ganoxodusa Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Hi, I got the sony digital mavica camera last year for about 1000 dollar (I know Im a moron) now there 500. But ever time I put a floppy disk in it says "format error" and I formated it in the computer and I took it to sony store and they said it would cost 100 to repair(I think is a scam) I tryed memory sticks too and same error. Any way around paying 100 or am I just screwed?? Please help I didn't find the right solution from the internet. References: https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=795653 Creative Marketing Company Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Spam spam spam kye and Mark Romero 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Those Floppy Disk cameras were really something! I borrowed one from work one day and went out shooting, giving the camera the best fighting chance by taking shots in full sunlight. Behold the brilliance of how well the tech did, even in those days, when used in forgiving conditions If the timestamps are correct, these were 2003, but who knows - these files have moved from HDD to HDD over and over and over during their existence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I had two different ones back in the day. I Loved them. I think they are only like 2mp but they got the job done at the time. And the disks were super cheap also. What I think they held like 16 shots?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 5 hours ago, webrunner5 said: I had two different ones back in the day. I Loved them. I think they are only like 2mp but they got the job done at the time. And the disks were super cheap also. What I think they held like 16 shots?? Yeah, something like that. IIRC the shots I looked at yesterday were about 250Kb? I would have been maxing out all the settings - I remember I took about 20 disks out shooting with me that day... disk space to BURN!! IronFilm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 If the FD-88 was 1.3mp the FD5 had to be 1.0mp or Less LoL! I had the FD5, and the FD7. Never could afford the FD-88 at the time! http://www.iretron.com/blog/posts/technology-flashback-sony-digital-mavica-mvc-fd5-1997/ https://www.ebay.com/p/Sony-Mavica-MVC-FD88-1-3MP-Digital-Camera-Metallic-gray/100105509?iid=221813294800&chn=ps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 10 hours ago, kye said: Yeah, something like that. IIRC the shots I looked at yesterday were about 250Kb? I would have been maxing out all the settings - I remember I took about 20 disks out shooting with me that day... disk space to BURN!! Bet you were the coolest kid in town that day! kye, Mark Romero 2 and webrunner5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Romero 2 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Ahhh.... the Mavica.... It was actually great for getting a lot of (poor quality) product shots on to a website real quickly. I remember the day I sold it and got an Olympus 3030 Zoom instead. One of the only affordable little cameras that had a hot shoe mount. I put a PC Sync shoe in the hot shoe and used that to run my Paul C. Buff White Lightning (the Original Coffee Can) strobes. Good times. kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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