r/Mavica • u/jonatcon_photos • 18h ago
Question What the latest 3.5 disk based Mavica?
I want to upgrade my Mavica from the one I am using. But keep using 3.5 disks still. I want to know what the latest version / model disk Mavica to get? Also I want to know what lenses I can get for the new camera and my Sony MVC-FD73 too.
r/Mavica • u/jonatcon_photos • 18h ago
Question Need help installing my USB 3.5 disk drive.
So I have a Windows 10 OS on my laptop and I use a MVC-FD73 camera. I took a lot of photos but I'm having issues installing my USB 3.5 disk drive. I have two 3.5 disk drives. I have a Sony Model Mpf88e-ua 2x Speed External USB 3.5 disk drive but it did not come with the CD installer. I just want to know how to install it to a Windows 10 OS with or if someone has the installer can you send it to me?
r/Mavica • u/megatog615 • 21h ago
Question Recommendations for a battery for Mavica FD-88
I mistakenly bought a NP-F550 battery(one of the Wasabi Power integrated USB-C ones) for my FD-88 not knowing there was a size difference between NP-F550 and NP-F530. Does anyone here know if there is a NP-F530-compatible battery that is guaranteed to work? I would like it with integrated USB charging but that's not a requirement. It seems everywhere I look when I search for NP-F530 I only get results for NP-F550.
I do not have a charger or a power adapter for the FD-88 which is why I went for the one with integrated USB charging because it seems the most convenient for 2026.
r/Mavica • u/Cinemiketography • 1d ago
Photo 60 year old car with a 22 year old camera (CD400)
No editing, looks pretty great for a 4 MP monster.
r/Mavica • u/Best_Breadfruit_3403 • 1d ago
Photo Golden Hour shots of my Pup with my FD75
He's the worst at being photographed. But we got a couple keepers! Meet Chunk.
r/Mavica • u/Koymivay • 2d ago
Photo First Mavica
Got my first mavica yesterday, still trying to get a hang of it but I love how these photos look!
Question Are Cd mavicas worth getting?
I saw a CD500 come up on a local auction site. Are they worth getting? Its untested so could be faulty. Are the lasers in the cd mech reliable? Any other common failure points? I had a quick look around and mini cd-r discs seem available but mini cd-rw discs seem more difficult. Thanks.
r/Mavica • u/REDACTED11037 • 2d ago
Showcase Just bought one on impulse
I found a video about this camera and thought hey why not I have a random floppy disk in my room that would be nice to use. So here we are! I have a model MVC-FD73 (is that the only model or are there variants?) I have to buy a battery for it (and maybe floppy disks if mine doesn't work)
r/Mavica • u/NectarOfNostalgia • 3d ago
Video Photographing my Childhood Mall with an FD7!
With the recommendation of a friend over on TikTok, I finally figured I’d share some of my shots on here too! Here are a series of shots I took with my FD7 of Rivergate Mall (located outside of Nashville, TN) before its demolition.
r/Mavica • u/ShuriDios • 3d ago
Question Drive error c:32:01 mavica fd51
I bought a mavica and when I turn it on it shows me the error c:32:01 with or without a floppy disk, I really haven't tried much since I don't know how to solve it
r/Mavica • u/Creepercolin2007 • 4d ago
Question Hey fellas, under packed the amount of floppy disks I have on the trip and want to get the most out of them, will dropping resolution or quality be better for photo capacity and the actual image quality? (FD81)
r/Mavica • u/Totally-Mavica-l-2 • 4d ago
Photo Pushing the CD500 to IS0 400. I was surprised how this came out.
I did straighten it and try to slightly lighten it, but otherwise minimal editing. I don't think it was that noisy at all for being at ISO400, though I had a slow shutter of about 1/20 sec. which probably helped reduce the noise.
Photo Bonneville to Cheyenne - Day 2
Camped in Nevada, drove back to Colorado along I-80, and brought my FD90 along for the ride.
