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Summary: Best one I have seen.
Review: The CD solves the image storing problem. I love the slide show feature, after a party plug it into the TV and everyone can watch the show. Pictures are fine displayed on a 50 inch big screen.
Battery life is long enough to make the camera useful for a day's shooting.
However it doesn't replace a good manual Pentax K100 with slide film for anything other than normal photos as there is a delay from shutter push until the photo is taken and it averages the image (light and dark) causing difficuly if the image isn't lit evenly.
The auto focus does work quite well. It has focused and taken good photo's in location were I cannot hardly see the subject myself until the flash goes off.
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Summary: Finally - a digital camera worth buying
Review: The Mavica CD1000 is as good as it sounds. The 10x optical zoom is terrific (don't bother with 'digital zoom'. If you want pixelation, you'd be using a low-res camera). The 'steady shot' works well, the 'twilight-plus' flashless function is no less than magical (although you will need a tripod). And it's just plain cool!The best thing about it is the cost/picture. You need the battery that comes with it, (maybe a backup -I got a 4 hour for less than ...), a protective lense filter (a uv filter costs about ...), and some mini cdr discs (comes with 5). No memory cards, smart cards or equivalent! Look around and you will be able to find the mini cd's for somewhere under .../disc (don't look and you will pay about .../disc in a case). I paid ... for 50 minis on a spindle (no cases) delivered to my door. Now, you will take somewhere between 140 and 180 high res (1200 x 1600) pictures on each disc (minus whatever you useup taking mini mpegs). So, lets be conservative. Assuming the low of 140 images/disc, and the high of ... for 50 discs, that works out to less than one penny/shot. And the images are NOT low value! I took two shots, one using the tiff sorage format (taking 40 seconds to write a 5 Mb file to disc), and the other the std. High res jpeg. In plate by plate comparison, the jpeg was so close to the tiff as to make the extra time and disc space of the tiff format unnecessary. I have been in digital pre-press for 15 years, and these shots are equivalent to quality 4x5 scans. Once you get used to the <1 second delay from first touch to shutter, you will be taking great shots, and lots of them. The delay can be eliminated in most cases by half pressing the button, allowing the auto focus to set up, then when you push, the shot is instantaneous. You'll quickly figure out where and when to turn off the auto focus and rely on distance read outs etc. You will want to get a UV filter for this camera before you take it out of the box. Not to improve your pictures, but to protect your lense. Replacing the lense on an intgrated digital system like this will probably cost as much as the camera itself. The uv lense can be replaced for ... . Anyway, I have used some 'high-end' Kodak DCS professional series cameras in the past, and some low end digitals as well. The Mavica CD1000 is the best all around device I have seen, and certainly the least expensive to operate.
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Summary: nice camera...awesome
Review: the size is big, for me that was a great feature because it fits my hand, the weight of the camera is not a problem though. I love the fact that the camera has a cd burner. Less wires to hook up, just put the cd in your pc or laptop run the software and go. It has it's own formats on the camera itself, many to choose from plus a delete if I happened to get a bad picture by accident. You get one chance otherwise it is burned for good.
The advantage of the zoom for me is outdoor wildlife pictures (hunting type- big game, and all the wildlife and nature shots) and scenery. It is awesome for this. I did buy a flash for it so that I could get better pictures of my twins' basketball pictures, another advantage of that zoom as well. Also, I bought a lens to keep out the dust when I am taking horse pictures in the corral,my little girl on her horse, or working cattle pictures by horses-I have carried this camera on my horse as well. The battery that I have lasts a long time, so that I can get a whole BB game on it,the stills and some in movie mode. the advantage of getting the 15 second plus movie option (as well as still shot) is great for those free shots, jumpshots, running plays, etc. One thing that I do not like about it is it is very slow. So, I have learned to anticipate the picture that I want to capture when it is an action shot. Still shots-well, then it is an advantage. Just gives a person time to get things set for perfect shots. I wish that it had a self timer for family pictures so that I can get in some of them, but that's all right, I will lose 25 pounds first-lol. I have taken some family pictures for relatives. The advantage of the mini disc is that it will burn up to 180 pictures+ and more. If the movie mode is used, well it takes up more space and you have to use more cds. I might buy a 2x zoom and another battery the next purchase, we'll see. Also, I bought my mini CDs on auction by the 100's so I don't have to worry about that aspect of reorders,etc. So, I guess, if you buy this--enjoy shooting a lot of pictures because, I figure it is something like a penny or 2 pennies a picture. Not bad for heirlooms and enjoyment. fun to email. I love my camera-mvc cd1000 by Sony Mavica Awesome photo fun-char
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Summary: Awesome Camera
Review: This camera is the best digital camera I have used. I am a teacher and have had the opportunity to try several other brands of digital cameras as well as other Sony models. This by far is the best. The viewfinder/LCD screen option makes it great in strong sunlight as well as other times.
