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JVC Everio GZ-MG57 comparison

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Sony Handycam DCR-SR40
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Canon Vixia HF100
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Canon Vixia HF100

Price Check Prices $799.97 $336.00 to $483.99 $369.95 to $458.09 $625.00 to $899.99
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Release date September 24, 2006 May 09, 2008 February 01, 2008 April 08, 2008
The Bottom Line Though small and well designed, the JVC Everio GZ-MG57's performance and video quality can't match the competitions'. Sony's DCR-SR40 is a solid, midlevel, hard-drive-based option, though still-image buffs won't be impressed with this camcorder's submegapixel snapshots. The near-identical models of the JVC Everio GZ-MG300 series--the MG330, MG335, MG360 and MG365--are budget-priced, hard-drive-based camcorders that are nice enough, but produce typical low-budget video. The Sony Handycam DCR-SR45 has a good design and reasonable feature set for its price, but the video quality doesn't measure up to the rest of the package. One of a pair of Canon's first flash-based camcorders, the Canon Vixia HF100, delivers excellent HD video quality and performance in a tiny package.
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Features
Lens aperture F/1.2-2.0
F/1.8-3.1
F/1.8-4
F/1.8-4.1
F/1.8-3.0
Flash type Built-in
Info unavailable None
None
Info unavailable
Media type Hard disk drive
Hard disk drive
Hard disk drive
Hard disk drive
Flash card
Flash card
Optical zoom 15 x
20 x
35 x
40 x
12 x
Optical sensor type CCD
CCD
CCD
Advanced HAD CCD
CMOS
Video input type Camcorder
Camcorder
Camcorder
Camcorder
Camcorder
Digital zoom 700 x
800 x
800 x
2000 x
200 x
Battery technology Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable
Min illumination Info unavailable 0 lux
Info unavailable 0 lux
Info unavailable
Battery included qty 1
1
Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable
Image stabilizer Info unavailable Electronic (Super Steady Shot)
Electronic
Electronic (Super Steady Shot)
Optical (SuperRange)
Weight 14.5 oz
13.8 oz
11.1 oz
12.3 oz
13.4 oz
Optical sensor size 1/5 in
1/6 in
1/6 in
1/8 in
1/3.2 in
Effective sensor resolution 1.33 megapixels
Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable
Service & support type Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable 1 year warranty
Manual focus Automatic
Manual
Automatic
Manual
Automatic
Manual
Automatic
Manual
Automatic
Manual
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