Sony MCS1 PhotoVault Mini CD-R Staion Product Overview (Assistant Photographer)

Foreword

Since the fashion for reviews of old pieces of iron has gone, then why not join in, eh? This review will focus on the Sony MCS1 assistant camera device. This device, if I'm not mistaken, was released in 2004 and then, probably, it was very important.
I tried to imagine what the review would have been back in 2004 and this is what came of it.

Actually, the review

For any photographer (at least a professional, even an amateur, even a beginner), there was always an acute problem of storing information. At the time of the film, it was possible to buy more cassettes for oneself and rejoice. Now, in the century of numbers, it will not work. Of course, you can buy a capacious USB flash drive and solve your problems, since the price allows. But there are situations when a large USB flash drive is not required in everyday life, or photographs need to be sent by mail (meaning ordinary mail, not electronic), while not having a computer at hand that is necessary for recording a disc ... (I understand that crazy, but fantasy was enough only for that.)
Today we look at a device for recording mini CDs Sony MCS-1, which at least somehow, but helps the photographer in various force majeure situations.
So, the package:

• the device itself;
• battery compartment;
• network cable and power supply;
• video cable for connecting to a TV;
• user's manual.

Close-up of the device's face (photo taken from Amazon.com):

There are five controls for the device: the mode selection and confirmation buttons, the lid open button, the power button.

The front panel contains a slot for Memory Stick and USB-host:

On the rear panel - a power connector and a thread for fixing the battery compartment:

On the side panels, there are buttons for switching on, opening the cover and a connector for a video cable:

The battery compartment is designed for 4 AA batteries and is screwed to the device firmly enough, so that the power failure is not terrible. As you may have guessed, the device can operate both from batteries and from a network of 220 V.

The device supports mini CD-R discs with a diameter of 8 cm. CD-RW discs are not supported. View open mouth:

As a source, you can use MS cards or a camera / flash drive that supports the Mass Storage standard. The process of using the device is very simple: all that is required of you is to connect the camera, insert the disk and press the Enter button. At the end of the recording device will ask you about finalizing the disc.
PS I did not buy the device, it got to me for nothing, which is why the review was written. I myself would never buy this, and it is very difficult to find it on sale (in any case, we have in Stavropol).

Afterword

Thank you all for your attention.
And yet ... I apologize for the quality of the photos - the device itself mysteriously got lost in the apartment (probably collapsed in the "poddivanie"), but I fotkal this miracle for a long time, so I could not reconsider.