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April 12, 2005

JVC Everio GZ-MC500 5MP 3 CCD Camcorder

The JVC GZ-MC500 digital camcorder with 4GB built-in hard-drive and 5 mega pixel resolution was announced by JVC in February.

The GZ-MC500 creates images by dedicating a 1.33 (1.23 effective) mega pixel CCD to each color: red, green and blue. JVC's advanced prism optics and filter-less 3-CCD pixel shift technology quadruple the pixel count to 5 mega pixel stills. The new Everio records Video with 720 x 480/60 in the highest mode.
Features include: 16:9 video recording, 10x optical zoom, 200 digital zoom, 1.8 inch LCD screen and pop-up flash.
The JVC Everio GZ-MC200 was/is already cool. I own one, read the review . I am though a bit ticked off how quick JVC introduces the GZ-MC500, which has just so much more performance. At least it is still more expensive than the GZ-MC200 . [via I4U]
JVC Everio GZ-MC500 Specification:
  • Imaging device: 3 CCD (3-1/4 .5-inch 1.33 megapixel CCDs)
  • Effecctive pixels: 5 megapixels
  • Digital still images: Up to 2560 x 1920 pixels for 8 x 10 or A4 prints
  • Video format: High-quality MPEG-2 video recording (up to 720 x 480 / 60 in ULTRA mode) with Dolby digital audio
  • Shooting capacity: UP to 60 minutes on the on the supplied removable 4GB microdrive card
  • Shooting modes: Four levels of video quality
  • Manual focus: Manual focus ring with push auto-focus button for precision and creativity
  • Lens: High resolution JVC lens
  • Zoom: 10x (8x for stills) optical / 200x digital zoom
  • 35mm equivalent : 16:9 video to 37.8 to 378 mm. 4:3 video to 46.2 to 462 mm. Still picture to 43 to 334 mm
  • LCD: 1.8 inch LCD monitor
  • Exposure: (video: -6 to approximately +6, Stills: -2EV to approximately +2EV)
  • Shutter speeds : video: 1/2 to approximately 1/4000 seconds / still: 1/2 to approximately 1/500 seconds
  • Program AE : sports, snow, spotlight, twilight, portrait, shutter priority, aperture priority
  • White balance: auto, MWB, fine, cloud, halogen
  • Self-timer : 2 or 10 seconds
  • Macro shooting : as close as 5 centimeters with zoom set to wide
  • Tele-macro : shooting distance: up to 60 centimeters
  • Voice recording mode : Fine, Standard, ECO
  • Special effects : sepia, black and white
  • Advanced photo functions : Auto bracket (plus or minus 1/3 F stop and normal) and real-time histogram display
  • Data storage: Microdrive / CompactFlash card and SD dual card slots for extra data storage and transfer
  • Weight: 400 grams. Volume: under 480 cubic centimeters

Posted by geekblue at April 12, 2005 6:34 PM

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