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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Mar 14, 2001
Pros: Super-easy to use
Cons: A little slow recording to the floppy (but hey, it's a floppy)
Summary: I bought this Sony product FD-85 a while back and I am still very happy with my purchase. I wanted a camera that easily interfaced into any PC, so I figured the 3.5 floppy format would be great . . . I was right!
Immediately after opening the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 13, 2001
Pros: Unlimited ability to take photos, sharp, crisp, easy to use, Macro ability
Cons: Bulky, LCD hard to see in bright light, grainy pics in low light, flash burns
Summary: I began taking digital pictures to sell items on Ebay. My first digital camera was a Polaroid 640 which worked fine for low resolution pictures, but only allowed about 12 pictures on the memory card at a time. After becoming accustomed to the digital ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 17, 2001
Pros: Very Easy to use
Cons: Expensive
Summary: This Digital camera is great. I will never use a 35mm again. I love the fact that you can take the picture and look at it before saving it or deleting it. You can also take 5 second movies. Which I wouldn't mind if it were more. Depending on the disk you ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 26, 2001
Pros: Perfect for the technically impaired-easy to use, no hook up needed.
Cons: Pricey- the the lower priced models do just as well.
Summary: I am technically impaired, and find this camera to be perfect for me - no wires, hook ups, etc. Simply load a floppy disk into the camera and shoot. It's that easy. The resolution is great, but the higher resolutions take up more room on the floppy and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2001
Pros: Great zoom 16x, storage on floppy disks, good pictures
Cons: Slow recording on floppy, focus control, red-eye reduction, cost
Summary: I used MVC-FD88 for approx 1 year, I took more than 1000 pictures meanwhile.
I like the fantastic zoom (8x optical, 8x digital). It works very quiet and it is easy to use. Also, the idea o using a standard 3.5" floppy as storage (the camera includes ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 1, 2001
Pros: Easy to use. Good quality still photos with various options in-camera.
Cons: No optical viewfinder. No image stabilization for zoom. Warranty fine print.
Summary: Digital photography is a hobby for me, and it's interesting to compare various brands with the same camera specifications to one another. Not all are alike, obviously. I've had the opportunity to play with several cameras over time, and have been able ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 2, 2001
Pros: Convenience of floppy disk storage, no film, great rechargeable battery.
Cons: Long range zoom photos are not as clear.
Summary: I love my Sony Mavica camera more than I can express in words. I have taken more than 3,000 photos with mine and the quality is excellent. I HATED traditional film cameras and all of the associated hassles of getting film developed, finding your ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2001
Pros: Almost everything
Cons: Almost nothing
Summary: 9 months ago, we had no camera (our 35mm Olympus had busted) and two of the most perfectly adorable kids you could ever find. Our video camera's battery would not take a charge, and these kids were really being amazingly adorable.
We were ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 28, 2000
Pros: Floppy drive, rechargeable batteries
Cons: Only a few images fit on a disk
Summary: The school I work at bought 3 of the FD83s in February 2000 and 3 FD88s in April 2000. They get daily use by students (who treat the equipment horribly). Not one of the cameras has had a single problem. Prior to using these cameras, we used Olympus and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 7, 2000
Pros: functional,easy to use
Cons: bulky
Summary: At Thanksgiving 1999 I borrowed a camera from a friend at work. It was an earlier model with less options. My wife saw how much fun I was having with it and how easy it was to take the pictures and load them on our computer and she ended up getting me ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 27, 2000
Pros: Playback of pictures saved on a floppy
Cons: Supplied battery NP-F330. I recommend the NP-F550.
Summary: I have owned this camera for about 6 months now, and have enjoyed every minute of its use. It features a 16X precision digital zoom, 1.3 Mega Pixels, 1280 X 960 Image size, an Audio-Video out plug and cable for viewing live or saved data on any ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 20, 2000
Pros: Wonderful Camera
Cons: Floppy Disk Adapter NOT AVAILABLE
Summary: Mavica FD-88 has been "Left Behind" by Sony's digital camera new technology. Floppy disk adapters are NOT available for the FD-88 (the adapter works with FD-85 & FD-90).
I have had the Sony Mavica FD-88 for nearly one year and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 18, 2000
Pros: Simple file storage, Excellent digital performance
Cons: Bigger than other digitals due to the floppy storage.
Summary: I needed a camera to share my experiences in Saudi Arabia with family and friends back home.
I have been using the Sony MVC-FD88 for almost a year now and it has never let me down. Over 300 pictures uploaded to the internet fast and easy. Clear, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 13, 2000
Pros: Ease of use, convenience of floppy storage, display, optical zoom, interface
Cons: Expensive item relative to its everyday best uses, has silly video and sound add-ons
Summary: We received this as a gift, and I couldn't be happier, but would I buy it myself?
No way. We estimated that my mother-in-law paid $750 for it, because she always pays close to MSRP. I would say it is worth maybe $500, but even then I would ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 12, 2000
Pros: Small, light weight, high quality photos
Cons: the viewfinder can be hard to use in direct sunlight
Summary: I bought this camera because I wanted to be able to attach pictures to email without sacrificing quality. I have not been anything less than completely impressed with this camera since I bought it. I have taken beautiful pictures without any touchups. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 10, 2000
Pros: Flawless Operation, Beautiful Pictures
Cons: Operations in Bright Sunny Conditions.
Summary: I have owned the Sony MVC-FD88 since March 2000 and have taken it all over the country. The quality of this camera really showed during my most recent trip to the desert in Arizona and New Mexico. The desert has to be one of the most difficult and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 15, 2000
Pros: records to floppy, long zoom, mpeg record capability, LONG battery life.
Cons: limited record capacity, bulky, doesn't make HQ prints at low res.
Summary: The first time I saw a Sony Mavica (an FD7), I was hooked. I knew THIS was the digital camera for me. Why? Because it stored the images on floppy disk. Some have said that floppy disks are a poor format because they have limited capacity and require ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 12, 2000
Pros: Inexpensive "development" of photographs, excellent quality (if you choose that setting) and more!
Cons: Expensive
Summary: The money is probably the biggest turn off, but if you can afford it, get it!
The floppy disks used to save the photographs (the IBM computer compatible kind) are almost a dime a dozen and hold any where from 8 to 20+ photographs (depending on ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 6, 2000
Pros: cheap, floppy disks
Cons: no memory stick option
Summary: This is basically an upgrade of the fd-81 which I absolutely adored. I'm recommending holding off, because sonys new 2000 product line takes advantage of the new SONY memory stick. This means that with a memory stick and floppy adapter (MSAC-FD2M), you ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 29, 2000
Pros: great pictures/ease of use
Cons: speed/ battery life
Summary: We bought the Sony MVC-FD88 for our business pictures but it has become an item we use almost everyday! We thought at first that the price was high but we have more than paid for it in picture developing savings and ease of transferring to the computer! ... read more
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