
List Price:
$1,699.99
Details
- Three 1/5-inch CCDs with 1920 x 1080 (open and above-board) pixels
- Fujinon 10x visual zoom lens
- Nick and share home movies in full HD
Description
The
JVC Everio GZ-HD7 is a hard-drive based gamy definition camcorder with a variety of unique features destined to the wet the palette of professionals and enthusiasts uniformly. The 60GB internal hard drive is capable of recording up to 420 minutes of standard explanation footage, as well as being able to shoot up to 1080i.
Equipped with a plethora of tiller, the GZ-HD7 performs much like a compact prosumer camera while still being incredibly affordable. The most outstanding feature on the camera is its ability to shoot ultra-high bandwidth MPEG-2 video for increased distinction over traditional HDV.
FEATURES30 Mbps RecordingHDV's variant of MPEG-2 solidity has a bit rate of 25 Mbps. The GZ-HD7 records in the same widely popular MPEG-2 order but the similarities end there. The camera increases the video's overall bandwidth to 30 Mbps, which results in less trimness and higher image quality.
GigaBrid Engine AdvantageThe provided 1/5" CCDs are romantic for both low light and high definition applications. The camera's sophisticated pixel-shifting technology adds fidelity while maintaining higher over-sensitivity found when using less dense sensors.
60 GB Internal DriveThe 60 GB drive provides spread-out record times in both standard and high definition formats. Itemize a staggering 420 minutes of standard definition footage without having to hard cash a tape or pop in a new DVD; simply hit record and you're in business!
Professional-Grade WheelWhat truly distances the GZ-HD7 from its competition is the professional feeling of its controls. The camera is meant to give users a maximum amount of manual control without being overly intimidating. Whether it's the enchiridion focus ring of convenient shoe mount, the GZ-HD7 will perform like
Customer Reviews
The Support is in the Pudding
The lean is in the pudding.
I shot an entire feature-length documentary using a JVC GZ-HD7U, a in holy matrimony of Schriber shotgun mics (Model SA-568ZM) strapped to it and plugged into its stereo input jack using a Y connector, and a GLIDECAM 2000 Pro.
The documentary subservient to required RAPID deployment of camera and sound equipment on tracking down with little or no advanced notice. The portability of this camera made it ideal for these tough shooting schedules.
The site where the majority of shooting was done required Draconian mobility in small spaces. This camera was small enough and light enough to ploy around with, even when the shotgun mics were strapped to it and all of that rig was mounted on the GLIDECAM.
With the documentary being marksman in multiple locations - indoors and outdoors - using only available lighting (no extra artificial lighting was required for any part of the documentary shoot), this camera performed definitely well for all lightng situations encountered.
Having limited idle-opportunity intervals between shooting sessions - typically as little as 1 hour - downloading recorded video from the camera to mound storage (I used 4 1-terabyte WINBOOK drives hooked up to a Toshiba Right-hand man laptop) was a breeze.
As for battery capacity, I managed just pleasant using only two JVC Battery Packs (BN-VF823U) and one JVC AA-VF8 charger. Battery level indicators on the camera were supremely obvious. Shooting schedules for the documentary typically ran from sunup to well beyond sundown and by always having one of the batteries in the mare while shooting with the other - switching batteries as needed - I never, in more than 100 hours of shooting for the documentary, found myself holding a inept camera with no juice available to operate it.
Durability of the camera was terrific. It never got dropped but it did get its share of bumps during the shoot and none of them damaged or negatively sham its performance whatsoever. It was operated in extreme temperature situations ranging from frosty to +100 degree, high-humidity summer temps without a bum a ride or glitch.
I have never rated any product I have purchased before in my life 100% five stars across the take meals. I can make these ratings for the Everio GZ-HD7U with complete confidence and just occasion derived from long hours of hands-on, heavy field use in shooting the documentary.
Fancy to see the pudding? Just watch the documentary "Harley & Annabelle - Living Tradition in Erick, Oklahoma" available at [...] to see how well this camera performed for the obligation.
2010-01-21
| FLUXFAZE (Mora, NM USA) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5
I DON'T GET ITTTT!!!!!!
I dont get it bought this camera almost 3 years ago and I got it at Frys for $999. Why is it active for 1,999 now????
2009-11-03
| KH (Houston, TX) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4
Extraordinary Camcorder
Conclude from some poor reviews but to my delight it is just what I wanted. An upgrade to HD from a 3 chip Sony. Videos are exquisite, battery life is better than reviews. I bought an extended lifetime battery and have only had to use it once on an extra inning baseball game. Integrates definitely with iMovie 09 once I learned how to create and play playlists in the camera. I am a jubilant camper. The unit arrived promptly from the vendor with all original garnishing. Could not tell it from brand new.
2009-06-12
| digitalphotoguy (South Bend, IN United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
possibly a 4.5 but a 1 never
I have owned this camera for about 2 years, trade-in is tricky and does take some reading on how to do it, but it is not difficult once you learn. 1.8-1.9 fissure, low light ability is what that means. If it is very dark then get a video light. Nautical bend a microphone and the sound is fantastic. IS with video you will still need a tripod, first-rate, or monopod at minimum, especially for long filming. Two years ago, I present almost every thing that I could about camcorders before purchasing this camera and found it to be the best on the market at the quotation I paid for it. It is still one of the best, if you use manual controls, which many others don't even offer. But like we say in DSLR words maybe some people like to keep it in the "P" professional setting. Cheers.
2009-04-05
(Houston, Texas) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Invest your money wisely! This is not one of those!
I have owned a JVC GZHD7 for almost two years now and filmed about a hundred hours with it. My rating of a `1' may yield across as harsh; Even though the GZHD7 has a few nice features it lacks ease of use and for the outlay. It really isn't worth the hassle! I wanted this camcorder to just give me what I filmed so I can desire it to a DVD. That's all I wanted, instead JVC's uses a unique file format, which should be a character service crime. The accompanying software is useless and is a bait and flog tactic to buy the software that works. JVC did not share the file format codec with any other video editing software out there! So you WILL NOT be skilful to use a majority of the programs without hours of converting it to be a playable movie.
A few positives; The GZHD7 is enchanting as hell! It's a reliable and a very durable camcorder. The picture quality is incomparable. If you plan to keep all the recordings on the camcorders hard drive, this camcorder is for you.
The cons of the JVC GZHD7 is it's a trouble in the #@$ to edit. If you want to film, edit and copy to DVD, you should ruminate on another camcorder. Honestly!
* The file format is not a simple Mpeg or AVI but rather a ornate format which requires you to purchase very expensive programs to convert it. Even the software that comes with it is cast aside, but you can always upgrade it to work. No hanks JVC!
* Recording in low light mode is assuredly useless. Imagine a very slow image being distorted, almost psychedelic like! Apartment phones take better images in low light.
* Nightalive. Just doesn't labour!
* You will lose a lot of quality if you use the Image stabilization option while recording.
* The way the system saves the files is a suffering. Every time you pause a recording a separate file is created. Now with all the geniuses at JVC, you would believe they would use a filing system that works. Files are saved as MOV001 - MOV010, than MOV001a and so forth. Files are not grouped by steady old-fashioned and time which would keep them in order; instead files are transferred to your computer in alphabetical and numerical. Envision your sons football game, you push pause between downs and later go to keep a weather eye open for it on your PC and it is the start of 3rd quarter, then a play from 2nd quarter and so on..
I know some will disagree with this study but that's ok. I hope at lest you will reconsider what you really want in your camcorder. Usefulness luck filming.
2009-03-25
| Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 1