Gizmodo
JVC's Everio line of camcoders just got a refresh, and we just got our hands on the highest-end member of the family, the GZ-MG730 with a 30GB storage drive and 10x zoom. It's got to be the tiniest hard-drive camcorder in the world, and it really does fit in a large pocket. It's light and has a comfy feel in the hand, and we really like the so-called "Laser Touch Operation user interface," better than a touchscreen by far.
You're not going to get any grime on that screen with this slim guideway for your finger, situated just to the left of the 2.7-inch widescreen. All the adjustments are available with a quick slide up or down, and your screen stays clean. This highest-end GZ-MG730 camcorder comes with a docking station, from which it's easily removed.
We like its sharp f/1.8 Konica Minolta lens, which snapped into focus quickly, and takes some great-looking stills, too, with its separate engines for stills and video. Definitely a coolCam, the $800 pocket shooter rolls out for sale in February.
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Charles, can you post the specs of this thing?
n/m i'm retarded. thx.
now that is suite
@jos:
you can read teh specs in the pic? its plastered in them
Dang I want this. I'm gonna have to do some research on it.
Aren't all these HDD cams difficult to edit with? They save to some proprietary format, don't they? Why don't they use AVC or something standard?
@navstar:
editing with the JVC is extremely simple. the avc format is a lot harder to deal with and does not work with all software out there. plus jvc gives you editing software with their cams
This is not high def though ...
Their proprietary high def file format is a little more cumbersome to deal with. But I still like it for the random access. Converting and working with the files isn't that hard. But c'mon Apple, make a patch or something for iMovie/Final Cut.
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