Sony Mavica FD75 3.5 Floppy Disk Camera

I found this Sony Mavica FD75 digital camera at a local thrift store for $7

original MSRP of the FD75 was $399.00 when released in 2001, nine years ago

it came complete with a charger and battery. This camera is equipped with

a 0.3 Mega Pixel CCD sensor and is capable of producing a VGA-resolution

photo of (640x480). It stores pictures in compressed Jpeg format or uncompressed

Bitmap format. For storage media it takes a 3.5" floppy drive at 2x speed built right

in the side of the camera. The Mavica FD75 does not have a USB cable port or

memory card support. I use a 3.5" USB floppy drive to transfer my files to my PC.

The quality of the pictures are really nice for being only a 0.3 mega pixel camera,

that's less then half of a mega pixel.The 3.5" floppy disk can hold 18-20 Jpeg photos

at (640x480) resolution or one Bitmap picture uncompressed.The nice thing about this

camera is the ability to shoot pictures at a reasonable sized resolution and be able to

post them on the web or e-mail without having a large sized file to upload, saves a lot

of time. This allows me not to have to re size photos or shrink file size. A Jpeg file on this

camera of (640 x 480)  is an average size of 40 KB to 85 KB depending on light, colors 

and subject captured. The battery life is great. The Mavica FD75 uses a "L" series

Sony Info LITHIUM rechargeable battery. On average with the used battery it came

with i am able to shoot about 500 shots before  recharging.  There is an optional battery

you can purchase to give you 2200 shots if needed. here is technical specifications 

I have posted some sample shots i have taken with the camera so far. I am very happy with

the photo quality of this 9 year old digital camera. Remember that the mega pixel count is

only 0.3 MP. Some of the photos were touched up with FS viewer photo editing program

to add some extra contrast and saturation.The camera does tend to capture images slightly

under saturated and low contrast, specially when using built in flash. for the $7 this camera

cost me I would say it is a great camera overall and performs great for e-mails and web
posting. I have not tried making prints yet. I will assume that a 4" x 6" should be acceptable
quality. Reading other web posts, some noted that the print quality is not great but this is to
be expected from a 0.3MP digital camera. I do own a Panasonic Lumix LX-3 for prints or
high resolution digital photography. I have also owned a Nikon D60 & D90 Both were
excellent cameras. There is something about the nostalgic look of the photos when shot
with the Mavica FD75 that really makes shooting pictures with it fun and enjoyable.