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JVC Everio GZ-MG40 1.33 MP 20 GB Hard Disk Drive Camcorder w/15x Optical Zoom

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Brand: JVC
Category: Photography

List Price: ~~$799.99~~
Buy New: $715.00
You Save: $84.99 (11%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

(6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7245

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Optical Zoom: 15
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 45
Minimum Focal Length: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 2.7 x 2.8

MPN: GZMG40
Model: GZMG40
UPC: 046838021794
EAN: 0046838021794
ASIN: B000A13YL6

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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happy with it October 10, 2005
66 out of 66 found this review helpful

I have been using this camcorder for almost two weeks now. And here are my impressions:

PROS:

A) This is a tiny camcorder and I can easily carry it in my pocket everyday.

B) It records directly on a 20GB harddrive. This is probably the most amazing feature of this camera. It has the following amazing benefits:
(1) A huge recording space
(2) Random access to recorded videos when browsing
(through a thumblist of videos)
(3) Super fast transfer onto your computer through USB 2.0.
(4) No tapes, no CDs, no DVDs to worry about while recording video.
(5) Facilitates easy archiving/organizing . For example, all the recorded files on the camera's harddrive have "creation date"s as a part of their file information. When the camera is connected to your computer, you can sort all files by date and easily separate all recordings by date to different folders by simply selecting and dragging. (This is extra, but if you want to index and be able to search your video files, say with google desktop, simply enter a list of keywords in the file name about the contents of the file.)
(6) The harddrive on your camera can double as additional portable storage media- this is unlikely but If you wanted you could even install linux on it and carry with you an operating system on your camera.

C) Video quality is good for a consumer level video camera. The sound quality recorded through the internal microphone is good: i can hear the lectures I record very clearly and there is no annoying noise generated by the camera.

D) The charger that comes with this camera is very small. So you can carry that around as well and worry less about running out of battery.

CONS:

A) No mic jacks.
B) manual focus and light adjustments are done through menus.
C) The editing software that comes with it is limited.
D) The battery life is a mere hour(but you can buy a 3 hour battery for 70-80 dollars).

As with all camcorders, the still images shot with this camera are not at the level of quality you can get from a good still camera. It produces reasonable snapshots in well lit situations.

The video files recorded by this camera have a ".MOD" extension in their name. I replace ".MOD" with ".MPG" and most of my standard video viewing software automatically recognize the files.

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