With the evolution of consumer digital camera resolution (megapixels), the advent of the USB interface and the rise of high-capacity storage media, Mavicas started to offer other alternatives for recording images: the floppy-disk (FD) Mavicas began to be Memory Stick compatible (initially through a Memory Stick Floppy Disk adapter, but ultimately through a dedicated Memory Stick slot), and a new CD Mavica series—which used 8 cm (3") CD-R/CD-RW media—was released in 2000. The first CD-based Mavica (MVC-CD1000), notable also for its 10× optical zoom, could only write to CD-R discs, but it was able to use its USB interface to read images from CDs not finalized (CDs with incomplete sessions). Subsequent models are more compact, with a reduced optical zoom, and are able to write to CD-RW discs. A couple of the models were formed with a single lens reflex component combined with an interchangeable lens. And to give them flexibility, one or two versions also had lens mount adapters. Later Sony digital cameras The Mavica line has been discontinued. Sony continues to produce digital cameras in the Cyber-shot and Alpha series, which use Memory Stick and other flash card technologies for storage. Mavica models Still video cameras with storage on 2.0" video floppy Sony MAVICA (1981) (Mavipak 2.0" VF, SLR design, 3 lenses, several prototypes) Sony Mavica MVC-A7AF (1987) (Mavipak 2.0" VF) Sony ProMavica MVC-2000 1989) (Mavipak 2.0" Hi-VF) Sony Hi-Band Mavica MVC-C1 (1988) (Mavipak 2.0" Hi-VF) Sony Hi-Band Mavica MVC-A10 (1989) (Mavipak 2.0" Hi-VF) Sony ProMavica MVC-2010 (1990) (Mavipak 2.0" VF Hi-VF) Sony ProMavica MVC-5000 (1990) (Mavipak 2.0" VF, SLR design, various lenses) Sony ProMavica MVC-7000 (1992) (Mavipak 2.0" Hi-VF, SLR design, 5 lenses, 2 lens adapters) Digital still cameras with storage on 3.5" floppy disk Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD5 (late 1997, early 1998, fixed focal length lens) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD7 (late 1997, early 1998, 10× optical zoom lens) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD51 (mid-1998, fixed focal length lens) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD71 (mid-1998, 10× optical zoom lens) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 (1999) Sony FD Mavica MVC-FD75 (2001) (10× optical zoom lens) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD81 (1998) (First mavica cam capturing video in 162x112 for 60s or 320x240 for 15s in 16fps,1024x768 common images) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD83 (1999) (1024x768 still images, 320x240 @16fps MPEG-1 video up to 15s) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD85 (1280x960 still images, 320x240 @16fps MPEG-1 video up to 15s) Sony FD Mavica MVC-FD87 (2001)