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The editors liked
Good quality video
Easy to use
Small
Generally satisfying video and still-photo quality
Light and compact design
Appropriate and usable manual controls
3CCDs. Long recording time. Adequate software. Pleasant in the hand. Simplicity of controls. Cold shoe and microphone socket. Relatively sophisticated still camera functions
Nice pictures.
The editors didn't like
Poor quality still images
Short battery life
No viewfinder The Final Word A great little camcorder only let down by poor quality still images and below par battery life.
No eye-level viewfinder
Requires a pass through the manual to understand operation
No internal lens cover
Renders reds poorly
Video looks washed out on computer
Slow to focus on zooming. No headphone socket. Drop-off in available pixels in 16
9.On-the-camera battery charging. Lack of optical image stabilisation.
Poor quality still images, Short battery life, No viewfinder The Final Word A great little camcorder only let down by poor quality still images and below par battery life.
A great little camcorder only let down by poor quality still images and below par battery life.
Generally satisfying video and still-photo quality, Light and compact design, Appropriate and usable manual controls
No eye-level viewfinder, Requires a pass through the manual to understand operation, No internal lens cover, Renders reds poorly, Video looks washed out on computer
A well-designed hard-disk-based camcorder, the JVC Everio GZ-MG505 produces video and stills that look great on TV. But its price might make you hit Pause. ...
3CCDs. Long recording time. Adequate software. Pleasant in the hand. Simplicity of controls. Cold shoe and microphone socket. Relatively sophisticated still camera functions; nice pictures.
Slow to focus on zooming. No headphone socket. Drop-off in available pixels in 16:9.On-the-camera battery charging. Lack of optical image stabilisation.
I didn?t think it would happen (myself not being a great fan of MPEG video cameras), but if someone was entering video ? especially if they were intending to travel and wanted a convenient, simple camera with a lot of storage for under $2000 ? then I w...
Abstract: John Virata The JVC Everio GZ-MG505U is one of the new breed of camcorders that does away with tape and records directly to a hard disk drive. In addition to this, it features 3 CCDs and a five megapixel still image recording capability in a palm-sized...
Abstract: Keeping It Real Simple On the left side of the LCD screen is a joystick that controls manual features (i.e., shutter, iris, white balance, etc.), night shot, manual focus, backlight and spot exposure. Thats quite a bit of control for just a single joy...
Great feature set overall, with manual controls rivaling Panasonic
Joystick controller works well, and screenside placement surprisingly convenient
Very good video quality, and versatility
Huge 60GB HDD
Good video performance and excellent still perfor...
With HD camcorders only a few hundred dollars more, value is questionable for this SD model
Battery life is shorter than competing models
The JVC GZ-MG505 is the best of the Everio hard disk drive (HDD) camcorders, a welcome relief to a product line marred by overpriced and underperforming camcorders. However, much like its predecessor, the GZ-MC500, this top-of-the-line model managed to...
Huge storage capacity, highly portable, excellent video and stills quality
Experienced videographers may find colors oversaturated
With excellent video and stills performance, the JVC Everio GZ-MG505 manages to improve upon its predecessor, the GZ-MC500. Near the top of JVCs line of internal hard-drive camcorders, the GZ-MG505 is priced out of the reach of budget consumers. Howe...
Taken on its own strengths, the JVC GZ-MG50E is a formidable package. Image quality is good, there is sufficient storage space for the lack of removable media not to be a problem at all, and the features are more than adequate if you don't have semi-profe...
Abstract: JVC?s auto controls are as sufficient compared to most camcorders, so point and shooters could safe record a baseball game without too much trouble. The menus are inviting, so those willing to play around with a few controls should manage.
