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OS-tan Talk / Re: OS-tan hot takes

Last post by oobabasama - Yesterday at 10:48:29 PM

It turns out Ultima-san isn't that obscure after all, she has far more posts on Pixiv than for example Secchan. It reminds me of how Obabasama has far more tagged posts than ME, XP, 95 and everyone else on the same site

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by VonDaab - Yesterday at 03:14:16 PM

Early Mavicas could store up to 40 pictures on lowest quality. That's more than what a 35mm roll of film could do. Those were usually either 24 or 36 shots per roll.

Oh yeah, the FD85 supports MPEG video. It's video quality is gloriously crusty. And only 5 second snippets.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Goujer - Yesterday at 03:03:00 PM

Its 1280x960, so really not that far from early iPhones, or even just a downscaled image off a iPhone4.
With maximum quality you can only get something like 6 photos on a single floppy.

Early Mavicas actually use a video camera sensor, so the image is scanned as an interlaced picture, which does give early Mavicas that somewhat jaggy picture quality. FD85 has already a sensor that scans the entire field in a single go. No interlace splicing that would cause artefacting.

Only 6 images a floppy!? Makes you wonder how many floppies avid users of those cameras would have brought around.

I think the interlacing of the sensor is a bit of the charm.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 03:00:39 PM

Nifty, it's cool to see the increase in photo quality. It looks clearer but still has a retro feel IMO.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by VonDaab - Yesterday at 01:40:04 PM

You could convince me that new pic was taken with a modern camera.

Its 1280x960, so really not that far from early iPhones, or even just a downscaled image off a iPhone4.
With maximum quality you can only get something like 6 photos on a single floppy.

Dropping the quality down to 640x480 starts to give more the original FD7 look, but due to how the sensor works on FD7, it still doesn't get the true crustyness with the FD85.


Early Mavicas actually use a video camera sensor, so the image is scanned as an interlaced picture, which does give early Mavicas that somewhat jaggy picture quality. FD85 has already a sensor that scans the entire field in a single go. No interlace splicing that would cause artefacting.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Goujer - Yesterday at 01:34:15 PM

You could convince me that new pic was taken with a modern camera.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by VonDaab - Yesterday at 10:11:14 AM

I think I have a problem. Now I own 2 Mavica cameras.





The FD85 quality is kinda unfair compared to the older FD7. Maybe bit too good, as it just starts to look like any typical digital camera of the early 00s.

#8

OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans II: The DECk...

Last post by Bella - July 05, 2026, 10:07:21 PM

Waiting for you to remember she existed.

What's she look like? I wanna draw her...

#9

OS-tan Talk / Re: More IBM-tans II: The DECk...

Last post by stewartsage - July 05, 2026, 09:45:34 PM

Waiting for you to remember she existed.

#10

General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Bella - July 05, 2026, 06:18:46 PM

We're glad to have you back!

I'm glad there's more life on the forum, too!