Compare Mavicas

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-FDR1	MVC-CD500
Image sensor	Not transcribed: see the manual	9.04 mm (1/1.8 type) color CCD; primary color filter PDF p. 123
Lens focal length	Not transcribed: see the manual	3× zoom; 7.0–21.0 mm PDF p. 123
35 mm equivalent	Not transcribed: see the manual	34–102 mm PDF p. 123
Maximum aperture	Not transcribed: see the manual	F2.0–2.5 PDF p. 123
Recording media	3.5-inch 2HD floppy disk; MS-DOS, 1.44 MB PDF p. 31	8 cm CD-R / CD-RW PDF p. 123
Batteries named in the manual	NP-F550 / NP-F750 / NP-F950 InfoLITHIUM battery packs PDF p. 23	NP-FM50 PDF p. 123
LCD dot count	No built-in LCD PDF p. 4	123,200 PDF p. 123
Recording formats	JPEG; BMP when BITMAP is enabled PDF p. 18	Still: JPEG, GIF (Clip Motion), TIFF. Movie and still-image audio: MPEG-1 (mono). PDF p. 123
Effective camera pixels	Not transcribed: see the manual	Approx. 5,090,000 PDF p. 123
Largest listed still-image size	640 × 480 PDF p. 31	Not transcribed: see the manual
Recording system	Digital still-image capture adaptor; NTSC PDF p. 4	Not transcribed: see the manual
Input / output connectors	S VIDEO and VIDEO input/output; 8-pin mini-DIN CAMERA input PDF p. 31	Not transcribed: see the manual
Complete instructions	Open manual	Open manual

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