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Sony MVC-FD92

Sony adds a Memory Stick slot to a popular 1.3/1.6 megapixel (interpolated) design, for increased storage and improved image quality!

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Review First Posted: 4/16/2001

Shutter Lag/Cycle Times
When you press the Shutter button on a camera, there's usually a lag time before the shutter actually fires. This time is to allow the autofocus and autoexposure mechanisms time to do their work, and can amount to a fairly long delay in some situations. Since this number is almost never reported on, and can significantly affect the picture taking experience, we now routinely measure it using Imaging Resource proprietary testing.

Sony Mavica MVC-FD92 Timings

Operation Time (secs) Notes

Power On -> First shot 5.0/5.3
Time is delay until first shot captured. (Shorter time is with Memory Stick enabled: Camera needs to check floppy first, to see if there's space available.)

Shutdown ~0 - 15
No lens retraction to wait for, meaning zero shutdown normally. Max time is time until floppy may be removed if Text-mode image is being processed.

Play to Record, first shot 1.1
Time is delay until first shot captured, very fast.

Record to play (max/min res) 1.6, 3.1, 8.3, 15.0
Shortest time is for image already processed to floppy or Memory Stick. Next is for high res JPEG image just captured, using Memory Stick. 8.3 seconds is for JPEG to floppy. Longest is for text-mode image just captured, to floppy.

Shutter lag, full autofocus 0.75
A bit faster than average.

Shutter lag, manual focus 0.61 A bit slower than average.

Shutter lag, prefocus 0.18 A bit faster than average.

Cycle time, max/min res 2.6/2.0
7.2/4.6
Shorter times are for Memory Stick, longer for floppy disk storage. (Memory Stick times are quite fast.)

Overall, the FD92 is an average to somewhat faster-than-average performer. It's shutter lag times are at the lower end of the range among competing cameras, and it's shot to shot time is surprisingly fast when its saving files to a memory stick. There's no continuous-drive mode, so it may not be the first choice for sports, but the 2.6 second cycle time (again, when writing to a memory stick) isn't bad at all. Overall, a pretty good performance.

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Sony Mavica MVC-FD92 Timings
Operation	Time (secs)	Notes
Power On -> First shot	5.0/5.3	Time is delay until first shot captured. (Shorter time is with Memory Stick enabled: Camera needs to check floppy first, to see if there's space available.)
Shutdown	~0 - 15	No lens retraction to wait for, meaning zero shutdown normally. Max time is time until floppy may be removed if Text-mode image is being processed.
Play to Record, first shot	1.1	Time is delay until first shot captured, very fast.
Record to play (max/min res)	1.6, 3.1, 8.3, 15.0	Shortest time is for image already processed to floppy or Memory Stick. Next is for high res JPEG image just captured, using Memory Stick. 8.3 seconds is for JPEG to floppy. Longest is for text-mode image just captured, to floppy.
Shutter lag, full autofocus	0.75	A bit faster than average.
Shutter lag, manual focus	0.61	A bit slower than average.
Shutter lag, prefocus	0.18	A bit faster than average.
Cycle time, max/min res	2.6/2.0 7.2/4.6	Shorter times are for Memory Stick, longer for floppy disk storage. (Memory Stick times are quite fast.)