I can confirm it works with my M1 Macbook. Here’s the external USB floppy disk reader I picked up. I’ve learned my lesson with buying old cameras only to realize the pain it takes to read obscure media, or find proprietary batteries or cables. I knew picking one of these up I would at least need a floppy drive. They look like the new Polaroid film cameras, except instead of low-fidelity instant film prints you get ultra low quality digital pixels. Square in design and large enough to hold a floppy disk within and not much more. Could there be a better throwback to nostalgia for a 90s kid photography than this?īeyond the memory format the cameras themselves are super interesting.

We had stacks and stacks of them laying around. As a kid I remember installing software and passing off files and programs to friends using floppy disks. The idea of shooting on floppy disks as a memory format immediately resonated with me. It is a pity, because it’s the more basic model of the two, but I don’t think that matters a whole lot in terms of the final image, as you’ll see in a moment. On the other hand, my Sony FD5 works like a charm. While it powers on, can read from the floppy, and even take a picture, the pictures are a blurry purple mess indicating a possible sensor failure. I liked the lot for the cameras but also the included floppy disks and sellers statement that everything was working when last used years before. I was able to pick up a Sony FD5 and FD7 on eBay for $30, thrown in with some other old camera gear.

Watch me unbox the Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 for the first time.

Ibm formatted floppy disk