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JVC GR-D70 Digital Camcorder [Mini-DV 16xOptical DV-in/out]
JVC (
23 April, 2003 )
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Excellent camera, loads of features..  |
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For once I bought something cheaper elsewhere! I actually bought this camera for £348.00 with free next day delivery, therefore Im definately giving it 5/5!! Shop around, I wont name the company! The camera is palm sized and has loads of features, Im still trying to work them all out! You get a memory card included which is handy, so you can save your still shots here, and keep the tapes for the movies. At this price Im well chuffed!
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Excellent low-mid budget digital camcorder |
Agree with comments made by previous reviewers. The CCD resolution may not be as high as £600+ models but outdoor pictures in good light are virtually indistinguishable from much live television. Sound is also remarkably clear for such a small microphone and free of boom and hiss, though it does pick up wind noise. Aside from this, the major good points are size and weight, build quality, the fact that its a JVC (who invented VHS), and the DV-input, meaning that you can transfer edited footage from your hard disk back to the camera for playback to TV or VCR. Many cameras at this price have DV-output only, meaning edited footage is stuck on your hard disk unless you buy an expensive analog converter box or a DVD-writer (see below).The major disappointment is the digital still mode which is almost useless indoors (due to lack of a flash) and even outdoors under ideal conditions is outperformed by a 1 megapixel camera. The NightShot mode doesnt have the infrared light included in Sonys system and works by simply slowing the shutter speed, so it cant work in complete darkness and fast moving objects appear blurred. Both the Backlight and the Wind Cut functions dont seem to make any difference as far as I can tell. The battery does about 45-60 min recording time with the screen on and about 1.5-2h with it off (not bad for such a small camera), and takes about 1.5h to charge. JVC sell a wide range of batteries and only the smallest in the range is provided. However, power-up time is less than 5 seconds, so unless your subject requires it theres mostly no need to keep the camera switched on continuously. Im using Pinnacle Studio 8 to edit the footage, transfering the completed edit from the hard disk back onto the camera, then plugging the camera into my VCR and recording to VHS from the JVCs analog output. A word of advice for anyone wishing to make the most of this cameras picture quality - the single biggest loss in the entire recording/editing process is the final transfer to VHS; the difference between playing the resulting video tape and playing the cameras digital tape back through a TV directly is very noticeable! So its worth investing in a DVD-writer for your PC, which can now be found for around £80. It will soon pay for itself if you shoot a lot of footage, since blank DVDs now sell for about £1 each compared to mini DV tapes which are more like £5 or £6.
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An excellent Camcorder at an excellent price |
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Ive had this item now for two weeks and i have just figured out what all the fuctions are. Its a great camcorder and if bought via amazon.co.uk an excellent price. Equivilant specs for a sony camcorder would be around £650. The playback quailty is excellent and actualy looks better if playbacked through your home TV instead of the smaller 2.5" LCD display. Snapshoot mode is also quite good which seems to be an issue that some people might disagree with. Because it has dv inout facility, you can copy the images from the camcorders MMC (multimedia card) to the PC and edit the images your self with good editing software such as Adobe photoshop and make the pictures even better. Video playback can also be editied once copied to your PC using software such as pinnacle studio 8, where you can copy your footage to a DVD (if you have a DVD writer on your PC) then add features like interactive menus and scene access like new DVD movies. The battery life on the standard battery only gives you about 1.5 hours of life so an upgraded battery might be an idea, other than that it has all the new features such as memory card, digital zoom, night scope, mini dv format, dv & usb inout. Its hard to fault this superb JVC Digital camcorder.
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