Sony Mavica FD-81

Opinion: I'm reviewing this camera based on today 12 May 2004.
The camera served me very well in taking pictures and posting them to the web.
Soon printer technology caught up, and printing on 8x10 glossy paper looked - well bad, but what can you expect for a .7MP CCD.
To this day I have it sitting next to my computer as sort of a "I remember the days when this was CUTTING EDGE!". My 5MP Canon G5 serves my needs today, but that FD-81 was sure a fun camera.
I bought it new way back in 98-99 for 800 bucks.

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Opinion: I purchased my FD-81 at a nearby pawn shop about a week ago. It was marked $199, with no battery or charger. After making a deal with one of the guys, he gave me a battery from another unit and knocked $50 off, with me paying only $150. I've already taken about 20 pictures with no problems. I questioned the image quality when viewing them on the LCD, but when I viewed them on my computer, I was amazed. The AE works like a charm. The only setback occurs when shooting in low lighting, but is perfect for the outdoors. Movie mode is good for web clips, navigating couldn't be easier, and I get on a average of an hour and 45 minutes of use on each charge, which I do at school. Per disc, about 20 picts in fine, email mode. When I think about sacraficing the ease of writing to a standard floppy for better image quality, I catch myself. And for costing under $200, I couldn't ask for a better deal :)

Opinion: Bought it for $350 on sale in early 2000. Works without problems. More
than 7500 pictures. Battery still good. Let the Mavica drop on cement
from 1 meter with no damage except esthetic. Bad green as mentionned
by someone else. I never print pictures but look at them on screen,
great for web publishing. Movie mode is useless.

Opinion: Have owned a MVC FD 81 for 3 years now and it has taken more than 4000 pictures without letting me down. The resolution is limited with today's standards but the camera is very good for snapshots. Floppy disks are virtually free. Expect to be able to save ~10 pics per floppy at largest size and highest quality. Excellent macro ability, close range about one inch. Very easy to use and intuitive menus. The supplied rechargeable battery still holds almost an hour after having been recharged at least 50 times, meaning very low costs.

Opinion: I've had my FD-81 since February of 1999. I have used it almost daily, taking shots for my online auctions. I have never had any problems at all. One thing that should be noted: The color green is not displayed as well as it could be. Be sure and have extra lighting when shooting objects that contain this color. All in all, It's a fantastic "Workhorse" of a camera!

Opinion: I bought this camera for $800 USD in October/1998 and still use it today (November/2001). The stock battery is lightweight so I upgraded to the heavy-duty version soon after purchase. The picture quality is OK as long as the lighting is good and you take the time to allow the camera to focus. Even so, I've taken many a blurry picture for no apparent reason and frequently have resorted to manual ring to ensure focus. The zoom is wimpy, and the flash is useless unless you are within a few feet of the subject. In low-lighting levels you may as well leave the FD81 in the car - you are not going to get a good picture unless close-up. The floppy disc storage was great when memory was expensive, but now with memory costing less than water it just slows down the picture writes. The webpage organization of pictures is cute and useful only if you happen to be 13 years old and computer illiterate. The MPG movies are too short to be of much use: 15 seconds @ 320x240 and 60 seconds @ 160x120... just choose between too short or too blocky. Overall this was a good camera in 1998, but in 2001 its usefulness is limited (assuming you don't live under a rock).

Opinion: answer for Fernando --C:13 error code tells you the unformatted disc or bad disc is in camera.

Opinion: This is a very good camera, I he could take a lot of pictures, and in easy way I have could sent it throught the Internet.