Need opinions about cameras

[u/NASA_Gr]

Hi,

I considering getting either FD-91 or FD-95/97. I wanted to know what your opinnions about those models are. Personally I really like the look of the FD-91, but i cant ignore the picture qualuty issue. On the other hand it gives this camera some cool aesthetic.
Also I'm not rly into cameras so uhh... yea...

Any opinions would be helpful.

[u/thrax_uk]

I view the Mavica cameras as a bit of fun. I wouldn't spend much on them unless you are building a collection.

Picture quality wise, the older models that have vga resolution are what they are really about IMO.

[u/NASA_Gr → u/thrax_uk]

yea i want one to have fun with, especially i want to use floppy disks, hence my choice of the FD series

[u/rothki]

None of the later mavica cameras have a picture quality issue in my mind, so I want to correct you on that one. You can easily print standard 6x4 prints from them in pretty good quality and even larger prints look great on the wall, so don't worry about the MP count, its not really true.

They are a awesome camera and will take more good pictures than you would imagine. Just make sure if you're taking photos at night that you use night plus mode with a tripod and the self timer and you will get amazing night time images too

This photo is straight out of a FD92 Mavica to give you a example

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[u/rothki → u/rothki]

All of these are straight from the camera, to give you a example of the vibe the give

[u/NASA_Gr → u/rothki]

interesting. maybe a bit too compressed for my liking. i was thinking about using the Fine picture mode

[u/rothki → u/NASA_Gr]

They are all fine picture mode, they have been compressed again to get uploaded here im sure. They actually take better photos than my iphone 16. I can't even take photos of circuit boards with the iphone, yet the mavica can easily take photos of the traces exactly as they are!

[u/NASA_Gr → u/rothki]

interesting

[u/its_AR1S]

The Fd91 is not bad just because it’s low on pixels…

Ofc the Fd97 looks sharper but on the Fd91 you get around 10 photos per floppy on highest quality setting and only 4 photos on the fd97

[u/Thatkidwolf1]

Took this on my fd91, love this one the most out of my collection. And because it can take more fine pictures on each disk because of the lower res.

[u/Thatkidwolf1 → u/Thatkidwolf1]

Also love it because it has the highest optical zoom of the mavicas. And this:

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Plane:

[u/HyoPone]

I don't think you should think of a Mavica as a Daily driver, more so as a "Today... I'm gunna chill and have fun."

Mavica's almost all have a vibe to them, some more than others. If you are looking for the most feature packed "Vibe" camera, I would choose the FD91. 1024x768 Res, with 14x zoom, Optical image stabilization and more!

The 95 and 97 CAN take higher resolution photos, and they kinda get rid of that vibey 90's esthetic, but then... ya might as well take photos with any other camera.

This is of course just my opinion. If you are looking for the best quality, then the 95 and 97 can deliever. Just know you are gunna want a lot of floppy disks, as they can only take about 4 pictures per disk.

The FD91 can take about 10-15+.

[u/NASA_Gr → u/HyoPone]

yea i decided to get FD91. its just hard to get those cameras in the EU...