Originally posted by Gnu
Ewww ... a Sony Mavica, I presume. I like my photos with a little less mud in them, thanks.
It was a good idea when they first came to market, when USB wasn't as commonplace and PC card readers were a bit expensive. It just doesn't make much sense now. Most floppy-cams either operate at pitiful resolutions or are horribly compressed -- 1.44 MB just isn't enough for a practical digital camera, not to mention the inherent reliability issues to the medium.
I don't mean this personally -- if you like your camera, brilliant. I'm just giving general opinion ... floppy drives are a poor storage method, and digital cameras are no exception.
I normally never reply to a post like you made.
"I don't mean this personally", now that made me smile.
I made no bragging statements about my camera, not even the name.... only that I daily use the floppy drive for my camera
I use my camera with the computer.
I agree it is NOT for printing! I have NO use for printed pictures.. I have drawers full of them, taken over the years with my 35 MM camera. I haven't taken a 35 MM picture since I got my Mavica about 4 years ago. I enjoy seeing my pictures on the computer and the convenience of CD storage for all my images.
Your high resolution cameras doesn't make a dime's difference when it comes to posting a computer image. Once it's uploaded, high resolution, low resolution, they all come out about the same.
I read everyday on different forums where people are having problems uploading images into their computers.... using your USB and card readers and other programs. None of that is needed with my camera. It has worked without one error for 4 years.
Also I don't have to "resize or resample" every picture before I can view the complete image on my screen.
You bet I like my camera.... if I didn't, I well can afford ANY camera or anything else I might desire.
When they come out with a 10 X optical zoom that stores on a CD I will buy it. Sony has one that writes to a CD but it's not 10 X zoom.
You started this thread about the old floppy drive had out lived it's time.
Well take a look at this, for XP owners that are without a bootable CD-ROM. Seems Microsoft disagrees with you.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33290&area=search&ordinal=1
Also, I ordered my Dell with a Ethernet card installed. Had I went to Office Depot and purchased a Ethernet card I would have to had to use my floppy drive to install the drivers.