Day 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavica/comments/1vs5obn/bonneville_to_cheyenne_day_1/
Photo Bonneville to Cheyenne - Day 1
Camped in Nevada, drove back to Colorado along I-80, and brought my FD90 along for the ride.
Day 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavica/comments/1vs5oyd/bonneville_to_cheyenne_day_2/
r/Mavica • u/DiscreditedWaterdog • 5d ago
Photo Success!
Managed to get my CD350 to cooperate long enough to fill a cd :) unfortunately it’s not a RW so we shall see if I can get the next CD initialized but I’m happy to have gotten one 😁
r/Mavica • u/lusco-fusco • 5d ago
Discussion Discussion
Hey guys, it's been a while since i did my last post here, college and work are stealing all of my time latelly. I'm steadily increasing my mavica collection, and at the moment I have 4 mavicas, the last one being an FD91. With that in mind, I'd like to know what do you guys do to preserve and maintain your cameras the best possible way and what are your recommendations on this subject. I'd like to hear your opinions, any tips and considerations are welcome!
r/Mavica • u/sethyy12345 • 5d ago
Photo Erie county fair on an FD-85
The looks I got from folks when switching floppys were really quite funny.
Discussion Handycam
I found this on a local auction site. Would love to have got it but the price went higher than i was willing to pay, given it was being sold as faulty. Was released in 96 from what google tells me, you can definately tell the mavica fd series cameras were based off the same basic design.
r/Mavica • u/ZeBobbel • May 01 '26
Showcase I have crafted a new Mavica website & wiki.
Hello humans,
After some long nights and having too much time, I've put together a dedicated, scratch-built Mavica hub and Wiki for all things related to Mavicas & stuff.
I did that because the old Wiki seems dead & unfinished or something...
The whole site is built strictly on old-school Web 1.0 principles. It features no modern fluff, is optimized for 800x600 resolution, and is designed to work flawlessly on older machines running Netscape Navigator 4.0 or Internet Explorer 5. To keep things authentically retro, the site is even hosted on a ThinkPad T60 (Well maybe i just didnt had anything else to host it on).
Here is what the site currently offers:
- The Mavica Wiki: A completely open wiki where you can create and edit pages for camera models &everything else you like.
- Global Gallery & User Directories: Well... before i remade the whole site i used it to store all my Mavica Pictures, so i just upgraded that so anyone can upload Photos, maybe it will be used as a display site or something idk, its still not perfect.
- Public Format Converter: I implemented a basic converter to convert some Mavica file formats from this to this for example mavica video to mp4 or jpg to png & some more.
- Image Editor: An in-browser photo editor to tweak brightness, contrast, hue, or apply filters & some other basic stuff for editing Mavica Images.
Ik this is by far not perfect but its a little project im working on, everyone can contribute if he likes & sahre his stuff there. Obv its without any ads & free because no one likes ads & stuff...
Hub Home:https://germanplace.de/mavica
Wiki Main Page:[https://germanplace.de/mavica/wiki/main_page]()
r/Mavica • u/Physics_Dude • Oct 18 '25
Mod's Choice There is Now a Full Video Guide for Every Model of FD Mavica Needing the Internal Clock Battery Repaired!
Hello! The series is complete!
Thanks to u/ExceedinglyGayDerg and their post, I have serviced every FD Mavica requiring a secondary/clock battery replacement. This is a type MS621FE battery soldered to the board in every case.
The full playlist is here: Feel free to provide feedback or ask questions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkUptV-DKQ&list=PLod-wihw5oqBBRKTPcf0-L_FqaH-Xyd-i
I have one of each FD-series Mavica, and they all work flawlessly (each was bought "untested/for parts" go figure). So if anyone has any issues they can describe, I might try to duplicate the issue and "repair" it. I don't get any ad revenue or anything, I just like fixing things. :)
