> From: Darren Addy <[email protected]> > Step back in our little Time Machine to the summer of 1998 > http://www.pcworld.com/article/7579/article.html > Just $799 > > The camera still has some fans: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mavica/pool/
Yeah I had the Mavica FD7. It was magic at the time, and fun! My wife carried one around at the Seattle Garden Show in 1998 and was amazed by how many people wanted to stop and see her (my) camera. IQ was abysmal in retrospect, but for thumbnail and web images it was OK. It also provided a use for all those AOL diskettes that seemed to arrive in the mail on a monthly basis or packaged in with magazines. Just last week I started a new project and had my picture taken for the security badge. I was amazed to see the person pull out a Sony Mavica FD91, a generation or two up featuring 1024 x 768 resolution images, still recording on floppy disk. That model looked like a camera with a grip instead of a patio paver. I purchased one of those for my Dad in 2000. I always wanted the CD-R version, but then digital imaging just sky-rocketed and here we are today. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