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Summary: Sony MVCCD1000
Review: This is my first digital camera, and I like the quality and clarity of the pictures that it takes. I also like the storage capacity of the CD media. My biggest concern is the size. It does not weigh more than your average 35 mm (probably less), but is a big device, and I have not been able to take it as many places as I could a smaller camera. The camera also comes very barren...no carrying case, and a minimal B&W phamplet for instructions.
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Summary: Great Still Camera with some problems
Review: This is my first digital camera. It doesn't quite replace my 35mm setup, but for sheer point and shoot ability it's great. Upside: CDR let's you shoot for ever. Amazing low light capabilities. Nice zoom coverage. Steady shot is extremely useful. Good collection of auto exposure modes. Light weight. Great resolution. Nice special effects abilities. Good battery life Downside: Built in flash is a joke. Manual modes are problematic. Manual could be more informative. USB cable port in a bad spot if you want to leave a quick release tripod shoe on it. Time from when you push the button till the shutter closes requires psychic powers in action situations. It's ultra low light capabilities are non existant. It could use a remote trigger. Video mode is a waste of resourses. Recycle time between pictures is too long.
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Summary: A Great Digital Camera
Review: This is my second digital camera, I am very happy with the ease of use.
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Summary: CD1000 Bats a Thousand!
Review: This is one GREAT camera! The quality of the images, the flexibility, the ease of use... All are far, far better than any other video camera I checked out. True, it is a husky devil, but the size and weight are diven by features! I am sure glad I stuck it out and waited until I could get this camera... I can see this gem to a great extent displacing my "real" camera which is a Nikon FTN Photomic.
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Summary: Great camera! Could only ask for one more thing...
Review: This little gem is the world of digital cameras -- I wouldn't trade it for anything but a professional model. First off, the cd media is the most convenient and best storage method around -- you can store more pictures at higher resolution for the most convenience. And the Sony 3" disk prices aren't that unreasonable (...). Granted, it is a still camera only, if you're looking for plenty of video options, look elsewhere. But for the camera enthusiast, the 15 seconds of video is a novelty item.
The size may seem a bit bulky at first, but Sony has tailored the camera's ergonomics perfectly, no matter HOW you like to hold the camera.
I shoot most pictures in 1600 x 1200 just so that I have the flexibility of blowing them up later and usually can fit anywhere from 130-150 pictures on each disk.
My only complaints are that it doesn't perform well in very dark setting without an stronger flash added on and for the 'quick shooter' it may seem slow -- it takes about 5 seconds to write the image to the disk, so you can't shoot in rapid sucession. But you're not going to find any camera that can write much faster than that.
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Summary: Reliability Problems
Review: WARNING! I purchased a new MVCCD 1000 in February of this year. It recently crashed, with the message "unable to initialize disk". I am unhappy with the the reliability of the camera, as the camera was not dropped or abused in anyway. Potential users should be aware that Sony only has a 90 day policy to cover labor costs, but one year on parts. They have also been very slow about repairing the unit. I balk at paying $140 to "repair" a unit that is clearly defective. From the large backlog of work at the Sony repair facility, I suspect that many other users may have the same problems. I cannot reccomend this camera given its lack of reliability. CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!!
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