20 Most Recent Sony Mavica MVC-FD100 Digital Camera Questions & Answers

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"

Hi nafisa_arefi,

Thanks for the question ,

You are not required to remove the memory card while you charge your camera as it's irrelevant and it will not affect your camera in any way whether you have the memory stick in it or not.

Hope this answers your question ...:) Your feedback would be appreciated.

You can download the manual from the manufacturer's web site at
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=MVCFD100

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When the LCD is black (with no image displayed) isn't necessarily the LCD bad. I would say that out of all of the cameras sent to me for this problem, 99% of them don't require a new LCD. Generally, the only LCD's I replace are physically cracked. No option there... The drive circuit for the display is usually the problem area.

Please click on the link to view the troubleshooting steps then follow all the steps and check if that helps: The LCD screen is blank or appears dark or black

Hope helps.

The Mavica MVC-FD100 has spec for the std. memory stick and does not allow use of the newer Pro-Duo memory stick. Buy an old used std. memory stick on ebay to fix your problem.

Google it on the internet, there are a ton of batteries for sale there, or go to a Photo shop to order one.

Try amazon.com

The floppy driver has an internal switch that detects when the floppy disk is protected or not.

It is likely such switch is damaged.

It is necessary to open the camera and the floppy drive to fix it.

If you have experience and skills in fixing electronic devices, or want to try it, then you can try its repair.

The alternative is to pay to have repaired, but is more likely that the quote you will receive is to replace the whole floppy drive, which costs around $40.00 plus the repair labor.

Regards,

If the disks you are using are new, there is always a possibilty you got a bad batch or you got some that were not pre-formatted, or were formatted for an apple computer. I assume that there is some way to format a floppy disk with the camera. Try to do that and then see if the floppy is recognized.

Welcome to Fixya! In the Settings in the Camera you should have the Option to Format the Stick or Card. Try Reformatting this and see where we are.

THE CARD PROBLBLY HAS NOT BEEN FORMATTED...ARE YOU SURE IT IS A MEMORY STICK PRO "DUO" THERE ARE DIFFERNT KINDS OF MEMORY STICKS (PRO DUO, PRO, QUAL, ETC.)

I get the same problem, what is the solution?

The circuit board has had it, its the L shaped flat board under the main ali floppy body and has 4 connection leads to it(2 at the top and 2 at the bottom)
its possible to swap from another broken camera ??
Sony will probably charge over £100 !!

You can download the latest Sony driver here. Since the camera is over a decade old it's unlikely Sony or anybody else will be writing new drivers for it.

Hi go to this URL ://esupport.sony.com/CA/perl/select-system.pl?PRODTYPE=39

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