Sony Mavica MVC-FD91 Digital Camera

The Sony Mavica FD-91, has a 850,000-pixel progressive scan CCD that yields 1024x768 images. The first thing you notice is the huge 14X zoom lens. This is one of the longest focal length lens available on digital cameras.

What makes this camera unique is that it stores its images on 1.44MB floppy disks. It also has a 2.5" color LCD and a color viewfinder for framing or reviewing your pictures.

You can let the FD-91 run in automatic exposure mode or you can switch it into either shutter priority or aperture priority mode. Choose any shutter speed from 1/60 to 1/4000 of a second and freeze even the fastest-moving subjects easily.

The FD-91 is one model in a long line of Mavica cameras that started with the original FD-5 and FD-7 models. They all share one thing in common, the floppy disk drive.

In addition to capturing still JPEG images the MVC-FD91 also captures up to 60 seconds of MPEG video and audio. There are two settings available: Presentation Mode, up to 15 sec. (320 x 240) and Video Mail Mode, up to 60 sec. (160 x 112).

An old model, but still good enough for semi-pro photographers.