3.5-inch floppy discs store camera images quickly

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Sony Corp. markets the Digital Mavica MVC-FD71 and Digital Mavica MVC-FD51 digital still cameras, which record images onto 3.5-inch floppy discs. To record on the floppy discs, MVC-FD71 utilizes the MaviCap MVC-FDR3 image capture adapter, while the MVC-FD51 makes use of the MaviCap MVC-FDR1 adapter. The MVC-FD71 is found to write 60% faster than its predecessor MVC-FD7, with recording completed within four seconds. The MVC-FD51, which has a 2x-speed floppy drive and Sony's Picture Effect Function, can create special effects such as negative art and sepia coloring.

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Markets Digital Mavica MVC-FD71 & Digital Mavica MVC-FD51 digital still cameras that record images onto 3.5-inch floppy discs

Japan, Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing, Product information, Computer Peripheral Cameras, Sony Corp., Digital cameras, Article

Large-capacity floppy discs race to form de facto standard

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Computer storage makers are racing to develop large-capacity floppy discs and drives that they hope will become the industry standard. Leading contenders are Zip discs and drives, the SuperDisk and the HiFD 3.5-inch floppy disc. Global sales of standard floppy discs fell 18% to around 2.16 billion units in 1998 and are expected to fall by another 16% to 1.82 billion units in 1999, according to the Japan Recording Media Industry Assn.

World, Magnetic and Optical Recording Media Manufacturing, Floppy Magnetic Disks, Floppy disks

Matsushita's Floppy Disk Drives Compatible with 8- and 5.25- Inch

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JU-591 is a floppy disk drive that is used with the conventional 5.25-inch double-density mini-floppy disk and the large-capacity 5.25-inch or 8-inch floppy disk. This system automatically selects the speed for either type of mini-floppy disk. Annual sales are expected to total 200,000 units.

Disk drives, Floppy disk drives, Floppy Disk Drive, New Product, product announcement, 5.25" Disk, 8" Disk, JU-591