included written materials were outstanding as well as their on line information. With Sony - I presume they take it for granted that the buyer knows "everything". I feel bad that I encouraged someone else to purchase this camera, as they are now equally as unhappy (unaware that I was also displeased). I just purchased a the Nikon Coolpix775 - and have been so repeatedly and consistently impressed that I will upgrade next year. Both Kodak and Nikon cater to the consumer's needs by providing a quality product that can be enjoyed by both professional and amateur.

While I was in Jamaica I borrowed a MVC-FD95 Digital Camera. I took about 320 pics mostly at 1040x768 resolution. My thoughts: 1. Easy to use 2. It is quite light for its size. 3. It has very good telephoto facilities but the wide angle (39mm equivalent) is not really wide enough for landscapes. 4. I found that it was quite slow at taking pictures and if the shot was of a bird it had flown away by the time the camera had taken the picture. 5. I got 90 minute battery life and the recharge time was quite good. 6. Changing floppies was a pain in the rear (10 pics/floppy at 1040x768), it also has 1600x1200 resolution but you only get 4 pics to a floppy. 7. I loved the AE (shutter) mode (my real camera is a Canon AE-1). 8. It has a useful built in flash. 9. The mpeg video mode is useful (it captures the sound as well) 10. Quality of the pictures at 1040x768 was good to very good (enough for the web) Would I buy it? I would consider buying a newer model, the MVCCD1000 Digital Camera, with a three inch CD-R drive for the 3.5 inch floppy drive - vastly increasing the camera's image capacity. I would like a wider angle model, but I will still borrow the Mavica FD95 when I go back to Jamaica. The camera would be well suited to studio work.

THIS IS A SOLID BUY. IF YOU JUST WANT TO POINT AND SHOOT, IT DOES IT WITHOUT A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, THIS IS WHERE THIS UNIT REALLY SHINES. YOU CAN TURN OFF THE AUTOFOCUS FOR SHOTS THAT YOU WANT TO BLEND FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND. THE MACRO FEATURE BRINGS THE LENS TO WITHIN ABOUT TWO INCHES OF YOUR SUBJECT. THE 20X ZOOM KEEPS THE FOCUS SHARP ON YOUR DISTANT SUBJECTS. THE MEMORY STICKS ARE GREAT; A 96 MB STICK HELD ABOUT 260 OF MY PICTURES.I ONLY HAVE TWO CRITICISMS. THE AUTO FOCUS MAY TAKE TOO LONG FOR ACTION SHOTS. AND THE MEMORY STICK FLOPPY ADAPTER(YOU NEED ONE OF THESE, A REGULAR FLOPPY WILL ONLY HOLD 4 PICTURES IN HIGH RESOLUTION MODE)TAKES ABOUT TWENTY SECONDS TO RECORD THE SHOT. A LONG TIME IF YOU HAVE WIGGLING KIDS, AND WANT TO TAKE MULTIPLE SHOTS.I STILL WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET ONE OF THESE. IT'LL MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A PRO PHOTOG!

Howdi, I got it couple of months ago and I must admit that it's great in terms of image resolution and quality. The like taking this camera to any concerts or shows and you have all the images on floppy..share it with people or publish on the net..just great. and on top it supports image stabilization just like my other Sony TRV87 and i can exchange batteries between them.The only thing which I don't like that much are the big size of this..due to 3-1/2 inch floppy and MPEG movie.. which is not very good in quality if you are moving the camera very fast and I don't even make many mpeg's out of this. Otherwise, it's so much fun using this and since I'm into photography, it let's me publish some photos online, quickly.