Sony Reviews

I bought the FD92 to replace a very early digital Epson that I had been using for a couple of years. My decision to purchase this specific Mavica was influenced by the fact that it could use both the floppy disc as well as a memory stick, a feature I had been waiting for. Almost all of my photos are published on the web so it was perfect for quick uploads from both my company Sony laptop as well as my small travel laptop or the desktop I have at home. With the addition of a wide conversion lens I found pics taken at trade shows and indoor exhibits with good artificial lighting were really good bordering on excellent. Battery life is excellent. I bought a spare and didn't really need it. Plus, I could get 30 Internet quality (640x480) shots on a 3x5 floppy disc. All in all I was quite happy with my FD92 until 3 months and 2 weeks after my purchase the lens stopped focusing correctly while I was using it during an event weekend. Hey, I paid a premium because it's a great brand name right? So I sent it back to Sony at which point my happy experience ended. Seems the warranty is 90 days parts and labor and parts only after that. Seems typical, right? Problem is Sony's policy is that the minimum labor charge is $149. No parts will be provided unless you pay the $149 minimum labor charge, and the cost could be higher if more than 2 hours labor is needed to repair the camera. So, no matter what's wrong with the camera it's a minimum bill of $149 and this from a camera in use under 120 days with a manufacturers defect. At this point while I like the camera, I don't think I would do business with Sony again because the high price simply isn't paired up with support worth paying that premium for.

I just got this camera. In doing my research I found that this is a very similar camera to the MVC-FD90 camera. This one is the 2001 model while the other is the 2000 model. There are some differences, which I'll mention, but in general, I think this is a great camera for the price.

The reason I got this camera is because I needed the versatility of a digital camera with a removable medium (the disks) because over a long vacation memory sticks will fill up, and unless you have either a laptop to download your pictures to, or a lot of extra money lying around to purchase large mega byte memory sticks, this is the way to go.

The nice thing about this camera is that is will use either disks or a memory stick. You don't have to buy the memory stick adaptor like with the other Mavicas, it's built into the camera - so you have the best of both worlds.

This camera will shoot up to 1.6 mega pixels. This is ample for what I use the camera for, which is e-mailing, looking at the pictures on the computer, or printing out 5 X 7 pictures for a scrapbook. Yes, the more mega pixels the larger the picture you can print with no distortion, but you will also pay more for the camera and then have to buy a larger memory stick as most stick cameras come with only an 8 meg card, which starts to add up.

The FD92 does the movies and that is extremely cool. I use it all the time and I cannot express how neat it is. It will shoot 15 - 60 second movies depending on the quality you want. These are perfect for e-mailing. It's like having a moving memory to look at without having to watch hours of wasted videotape. If you've watched someone else's home movies, you know what I mean.

The big difference I know of between this camera and the FD-90 is that the FD-90 has a manual focus function where this one does not. I don't consider it a loss. The manual focus really is only useful when shooting for a very specific effect in a shot. If you're looking for that much ability in a camera, you're probably already considering a professional level camera, which, again, is much costlier. The FD-90 is also more expensive than this camera. So, for less money you're getting a newer camera with this year's technology minus a feature will probably never use.

All I can say is that, like many Mavica owners before me, I love this camera. It allows me to do everything I want to do, and it wasn't a killer in cost. If you're considering the the FD-90, I'd recommend this one instead.

I did a lot of research before purchasing a good digital camera(I had a really cheap one before this one). The FD92 just excelled in every aspect. It has 8x optical zoom (look at the difference between digital and optical zoom is a good thing to know). It has the capability of storing images in both a Floppy disk and a Memory stick(128Mg Memory stick available now) which depending on resolution can satisfy all your needs(Max res on FD(6 pics) Max Res on Mem Stick (300 Pics) Good Res 640x480 (30 on FD and 1500 on MS). Besides all the comparisons I made with other cameras from Nikkon, Olympus, and Cannon, I purchased from the mavica product line since my Auto Shop uses them line... they abuse an FD90 day in and day out and it still works perfectly... this was one of the major factors that made me purchase it. After I bought the camera and started using it I was very happy with my investementet ... My wife picked it up and starting taking pictures without even reading the manual and she loved it... which is a first when it comes to electronic "toys". I recomend this camera to anyone in the market for one.

This camera I am overall satisfied with. It has lots of effects you can do to the photos and videos. I use it for making anmations with caly figures and it works great for that. The still pictures are good for taking pictures of things that aren't in motion. When you push the button to take a picture there is a few second delay. This product overall is fine but if you are going to use it to take action photos i recomend not getting it.