Sony Mavica FD87 User guide

SONY MAVICA DIGITAL
CAMERA
BASICS

Why Digital?:
• Immediate feedback/delete
• Email, webpage, powerpoint, word
• Family digital albums on cd maybe
• Print out any size you want on glossy paper

Digital cameras in general need
• power
• a medium to store pictures--memory stick,
floppy
• means of getting pictures from camera
into computer—wire or disk

ALMS Checkout—Overnight
1. Library’s Sony Mavica FD87
2. Rutledge’s Sony Mavica FD88
3. Richardson’S Sony Mavica FD88
ANDREW LEWIS chose Sony
MAVICA because the floppy disk
eliminates the need for the wire
from camera to computer

Personally,
You can buy the FD70’s, 80’s and
90’s on Ebay
The newer MAVICAs are CD’s.
Same principle--no wires.
MVCCD300 for $799.99 after $200
rebate and price break at Office Max
in May 12’s Roanoke Times.

Fronts of the Mavicas
Front of the 87

Front of the 88

Front of the 90

Back of 87

Back of 88

Back of 90

To get started you must have a 2HD, 1.44
mb 3.5 floppy disk and charged infolithium
battery

Number of pictures on floppy
In standard mode (640)– about 30 pictures
Battery life—1 hour more or less. Check display
Time required to charge battery–2 to 3 hours
more or less.

Taking the picture
1. Insert the disk. Don’t force it. If it won’t go, turn it over
and try again.
2. Remove lens cap
3. Turn on power
4. Set slide to “STILL”
5. Push control button in a southerly direction to get rid of
mess at bottom of screen
6. Toggle the DISPLAY button to display information.
Hopefully you have time left on the battery, 640 std, and
white space on the disk—all at top of screen. This stuff
won’t show up on your picture.

6. Press the flash, focus (picture effect), and program buttons
enough times to rid the screen of any icons those buttons might
produce.
7. On the 88 and 90 check the left side of the camera in ready-to-
take-picture position. The focus button should be set on “auto”
8. Capture your target in the viewer on the back. Do not put your
eye to the viewer; you will look dumb.
9. Use the zoom slide with the W T (on back of 88, on front of 87
and 90) to size up your target.
10. Make sure that your hands and fingers are not covering any
windows or holes or inadvertently pushing the buttons at the
back or on the sides of the camera.

11. With steady hands, hold the shutter halfway down until the
green light quits flashing and the beeper sounds. At this
point the camera has completed all its automatic
adjustments.
12. Finish depressing the shutter. Do not bang the camera
around until it has finished its business.

Viewing the Picture
The 87 and 90 allow you to immediately view the last picture
taken by pressing the control button to the west. Here you see the
picture and are given the opportunity to delete it by “yellowing” in
the delete option (press control button to the west) and pressing
the control button straight into the camera from the button’s
center; otherwise, since the return button is “yellowed” by
default, you can just press the control button straight down upon
getting the picture to return to picture taking mode.
All three cameras allow you to see all the pictures taken so far by
•Sliding to “play” mode and pressing west or east. Toggle the
display button at will.

Viewing Pictures/Movies
In “play” mode, press the control button in a northerly direction to
activate the menu bar.
“index” will be selected. You can see up to six thumbnails at a
time. Move the control button in a direction “yellow” a still. Then
push the center of the control button to select it for viewing.
Deleting
In play mode with menu showing at bottom of screen, “yellow”
the delete button by pushing the control button in a direction
(probably easterly). Push the center of the control button to
activate “delete”. If you really want delete the picture, yellow
“ok” and press the navel of the control button; otherwise press the
navel while “cancel” is selected.

If you still have room on your disk (hit display if need be), slide
to “still” and keep on taking pictures. If you want to do a short
movie, slide to “movie”. Target and shutter.

Viewing the pictures at the computer
1. Insert floppy disk in the A: drive of the computer.
2. Open up “My Computer”, then “A:drive”.
3. The pictures have names that start with MVC and end in
“.jpg”. Click one open.
4. The picture will open up in some kind of photoeditor or web
browser or media viewer.
5. You may have the option of printing or saving from the “file”
menu. Hopefully you can “print preview” before you print.
Hit the escape key to get out of the preview.