What is the cheapest used Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 in the UK?

The cheapest used Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 currently listed is £50.99 at eBay, based on 10 listings compared across 1 UK retailers.

How many used Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 are for sale in the UK?

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Used Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 for Sale — From £51

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Iconic floppy-disk digital camera from 1999 with Carl Zeiss 10x zoom, cult favourite for retro digital photography.

The Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 is a fascinatingly unique digital camera from 1999 that saved images directly to standard 3.5-inch floppy disks, eliminating the need for card readers or special software at a time when transferring digital photos to a computer was still a genuine challenge for most consumers.

The camera features a 0.3-megapixel CCD sensor paired with a 10x optical zoom Carl Zeiss lens, an impressive zoom range that made the Mavica popular with estate agents and insurance adjusters who needed to document properties and items at various distances. The VGA resolution of 640x480 was adequate for web use and small prints.

The floppy disk storage system was brilliantly practical for its era — each disk held roughly 20 images and could be read by any computer with a floppy drive, requiring no drivers or special software. The camera body is necessarily large to accommodate the disk mechanism, giving it a distinctive chunky profile with a prominent grip.

The Sony Mavica series has become iconic among digital photography historians and retro tech enthusiasts. The floppy disk format's extreme limitations — 1.44MB per disk — imposed creative constraints that some modern photographers deliberately seek out, and the cameras have developed a following among artists exploring the lo-fi digital aesthetic.