Advantages: It's not a Sony Disadvantages: I haven't got the money for a second one
First impressions was that it was better than I had hoped for! The styling, weight and general appearance was what I expected for £800 (bought November 2007 but I did have to shop around to find one at that price).
All the reviews I read about the poor electronic stabilization were right! If you want to hand hold it be prepared for some pretty poor results. Anticipating this I invested in a decent tripod, jib and steadicam (from B Hague's) so I ... ...but thankfully there is a mic input so I use an external Rode stereo videomic which produces great results.
The ability to plug in an external screen makes using the jib simple.
When I read the spec and saw the 60 Gb HDD I thought I'd never use all that ... last weekend I was left with just 20 minutes of space left at full HD recording!
The files are recorded in .TOD format which, as I understand is almost the same as mpeg2 but you have to use ...
ynot4 01.10.2008 (30.09.2008)
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Advantages: focus ring is excellent Disadvantages: stubby height
I have rewritten this review (new at all this) and I hope it is more helpful.
I know like a lot of other people out there, I waited patiently for this product and can safely say that the GZ-HD7 delivers on some, but not all, of its promises.
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On the plus side I find the focus ring is excellent, and the Focus Assist does make the manual focus very easy. On the back of the camcorder there is a cluster of image controls. ... ...speed, aperture and exposure compensation easily accessible and pretty efficient. On reflection I would actually say that it is more like a scaled down prosumer camcorder with the relatively large body, the aray of external buttons, and the focus ring. But I wasn't really surprised, as like a lot of people I knew that this Everio would offer a high level of manual controls.
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The video recording is superb, ...
traveller10 24.05.2007 (29.05.2007)
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