Quick facts
Full name: Sony Mavica FD-83
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
Regional aliases
No verified regional aliases
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 1999 · Released about 27 years ago
- Sensor
- 4.8 × 3.6 mm CCD
- Effective resolution
- 0.7 MP
- Lens
- 37 - 111 mm
- Zoom
- 3×
- Weight
- 580 g
- Battery
- InfoLithium (NP-F330)
- Storage
- Disk 3.5" (4x speed)
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What to check before buying used
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 6 mm
- Surface area
- 17 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 4.97 µm
- Pixel area
- 24.69 µm²
- Pixel density
- 4.05 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
Rectangles use their physical proportions. Calibrate your display to approximate real-world size.
4.8 × 3.6 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 0.7 MP
- Total pixels
- 0.8 MP
- Sensor
- 4.8 × 3.6 mm CCD
- Calculated resolution
- 966 × 725
- Maximum image
- 1,024 × 768
- Crop factor
- 7.21
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 100–100
- Viewfinder
- None
- Display
- 2.5 in / 84,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- Disk 3.5" (4x speed)
- Battery
- InfoLithium (NP-F330)
Body
- Weight
- 580 g
- Dimensions
- 142 × 107 × 63 mm
- Release year
- 1999
DigicamDB
- Aperture Priority
- No
- Battery
- InfoLithium (NP-F330)
- Brand
- Sony
- Built In Flash
- ✓
- Crop Factor
- 7.21
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- Yes
- Dimensions
- 142 x 107 x 63 mm
- Effective Megapixels
- 0.70
- Exposure Compensation
- ±1.5 EV (in 1/2 EV steps)
- External Flash
- —
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- 37 - 111 mm
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- 100
- Macro Focus Range
- 1 cm
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- f2.0 - f2.1
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- f14.4 - f15.1
- Max Image Resolution
- 1024 x 768
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Metering
- Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- Min Shutter Speed
- 1/8 sec
- Model
- Mavica FD-83
- Normal Focus Range
- 1 cm
- Optical Zoom
- 3x
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 84,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 2.5"
- Sensor Resolution
- 964 x 725
- Sensor Size
- 1/3" (~ 4.8 x 3.6 mm)
- Sensor Type
- CCD
- Shutter Priority
- No
- Storage Types
- Disk 3.5" (4x speed)
- Total Megapixels
- 0.80
- Usb
- USB 1.0
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- None
- Weight
- 580 g
- White Balance Presets
- 3
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 1999
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