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Pete Srill said:
Any thoughts on the Sony Mavica? I saw it on volumebuy.com
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I have owned two (the original 7 and the 91) I enjoyed them but their
low light performance left something to be desired. I currently have the
DSC-S70 cybershot, great in low light and small / lightweight. great cam.
great shots !
 
Pete Srill said:
Any thoughts on the Sony Mavica? I saw it on volumebuy.com
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I own three Mavica's ... First a model 81 at work great camera good resolution , but only a 3X lens... I bought a model 71 (because of the cost difference) in April of '99... after shooting over eight thousand pictures (mostly Nature shots) I decided to upgrade to the model 91 (May 2000)I chose the 91 over the 95 because of the 14X on the 91 vs. 10X lens on the 95, although there were things I liked better about the 95 (higher res and external flash) I have take approx five thousand pictures with the 91 and still love it ... best of all about the Mavica's is the 3.5 floppy disk storage and ease of transfer to the computer. ... NOW they have come out with the CD1000 with a 3.5 CD-R for storage... but it is way to expensive when you consider the cost of the divorce.

Jay Peg
 
The 3.5 floppy disk storage...It is really wonderful. Thank you, Jay, for so detailed description.
Jay Peg said:
Pete Srill said:
Any thoughts on the Sony Mavica? I saw it on volumebuy.com
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I own three Mavica's ... First a model 81 at work great camera good
resolution , but only a 3X lens... I bought a model 71 (because of the
cost difference) in April of '99... after shooting over eight thousand
pictures (mostly Nature shots) I decided to upgrade to the model 91 (May
2000)I chose the 91 over the 95 because of the 14X on the 91 vs. 10X
lens on the 95, although there were things I liked better about the 95
(higher res and external flash) I have take approx five thousand
pictures with the 91 and still love it ... best of all about the
Mavica's is the 3.5 floppy disk storage and ease of transfer to the
computer. ... NOW they have come out with the CD1000 with a 3.5 CD-R for
storage... but it is way to expensive when you consider the cost of the
divorce.

Jay Peg
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I followed a similar path FD7, FD90, DSC S70 and still have all three!

I have just given the FD7 to my 13 year old daughter.

Got the FD90 as soon as it came out this Spring. trouble was I was so impressed by the superior photos over the old FD7 I became hooked on quality and wanted more! So I got the S70 which I now use 90% of the time. I am going to keep the FD90 though just for the 8X/16X lens. These photos are not great quality but it would not even be possible to take them with the S70.

Once I discovered High resolution images the floppy drive lost some of its allure for me. I drag my cameras on hiking and climbing trips! Taking a tone of floppies along aswell just isn't an option!

Guy.
miles levy said:
Pete Srill said:
Any thoughts on the Sony Mavica? I saw it on volumebuy.com
Click to expand...
I have owned two (the original 7 and the 91) I enjoyed them but their
low light performance left something to be desired. I currently have the
DSC-S70 cybershot, great in low light and small / lightweight. great cam.
great shots !
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Thanks for comments, Guy
Guy Meacham said:
I have just given the FD7 to my 13 year old daughter.
Got the FD90 as soon as it came out this Spring. trouble was I was so
impressed by the superior photos over the old FD7 I became hooked on
quality and wanted more! So I got the S70 which I now use 90% of the
time. I am going to keep the FD90 though just for the 8X/16X lens. These
photos are not great quality but it would not even be possible to take
them with the S70.

Once I discovered High resolution images the floppy drive lost some of
its allure for me. I drag my cameras on hiking and climbing trips!
Taking a tone of floppies along aswell just isn't an option!

Guy.
miles levy said:
Pete Srill said:
Any thoughts on the Sony Mavica? I saw it on volumebuy.com
Click to expand...
I have owned two (the original 7 and the 91) I enjoyed them but their
low light performance left something to be desired. I currently have the
DSC-S70 cybershot, great in low light and small / lightweight. great cam.
great shots !
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Rodger Carter said:
If you can afford it, get the CD1000. It's the best all-around digicam
on the market.

Rodger
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Hi,

To show that i am not a totally Sony fanatic i have to give just a little contra to your opinion.

It seems the new Oly C2100 will be a good rival to the CD1000.

Okay if you are fascinated by the storage philosophy of the new Sony they are no competitors in the moment.

Regarding the flexibilty, the Oly offers a full manual mode and if the picture quality is okay i would consider it too because of the price. In the moment

in germany they are selling the Sony for 1700 US (the Oly is announced for around 1200 USD). Of course i don't know how it is in the states.

Just my opinion.

Andreas
 
CD1000 has the image stabilizer, right ?
Andreas P. said:
Rodger Carter said:
If you can afford it, get the CD1000. It's the best all-around digicam
on the market.

Rodger
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Hi,

To show that i am not a totally Sony fanatic i have to give just a
little contra to your opinion.

It seems the new Oly C2100 will be a good rival to the CD1000.

Okay if you are fascinated by the storage philosophy of the new Sony
they are no competitors in the moment.
Regarding the flexibilty, the Oly offers a full manual mode and if the
picture quality is okay i would consider it too because of the price. In
the moment
in germany they are selling the Sony for 1700 US (the Oly is announced
for around 1200 USD). Of course i don't know how it is in the states.

Just my opinion.

Andreas
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The Oly has more controls for advanced amateures, and if the zoom and IS perform as well as the CD1000 it could beocme a very popular digicam. Differences in storge media might be the deciding factor for many buyers.

Rodger
 
Rodger Carter said:
The Oly has more controls for advanced amateures, and if the zoom and IS
perform as well as the CD1000 it could beocme a very popular digicam.
Differences in storge media might be the deciding factor for many buyers.

Rodger
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Rodger,

Now i am absolutely your opinion!

Best regards,

Andreas
 
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