Sony Mavica - Popular Questions, Answers, Tips & Manuals

This is a well known phenomenon known technically as being 'out of focus'.

close the session on the cd with cd burning software on a PC. you'll be able to recover pictures that way.

The manual on page 108 says: So or your disk is dirty, or is is damaged. The manual is still online: https://docs.sony.com/release/MVCCD250.pdf

Press the OPEN (flash) button. This button is on the side of the camera just below the flash. The flash mode button (lightning icon) is at the lower left on the rear of the camera. This only changes settings when the flash is up. This cycles through Auto, red-eye reduction, forced flash and no flash. The mode shows in the finder or the LCD screen. AUTO mode does not show.

Corrupt disk.

your issue is a matter on software compatibility, try to find correct software to run on your MAC that is compatible with software that used to run the discs before...no problem with discs or the external DVD...

With a digital camera, some things go different as we were used to with the film camera. The autofocus function, will try to prevent you from taking a picture when not focused. With a digital camera, every picture should be ok. Than means, as soon as the camera "thinks" not enough light or not in focus, it won't release the shutter. Even when not in automatic, the camera wants to make sure it is in focus and has enough light. So try again when you have enough light. Then press the shutter release button half, till the camera is ready focusing and then press complete. If the camera still strikes perhaps it needs a repair centre? Make sure you did place the camera in automatic, to exclude other possibilities that can cause "out of focus" or "wrong light"

It is very hard to find the repair manual. Have you got it ? I repaired my old FD-75 just by open it and disassembly the shutter button swith, cleaned and re-assembled. It works after more than a year without use.