Sony MVC-FD81 (1998)
Introduced by Sony on 1998-08-25. This Mavica was equipped with MPEG recording functionality and voice memo function. A 60 second movie could be recorded on one 3.5" Floppy Disk. Furthermore the camera had a 3x optical zoom lens and several recording functions like sepia, negative, b/w andsoforth. The 2x disk drive speed could record an XGA image in 5 seconds (lame now but quite an improvement back then).
Initial production was set at 5,000 units per month.
Specifications
- Brand: Sony
- Model: MVC-FD81
- First mentioned: 1998
- Marketed: yes
- MSRP: $899
- Imager Type: 0.85MP 1/3" CCD
- Resolution: 1024x768
- Internal Storage: -
- External Storage: 3.5" Floppy Diskette
- Lens: F2.0 - F2.1 /f= 5.2-15.6 mm
- Shutter: electronic shutter
- Aperture Range: F2.0 - F2.1
- LCD screen size: 2.5" TFT
- Size: 140.5 x 104.5 x 61mm
- Weight: 540 gr.
- Remarks: -