JVC is one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of sophisticated audio, video and related software products. Building upon a wealth of technologies the company is... more
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to get the most out of your digital devices, thanks to advanced engineering and state-of-the-art manufacturing. 100% compatible with original charger ? they can charge original battery as well as PowerDuplex battery.
to get the most out of your digital devices, thanks to advanced engineering and state-of-the-art manufacturing. 100% compatible with original charger ? they can charge original battery as well as PowerDuplex battery.
to get the most out of your digital devices, thanks to advanced engineering and state-of-the-art manufacturing. 100% compatible with original charger ? they can charge original battery as well as PowerDuplex battery.
Advantages: cheap miniDV camcorder, excellent outdoor quality, quite small Disadvantages: a bit of motor noise, wind cut is not effective
The JVC GR-D20 is JVC's cheapest offering in their range of miniDV cameras. Consequently, it comes with very few frills at a fairly low price (I paid 275 pounds at greatsaves in August).
Consumer camcorders of the miniDV format have a number of typical advantages and disadvantages. They produce excellent video in good lighting conditions and they are quite small. However, they tend to underperform in poor lighting conditions and, due to their small ... ...The JVC GR-D20 is not different. Image quality suffers quite a bit when it gets dark. Night scenes in cities can produce rather grainy images with poor colour reproduction. However, because the lens (the same one the is used in the more upmarket variations of the JVC GR-Dxx) of this camcorder has a widest aperture of f1.6, the quality is not too bad. When shooting at night, you may occasionally have to switch to manual focus, though, because the ...
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...in my experience have found JVC cameras to be most reliable. Although they don't have quite as many features as some other makes, such as special effects and a light, I have found that there is less to go wong when you want a camera for normal everyday use. I have found that although the extra features on the other camcorders sound good at the time for everyday use you only end up using a couple. The picture and sound quality is excellent and I find ... ...this camcorder very easy to use which is very important. Although a light would have been useful a lot of the time it is unecessary as it picks up really well even in the most subdued lighting. The camera is very small which makes it very easy to carry around. ...
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Special Effects: Sepia, Monotone, Classic Film, Strobe
Faders: White fader, slide wipe, door wipe, black & white fader, scroll wipe, window wipe, corner wipe, shutter wipe, black fader
Image Stabiliser: Electronic
Max Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed: 1/50 sec
Exposure Modes: Programme, automatic
White Balance: Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets: Fine, cloudy, halogen
Remote Control: Remote control - infrared
Lens system
Type: Zoom lens - 2.7 mm - 43.2 mm - f/1.6
Focal Length: 2.7 mm - 43.2 mm
Focus Adjustment: Automatic, manual
Min Focus Range: 5 cm
Lens Aperture: F/1.6
Optical Zoom: 16 x
Zoom Adjustment: Motorised drive
Filter Size: 37 mm
Additional features
Edit Functions: Audio dubbing
Low Lux / Night Mode: Yes
Search Modes: Blank search
Time Code: Yes
Additional Features: Built-in speaker, demonstration mode, display brightness control
Manufacturer's product description
JVC is one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of sophisticated audio, video and related software products. Building upon a wealth of technologies the company is moving decisively to offer appropriate solutions for the multimedia age. PRODUCT FEATURES: 1/6-inch 800,000-pixel CCD; 16x optical zoom; 520 lines of resolution with super high-band processor; Digital Color NightScope; DV output (i.LINK, IEEE1394 compliant); 2.5" amorphous silicon LCD color monitor; Power-linked operation; MiniDV format with PCM stereo sound; Picture stabilizer; 700x super digital zoom with Spline Interpolation; Digital effects and scene transitions; Playback digital zoom; Remote control provided; S-Video and A/V output terminals; LP mode for 120 min. on single cassette.
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