Yep...that's where my digital photo history comes from - 1997 I bought the Mavica FD91, and shot photos on floppy for years. ; Back then, 1MP was incredible, and almost noone used much more than 800x600 monitor resolution...so with no knowledge of computers or digital cameras, it was all very impressive to me. ; 15x optical stabilized zoom! ; tilt LCD! ; Spot metering! ; Manual white balance!
Of course, I quickly discovered that the huge 1mp photos took up too much space on the floppies, and I could only get about 15-18 photos on one. ; So I switched to the space saving 640x480 mode which were still huge on my monitor of the day. ; I used that, or 800x600, many times over a 3-4 year period with that camera. ; Not until I upgraded to a monitor that could set to 1024x768 did I realize that...woah...my photos are small! ; And when I make them bigger, they look like lego assemblies!
I upgraded in 2002 to the Sony F717, a 5MP gem of a camera with an awesome F2.0 Zeiss lens...that camera can still hold its own today...I loved the Mavica and had a ton of fun with it - learned a lot about photography too. ; But only later did I realize that I practically wasted 5-6 years of vacation photos that can't really serve much purpose other than a small slideshow or wallet-sized prints.
My last two computers, and my workstation at work, don't have floppy drives...and I really would like to dig up some of those old photos and archive them off those disks. ; Where on earth to find a floppy drive is the challenge now! ; I'd consider buying a USB floppy drive if I could find one cheap.
