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Sony Mavica CD1000

Sony Mavica CD1000
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alaScore 81

172 reviews

Nov, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 172 reviews of Sony Mavica CD1000. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other Digital Compact Cameras for all reviews. People are impressed by the storage and zoom. The portability and usability also get good comments. Many are negative about the shutter and reliability. The memory and size get mixed opinions.

image quality, usability, portability, zoom, storage

price, reliability, shutter

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Compact Cameras the Sony Mavica CD1000 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Sony Mavica CD1000

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 76 user reviews of Sony Mavica CD1000 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.3/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com. People really like the price and zoom. The usability and portability are also mentioned favorably. Comments about the shutter and performance are mixed. The memory and reliability get critical comments.

image quality, portability, usability, zoom, price

reliability, memory

89% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : PC Magazine (pcmag.com)

Sony MVC-CD1000

 

If you can live with the extra size, weight, and cost, the MVC-CD1000 is an exceptionally versatile device that can outperform professional cameras. Besides a long list of functions and features, which includes a 10X optical zoom lens with electronic...

Jul, 2004
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Expert review by : Brett Larson (pcworld.com)

Sony, contact Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000

 
Mar, 2001
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Expert review by (pcworld.com)

Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000

 

Revolutionary digital camera has a built-in CD-R drive for storing photos. But you pay dearly for the privilege.

This is possibly the ultimate digital camera for professionals and serious amateurs who blaze away huge numbers of photos during a photo session. Its recording speed, however, is too slow for most action photography.

Nov, 2000
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Expert review by : Phil Askey (dpreview.com)

Sony MVC-CD1000 Review

 

Sony have had a strong grip on the digital camera market for several years now. So, what's been the reason they've done so well? The decision to use floppy disks as the storage medium. Now ask any reviewer what storage medium he'd most like in a...

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Expert review by (steves-digicams.com)

Sony Mavica CD1000

 

The new $1299 Sony MVC-CD1000 (Digital Mavica) shares the same basic "look and feel" of its Mavica MVC-FD95 sibling. It has the same incredible 10x optical / 20x digital SteadyShot stabilized zoom lens, a high-resolution color viewfinder plus a 2.5

Jun, 2000
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Expert review by (imaging-resource.com)

Sony Mavica CD1000 Digital Camera Review: Intro and Highlights

 

More than any other single company, Sony has dominated the digital camera market the last few years, thanks in large part to the easy computer interfacing offered by their Mavica(tm) line of floppy-disk based cameras. They've also been active at the...

Jul, 2000
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Expert review by (dansdata.com)

Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000 digital camera

 

Storage costs turn a lot of people off digital cameras. Never mind that you can't get a digicam with image quality anything like that of a cheap 35mm for less than $AU1000; the "film" that digicams use costs a fortune too

Recommended

Aug, 2000
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Expert review by : Jeff Keller (dcresource.com)

Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000

 

One thing (which may not be so good) is that this is the first digital camera that has consumables. That is, products you use once and must replace. If you're saying "Gee, that's just like my film camera", you're right! These CD-RS are write-once. Once...

Impressive 10X optical zoom ; Very good photo quality ; Nice manual controls ; Uncompressed TIFF mode ; Excellent movie mode with sound ; USB support (at last) ; Support for (proprietary) external flash ; Nice & useable LCD and EVF ; Very cheap...

Not sold on CD-R technology ; Slow read/write speeds ; Way overpriced ($1300!)

I want to say up front that I very much like the Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000 for its "camera features". It's got a great 10X optical zoom, nice manual controls, good photo quality, and it's easy to use. What I'm not sold on is the CD-R technology itself, as...

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Expert review by (zdnet.com.au)

Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000

 

Abandon the floppy disk in favour of a 156MB, 3-inch CD-R disk that can hold up to 1,000 640-by-480 images with this camera. Click happy?

Sep, 2001
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Expert review by (ephotozine.com)

Sony MVC-CD1000

 
May, 2001
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