Sony Mavica

<p>Can anyone tell me what format the later Sony Mavica cameras (eg the 5Mp models) used? I always thought that the relatively high pic quality on ostensibly low res was due to medium format capture but I can't find any reference to format other than CD, floppy etc - I want to know about the image format - can anyone help?</p>

<p>5 MP is not low resolution if the pictures are not to be blown up. Interpolation was also big in the early days of digital.</p>

<p>Sony Mavica and high pic quality probably don't get said together in the same sentence all that often, for that matter to consider it a medium format camera probably doesn't happen all that often either.</p>

<p>The image format is Jpeg. But I think what you're really asking is if it's an ok camera, which in my opinion it is not. It could have 15mp and that wouldn't make it any better of a camera. In other words you'd probably get better images from a one time use film camera with expired film.</p>

<p>Then again, you could consider them the next Lomo fad about to happen.</p>

<p>"Medium format capture"? Huh?<br /><br />It's a 5mm x 7mm sensor. The 6mp DSLR's had 18mm x 24mm sensors, or pixels that were about 10x as big at 9 micron.<br>

Nothing medium format about them that I can think of.</p>

<p>Did you check the Sony website? :-|</p>

<p>www.docs.sony.com/reflib/docget.asp?manualid=10041&template_id=1&region_id=1&DL=',600,560,10,10,'Manuals'</p>

<p>The floppy disc is very large, the sensor very tiny. The camera is nothing close to medium format.</p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/nature-photography-forum/00FmEu</p>

<p>Many thanks</p>

<p>The sensor should be approximately 7mmx5mm on the Sony camera. Medium format film ranges from 44mmx56mm to 56mmx170mm in terms of film size.</p>

<p>So no, the Sony does not have a medium format sensor or anything even close. If it takes great images, though, tech specs don't matter at all. One of the best-regarded landscape photographers just switched from large format to point and shoot digital, so as long as you like it, it's good.</p>

<p>Hey! I still have some floppies laying around. It was an early Sony digicam if I recall and has to be closing in on 10 yrs ago.<br>

It would now make a good camera for getting your child interested in digital photography - if you had a PC with floppy access.</p>