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| Sony MVC-CD300 Digital Camera [3.3MP 3xOptical] |
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The Sony MVC-CD300 digital camera is Sonys first digital still camera to bring together the affordable storage of CD-R/CD-RW, the superb Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar lens with 3x optical zoom and a 1 1/8" 3.3 megapixel CCD. The MVC-CD300 has a distinct appearance, its shape largely determined by the presence of the internal 8cm CD-R/CR-RW drive. Despite this, the unit is still no larger than a typical SLR camera and is well balanced. The MVC-CD300 shares many features with the Sony DSC-S75 including a variety of modes such as simultaneous recording of both TIFF and JPEG images, a voice mode which records an audio file of between five and 40 seconds together with the still image and also the ability to record both short MPEG movies with sound and animated GIFs. The MVC-CD300 also has a three-frame burst mode and usefully a three-frame exposure bracketing function with the ability to set the variance at either 0.3EV, 0.7EV or a full stop. Clearly the key benefit of this camera is its use of CD-R/RW media which will suit many, for reasons of convenience and cost. For example, a single 156 MB disc can hold anything from 1300 images at 640 x 480 with maximum compression, down to 81 images at 2048 x 1536 with minimal compression. However, it should be noted that the memory access time is slower than comparable flash memory based machines. Also, many will miss the traditional optical viewfinder--with the MVC-CD300 you are entirely dependent on the bright 2.5" TFT LCD. For playback of images and films there are several available options. You can load the supplied Adaptec DirectCD drivers which enable a PC with a USB port to view the Mavica as a normal CD-RW drive. Alternatively you can view the disc in a standard CD-RW or CD-R drive, the latter requiring finalisation of the CD. Editing software comes in the form of MGI PhotoSuite V8.1 for Windows (95, 98, ME, 2000, NT4) and MGI PhotoSuite SE V1.1 for Macintosh (OS7.6.1-9.0). MGI VideoWave III SE is also provided but for Windows only (95 OSR2.5, 98, ME, 2000, NT4). The camera is supplied with an AC adaptor, rechargeable battery pack, A/V connecting cable, shoulder strap, 8cm CD-R, 8cm CD-RW, a rather short USB cable and software on CD ROM. --Nick Baxter |
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I bought this camera as an upgrade from a very basic (non Sony) model and am very impressed with it. Picture quality is excellent, even on the 640x480 image size and using this mode, the standard memory stick holds in the region of 240 images.
Being a would be photographer for many years, and almost struggling with coming to terms with the fact that producing anything like acceptable quality pictures lay fairly and squarly in the hands of the local photo processing plant, digital photography is a godsend. Even with the Nikon F90x SLR and .. 
This is my first digital camera, having come from an SLR background. First impressions of the P71 itself are very positive. Without looking at the manual too much I was able to point and shoot basically straight away with good results eacxh time.
Obvoiusly an extra battery and memory stick is graet to have for the Sony P5. The case is good quality and its front pocket is large enough to contain a few memory sticks, the spare battery and the shoulder strap. The quality of the case is good - it has a nice feel to it. However the P5 camera does.. 
Just bought this camera the other day and it does exactly what it says on the box. The pictures are fantastic and thankfully Amazon included a 64mb card with it (the 8mb card ran of space after half an hour! - You cant help snapping those pictures).