Anyone own a JVC GR DV500 US - thought and results?

Acts7 wrote on 9/18/2003, 4:45 PM

I m curious - I found a steal of a deal on this camera and compared it to the Sony Trv-22 (250$ more) and the canon ZR70 (100$ more).
Is this a good camera? (JVC GR DV500)
In store it looks best but that is only on the view-screen -
None of the cameras were hooked up to a tv screen.
I did however zoom way in using same settings (no digital only optical zoom)
10X on JVC and Sony and 22X on Canon.
I got ZERO ZERO pixelation on the JVC
Minor pixelation on the sony
and moderate pixelation on the Canon

Does anyone know the real-life results on these three MAINLY ON THE JVC GR-DV-500 (US?)

Please
Thanks
Acts7

Comments

Acts7 wrote on 9/19/2003, 8:10 AM

BUMP

Acts7 wrote on 9/20/2003, 5:04 PM

last time bump

Sol M. wrote on 9/20/2003, 10:11 PM

If no one has opinions of the camera here, you might want to google for some reviews of the camera.

kentwolf wrote on 9/21/2003, 12:42 AM

>>...Canon ZR70

I am using a Canon ZR70 and am very pleased with it.

craftech wrote on 9/21/2003, 8:08 AM

Here are three reviews by Amazon.com customers:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000899YH/002-2705761-6431240?vi=customer-reviews

These are from CNET.com:

http://reviews.cnet.com/JVC_GR_DV500/4505-6500_7-20802722.html

I can however make a general comment on JVC consumer products. They are generally of poor construction quality and JVC tech support is non-existent.

John

Mandk wrote on 9/21/2003, 12:11 PM

I believe this is similar to the 500.

I have owned this for a few months and basically like it. The automatic focus is not as good as my daughters Sony but using the manual option is much better.

One thing I am still trying to work my way through is the number of settings (manual) which can enhance the cameras operation. The owners manual leaves a lot to be desired but the information is there just not easy to locate.

I also find that colors differ between my daughters sony and htis camera. It appears the sony enhances the colors and the JVC pretty much leaves them the way they were. I guess this is a positive but find my self color balancing to the sony.

A final issue I have found is that using the Dwide mode resulted in sone strange downloads the other night. For somereason, the vegas digital capture downloaded the clips taken in Dwide as 25 fps PAL rather than the normal ntsc format. Still have not found out why this occured. I was able to download the clip using analog options without a problem.

All things considered, I would buy the JVC again based on my experience. Good luck with your choice.

filmy wrote on 9/21/2003, 12:16 PM

Maybe you can answer my questions on the camera -

http://sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&MessageID=211292

I figure for under $500 if these features look good and work it would be well worth it.

Mandk wrote on 9/21/2003, 3:42 PM

I will check it out and respond in a little while.

Mandk wrote on 9/21/2003, 4:02 PM

I tried the classic Film mode and the strobe mode and nothing really happened (probably was not set correctly on my part.

The 16:9 wide mode did squeeze it on a normal television. the manual indicates this will look normal on a wide screen.

I am going to have to ply with it to see if there is much difference.

filmy wrote on 9/21/2003, 11:01 PM

Thanks so far. Does the "classic film mode" look like it is filtering the colors? Doing anything to the colors? Or is it doing some sort of pull down? I know on some early cameras the term "Film look" or "Classic film look" meant either letterboxing or sepia tone.

How is the color overall and how manual are the manual settings?