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| Price | $1,499.95 | $1,999.99 | $479.00 to $889.95 | $599.95 to $1,499.99 | $589.95 to $1,299.99 |
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| Release date | February 27, 2007 | April 01, 2009 | March 01, 2008 | August 01, 2008 | |
| The Bottom Line | As a scaled-down version of JVC's GZ-HD7, the GZ-HD3 ditches some of the fancier features, but its price is still higher than we'd like for this camcorder. | If this camcorder cost $500, we'd give it a much higher rating. But for its quadruple-digit price, we expect far better performance and video quality from the JVC Everio GZ-HD7. | While it's more expensive than its sub-$600 competitors, the Canon Vixia HF20 and Vixia HF200 deliver a more extensive feature set for the extra money. The HF200, which lacks internal memory, is probably a better buy than the HF20, though the HF20's all-black body is a bit classier looking. | An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a couple of performance issues. | JVC's CMOS-based Everio GZ-HD40 offers high-definition recording flexibility with very good results, but a few shortcomings keep us from giving it a full recommendation. |
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| Lens aperture | F/1.8-1.9 | F/1.8-1.9 | F/1.8-3.2 | F/1.8-3.0 | F/1.8-2.2 |
| Flash type | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Built-in flash | Built-in flash | Info unavailable |
| Media type | Hard disk drive | Hard disk drive | Flash card | Mini DV (HDV) | Hard disk drive |
| Optical zoom | 10 x | 10 x | 15 x | 10 x | 10 x |
| Optical sensor type | 3CCD | 3CCD | CMOS | CMOS | CMOS |
| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Digital zoom | 200 x | 200 x | 300 x | 200 x | 200 x |
| Battery technology | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Lithium ion | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Battery included qty | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 1 | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Min illumination | 1 lux | 18 lux | 0.4 lux | 0.2 lux | Info unavailable |
| Weight | 1.3 lbs | 1.5 lbs | 12 oz | 1.2 lbs | 16 oz |
| Image stabilizer | Electronic | Optical | Optical (SuperRange) | Optical (SuperRange) | Info unavailable |
| Optical sensor size | 1/5" | 1/5" | 1/4" | 1/2.7" | 1/3" |
| Effective sensor resolution | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 2.99 megapixels | Info unavailable | 2.68 megapixels |
| Service & support type | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 1 year warranty | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Manual focus | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Info unavailable |
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