Some Useful Information I have had this camcorder for about three weeks and have some useful information for the user and prospective buyer. I would also like to offer my opinions. Firstly, I bought this camera because I often need manual controls for focus etc. This camcorder fits the bill. I also didn't want a touch screen. I don't know why users want to plan on having to scratch and gunge up their display by having to touch it. I hate a screen that has been damaged and/or is dirty. This is what you ask for wh...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/23/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (30 of 30) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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The unmatched quality leaves Sony and Canon in dust First of all let me deny all the idiotic reviews that keep copying one another that this camera produces inferior video. This is 3ccd baby produces unmatched quality footage with perfect color separation, great sharpness and smooth operations. Technically speaking this camcorder is way over the category it was placed in. HD7 has a Fujinon PRO lens with 3(!!!) AS EL elements and it has consistent 1,8-1.9 aperture all across the range while Canon and Sony are 3 on the tele end.
I also deny...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/21/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (36 of 37) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Fantastic Camera, but BEWARE the small print. I bought this camera and the
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/09/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (32 of 33) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great Consumer HD Solution If you are more than a casual video user or if you have bought a video camera more than twice in the last 10 years I would say that you probably need a high end HD camera to satisfy you. For me, someone who has only owned 1 other video camera in the last 10 years I find this camera to be amazing. I do not shoot professionally and if i did there are many great HD solutions in the 3-6 grand range. Since this is not my business and I do not have money to burn this was the camera that satisfied all ...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/01/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (46 of 48) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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FULL HD 1080!! I bought this at Circuit City Online for $1349, which was 200 bucks off plus an extra 10% off for Easter Sunday since all retail stores were closed. I shot some sample footage and its so easy to operate, no tapes to mess with, just turn it on and push record..When i got home i hooked it up via HDMI to my 37" MItsubishi LCD flat panel 1080p TV, and the picture was amazing. The clarity and color for outdoor video was like watching Discovery HD. I actually bought the jvc808 battery but i am thinkin...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/11/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (19 of 20) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Beautiful images for auto amateurs and manual professionals I bought this camera while deployed to Iraq as the heat and the dust killed a lesser camera. The compact-with-heft size is perfect, as is the 60GB huge sealed-against-dust hard disk drive. I've been able to generate images of non-repeatable events from day one in full auto mode and the images just get better and better as I master the range of manual controls.
This camera should never have been marketed as a high-end consumer point-and-shoot camera as a lot of consumers don't seem...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/17/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
94% (18 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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OIS Issues I just spoke with JVC customer support and they acknowledged that the OIS in the GZHD7 is 'weak'. He said the issue is mechanical and that no fix or patch will be released for the current model. Instead, they plan to address the issue in the next model, possibly due out in the March/April 2008 timeframe. He made the point (confirmed by many in these posts) that the other features easily make up for the the lacking OIS capability.
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/24/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
93% (14 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Fantastic!! Was looking for a nice camcorder for the birth of my baby (next week!) Bought this at Circuit City over Easter - they had a $200 online discount plus an additional 10% Easter Sale - came to $1349 plus tax! I was originally looking at the Sony SR1, was impressed by the lens, LCD and built, but felt it was somewhat hefty - lo and behold, the JVC HD Everio comes out and this Camera is very well built, fits the hand like a glove (unlike the larger SR1 which I feels like it needs 2 hands to avoid jit...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/11/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
92% (13 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A Very High Quality Product After spending hours at the local Fry's Electronics, trying different camcorders, I picked out this model. I did not like the Canon camcorder cheap feel and its inability to focus as I zoomed in, even with plenty of light inside the store. The Sony camcorder felt good in hand, but the picture as monitored in the viewfinder was noisy and grainy - again, with pleny of indoor light. But as I picked up JVC GZ-HD3 (the younger brother of the HD7, they didn't have the HD7 model at the store) I was ama...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/30/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
92% (12 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Optical Image Stabilization is DEFECTIVE and not working!! The Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) feature on the GZ-HD7 is not working on my camera and from what I've read on the internet its not working for alot of other GZ-HD7 owners either.
I've been in contact with JVC for a week now about the OIS issue. The first time I called JVC the support technician obviously knew nothing about this problem. It wasn't until I requested a higher level support technician that I started getting some answers.
The 2nd level support technici...
[JVC Everio 60GB Hard Drive Camcorder (GZHD7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/19/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (19 of 21) Users Found This Review Helpful |