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Up to three models, with a source for each value. A missing transcription is not a missing camera feature. Sensor size, effective pixels and output image size are different measurements.

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From the manuals	MVC-FD100	MVC-CD500
Image sensor	6.64 mm (1/2.7 type) color CCD PDF p. 96	9.04 mm (1/1.8 type) color CCD; primary color filter PDF p. 123
Lens focal length	3× zoom; 6.4–19.2 mm PDF p. 96	3× zoom; 7.0–21.0 mm PDF p. 123
35 mm equivalent	41–123 mm PDF p. 96	34–102 mm PDF p. 123
Maximum aperture	F3.8–3.9 PDF p. 96	F2.0–2.5 PDF p. 123
Recording media	3.5-inch 2HD floppy disk; MS-DOS, 1.44 MB; Memory Stick PDF p. 96	8 cm CD-R / CD-RW PDF p. 123
Batteries named in the manual	NP-F330 / NP-F550 PDF p. 96	NP-FM50 PDF p. 123
LCD dot count	123,200 PDF p. 96	123,200 PDF p. 123
Recording formats	Still: JPEG, GIF (TEXT / Clip Motion), TIFF. Movie: MPEG. PDF p. 96	Still: JPEG, GIF (Clip Motion), TIFF. Movie and still-image audio: MPEG-1 (mono). PDF p. 123
Effective camera pixels	Approx. 1,228,000 PDF p. 96	Approx. 5,090,000 PDF p. 123
Largest listed still-image size	Not transcribed: see the manual	Not transcribed: see the manual
Recording system	Not transcribed: see the manual	Not transcribed: see the manual
Input / output connectors	Not transcribed: see the manual	Not transcribed: see the manual
Complete instructions	Open manual	Open manual

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