camera back, image by Uwe Kulick

image by Butterfly LXT

imaging sample by U. Kulick

When the Sony Mavica cameras arrived on the market the traditional Personal Computer technology with 3.5" diskettes as storage medium had reached the peak of its popularity. The Mavicas were like floppy disk drives with additional photo optics. An astounding factor 10 zoom lens and the built-in flash made it a full-featured compact camera. With these cameras Sony was a pioneer of modern popular digital photography.

• Introduced: August 1998
• Resolution: 640 x 480 Pixels (0.3 megapixels, VGA)
• Sensor: ¼-inch CCD
• Screen: 2.5" LCD
• Lens: 40-400 (35mm equivalent, 10x zoom), f1.8-2.9
• Shutter: 1/60s - 1/4000s
• ISO rating: 100
• Self-timer: 10s
• Storage: 3½-inch diskettes, jpeg format files
• Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.1 x 2.4 inches
• Weight: 17.6oz

Links Edit

• data sheet and several links in dcviews.com
• Specs at dpreview.com
• Review by Edward Goss