Sony Mavica FD5 Retro Review: The Camera That Used Floppy Disks

1998 Review of Sony Mavica Shows How Far Digital Cameras Have Come

Video: a Retro Review of Sony's 24-year-old Mavica FD5 camera, which used floppy discs for storage

The history of the camera spans several centuries, evolving from basic optical devices to the sophisticated digital systems we use today. Below is an overview of the key milestones: --- 1. The Camera Obscura (5th-15th Century) The camera obscura ("dark room") is the earliest form of a camera. It was used by scientists and artists to project an inverted image of a scene through a small hole onto a flat surface. Not a device for capturing images, it served primarily as a drawing aid. --- 2. Early