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| Price | $948.18 | $549.00 to $749.99 | $1,999.99 | $1,129.95 to $1,299.99 | $799.95 |
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| Release date | July 15, 2006 | April 01, 2009 | February 27, 2007 | ||
| The Bottom Line | A well-designed hard-disk-based camcorder, the JVC Everio GZ-MG505 produces video and stills that look great on TV. But its price might make you hit Pause. | 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. | 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. | A very good prosumer HD camcorder, the Panasonic HDC-TM300 nevertheless has an annoying touch-screen interface. | 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. |
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| Lens aperture | F/1.8-2.4 | F/1.8-3.2 | F/1.8-1.9 | F/1.8-2.8 | F/1.8-2.4 |
| Flash type | Info unavailable | Built-in flash | Info unavailable | Built-in flash | Info unavailable |
| Media type | Hard disk drive | Flash card | Hard disk drive | Flash card | Hard disk drive |
| Optical zoom | 10 x | 15 x | 10 x | 12 x | 10 x |
| Optical sensor type | 3CCD | CMOS | 3CCD | CMOS | 3CCD |
| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Digital zoom | 300 x | 300 x | 200 x | 700 x | 200 x |
| Battery technology | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | Info unavailable | Lithium ion | Info unavailable |
| Battery included qty | Info unavailable | 1 | Info unavailable | 1 | Info unavailable |
| Min illumination | Info unavailable | 0.4 lux | 18 lux | 1 lux | 1 lux |
| Weight | 14.3 oz | 12 oz | 1.5 lbs | 13.6 oz | 1.3 lbs |
| Image stabilizer | Electronic | Optical (SuperRange) | Optical | Optical (Advanced O.I.S.) | Electronic |
| Optical sensor size | 1/4.5" | 1/4" | 1/5" | 1/4.1" | 1/5" |
| Effective sensor resolution | 5.0 megapixels | 2.99 megapixels | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Service & support type | Info unavailable | 1 year warranty | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Manual focus | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic |
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