List Price:
$549.95
Details
- Operational with a high-performance Konica Minolta lens
- Wedge efficiently with one of the world's smallest and lightest hard disk camcorders
- Dream in light of remaining battery power by percent and remaining recording time in minutes with the information battery
Description
Everio has been redesigned to make more satisfaction in a smaller, lighter body. It's the world's smallest and lightest hard disk camcorder, so you can bound actively without fatigue, and travel with lots of space left over when you clique your bags. Elegant and slim HDD/micro SD Hybrid camcorder featuring 60GB HDD for up to 75 hours of recording with KONICA MINOLTA LENS, 35x visual zoom and easy to navigate Laser Touch Operation
Customer Reviews
I would second this camcorder!
I searched spaced out and low for a good HD camcorder that wouldn't break my bank and I finally found the JVC Everio GZ-MG360 for a respectable price. I took it with me on a trip the day after I got it and have just now been able to see the finished offering. Here's my eval of it:
Pros:
-VERY easy to use... if you're the least bit tech savy then you can make heads out how to use everything by just simply clicking through the buttons.
-Nice, functional devise - lightweight, small, and very stylish!
-Even on the highest 'ultra fine' setting I got 8 hrs of video.
-Transfer between the camcorder and PC is a piece of cake... when you puff it in... it takes over!
Cons:
-Even though they do not lie about it... the battery life is only around 1hr or so... I would vouch for buying a second battery... I had access to an outlet so no biggie.
-I craving there was an automatic lens opener on it because I kept forgetting to open and intimate the lens... it does remind you however!
-Not that this is a big deal but WMP does not own the 16:9 aspect ratio so you will need to use DIVX or RP to play the vid files with the true aspect ratio.
Summary: Overall I am VERY pleased with this camcorder and would approvingly recommend this for anyone wanting a low end price memory snapper! :)
2009-05-28
| Agathos007 (Dallas, Texas USA) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 4
Passion it!
I intended this camcorder. It's light, small, and really easy to use. Good grandeur recording. It's first use was recording a 50th birthday party and it turned out great.
2009-04-14
(Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca. United States) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5
Concentrated and Easy To Use.
The first feeling of the JVC 60GB Camcorder was the compact size and light weight. The controls were very quiet to figure out on day 1. The laser slider and touch controls are pleasingly because the LCD screen won't get smudged.
The camera takes pretty good pictures. The endeavour button is a 2-stage like many digital cameras. Press meagerly and hold there for the camera to focus and adjust to the lighting; when you get the green subpoena on the LCD screen, press down fully and take the picture.
I think for most people, they will be pleasantly surprised with this camcorder. Create and function fit well with its size and weight.
There are packages available on Amazon.com with this JVC, which subsume just about everything you'll need for most of us. I bought this camcorder as a package and saved a lot of cabbage.
The JVC 60GB Everio is a great buy, in my opinion.
2009-04-04
(Chicago, IL) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5
Wiser than expected from a really good seller
What can I say? After trolling through pros and cons and tons of reviews, it came down to Panasonic, Sony and JVC. The Panasonic received too many negating reviews on their file format, and the only Sony option was Hard Drive since the flash camcorders hardened the very expensive and proprietary pro-duo memory cards. So Hard Drive camcorders it was. The 30 GB Sony was a tad more up-market, by about $[...], than the JVC. But it had 0 lux night vision. Awesome! The 30GB JVC Everio was cheaper and also had tons of extensive reviews. Then I checked the used camcorders. I picked up this 60GB version for a scant $[...] with an included JVC camera bag. So my choice was obvious, especially when I was skilful to score a 60GB for cheaper than the 30GB. It doesn't look used, only an open box article. Plus the Seller was great and got the camera to me sooner than expected. Alarming service from Offprice.
Here's a list of programs I use. I convert into i-Pod, wmv and AVI for all my portable players and to send across the net. I remodel into VOB and MPEGII for all my DVD recordings. Here's a list of all the programs I use, some free, some not. Nero Phantasm Express, Super encoder, TMPEG nc plus, TMPEG nc DVD Inventor, and Archos media converter.
Here's what I've done so far. I took the thing out and started recording at the maximum effort quality. Why not, it has 60GB of space. I also recorded an instructional video. After all my recording, I hooked the JVC up to the computer (outside HD style), and simply drug the files directly into NERO Plan Express to create a DVD. I also created a DVD another way, by converting the files to .VOB and using TMPEG products to have add up control over my DVD creation. Works like a charm, and quality is ok bearing in mind standard definition. On the 42 inch LCD HDTV, it looks ok. Not Expensive Def, but I was only budgeting $[...], not $[...], so I wasn't expecting movie eminence. But if you hook the player directly up to the TV, the quality is much better. So I'll tinker with it to find the A-one fit.
I haven't tried the direct to DVD back-up yet from the camcorder, so I'll try that next.
Now for the meat:
Pros:
It was the most deal I could find. $[...] for a 60GB 35x optical zoom is unbeatable. Speaking of the zoom, it gets a narrow-minded fuzzy around 30x or so, but you can still make out a clear image. The optical stabilization works top when zooming in that close. I think the term for this type of zoom is "Stalker Zoom." The 60GB HD will authorize many hours of the best quality recording (15 hours I dream up), and hooking it to the computer is a snap, like any other external HD. Working with the files is comfortable with the right programs, and many of them are free. I haven't installed the JVC stuff. Its mundane form factor (about the size of two packs of Marlboro 100s put together) is very solid and as the wife says, "cute." It's very good indoors, even more safely a improved outdoors, and pretty good in low light situations. It's everything I expected it to be. I started recording as in the near future as I took it out of the box, so it's also very easy to use.
Cons:
The auto focus gets put off and sometimes takes a while under lowlight conditions. I'm still trying to figure out how to use the built in LED glare; it seems to have a mind of its own and turns on and off by itself if it thinks the computer screen you're shooting is too dark (for an instructional video).
It's not HD so wait for standard definition quality on a large screen HDTV. That's all I can remarkably think of other than the extra-life battery sticks out like a smarting thumb, but at least it's out of the way during operation.
Summary:
I'll get a different point of view when the chain takes it out for our daughter's field day. As of yet, I call this the purchase of the year for me. I got what I wanted. Next, I'll look into HD camcorders, but that's accepted to be a long while from now. This JVC will suit our needs just fine and fit our budget word for word. I highly recommend it.
2009-03-11
| mooooooo (San Antonio, TX USA) | Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 5
Documentation Camera in a Small Package
This is the first camcorder I've ever owned, so unfortunately, I can't parallel it to anything else. However, I've used it for about 3 weeks now, and I'm pretty happy with it so far. It is very easy to use, and its compact evaluate allows me the opportunity to use it more than I probably would if it was bulkier.
2008-12-29
(Houston, TX USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4
