Digital Camcorders reviews
Description:
The DCR-SR80 houses a 60GB Hard Disk Drive which stores up to 40 hours of
high-quality videos in standard 4:3 and 16:9 widescreen formats. With 12x
Optical/800x Digital Zoom and a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens, everything will be
as clear as you remember it. Plus, sharing everything you've captured with
family, colleagues and friends has never been easier with One Touch DVD Burn
capabilities. You can burn directly from the camcorder or the Handycam Station
cradle. Additionally, you can connect to a DVDirect burner to create DVDs
without having to connect to a PC.
Very
happy with my Sony Handycam DCR-SR80
Strengths:
Very fast file transfer of movie or stills from camcorder to PC; don't have to
purchase casette tapes or mini-DVDs for camcorder; produces high quality images
and movies; comes with a docker.
Weaknesses:
Only 12X optical zoom
Summary:
I am extremely satisfied with my Sony Handycam DCR-SR80. It's simple to operate,
especially if you use the "Easy" button. The docker that comes with
the camcorder makes it handy to charge the battery and to connect the camcorder
to a computer or DVD burner without fiddling with the camcorder itself. I am
especially excited with having a hard drive for storage so I don't have to
purchase any more DV tapes or mini-DVDs for the camcorder. The really great part
of storing movies and images on an internal hard drive of the camcorder is that
they transfer to a PC so quickly. When using tapes, I could only transfer my
movies from the camcorder to the PC in "real time" by playing the
entire movie. (A 30 minute movie would take 30 minutes to transfer.) With this
camcorder, a 30 minute movie copies to my computer in a couple of minutes. WOW!
I would recommend the Sony Handycam DCR-SR80 to anyone who wants a
straight-forward camcorder that takes excellent pictures and movies and
transfers them to the computer or external DVD burner very quickly.
Next
generation -Handy cam (Sony DCR-SR80 60GB 1MP Hard Disk Drive Handycam with 12x
Optical Zoom )
Strengths:
Direct MPEG2 Format Recording. Dolby Digital Audio Recording Professional
quality Product at affordable price Light weight. Harddrive Shock proof
technology - Hopefully it will work as decribed
Weaknesses:
I would expect any non-moving RAM Disk rather than a Harddrive for a handycam.
Summary:
I got it for $680 in Amazon on 2 Oct 06 and being one of the 1st customer to use
and review the product since its lunched by the manufacturer in Sept 21st 2006,
I found this Wonderful product- excellent for both Indoor and outdoor recording.
No hassles converting Analog to digital on your PC.. one step DVD burning made
my life easier. - Highly recommended for home use.. the price is worth its
value..
great
camcorder
Strengths:
60gb hdd and good quility video and very sleek model
Weaknesses:
no viewfinder
Summary:
this is outstanding camcorder for home use very decent picture quility for
single 1/5.5 chip. sr100 vs s80 is same video quility difference only is sr100
is 3mega pixel photes sr 80 is 1 mega pixel only.
Excellent
Camera worth the price
Strengths:
sexy look, no tape or casette required, good quality video
Weaknesses:
battery
Summary:
I was using Mini DV and bought this camera. I did lot of analysis before the
purchase. Has lot of advantages over the DVD camera. Mini DVD is more expensive.
You need not carry extra DVD/tape with you. Can store 60GB of data.
The price for the camera is coming down, you can wait to get good deals.
Easy
to run
Strengths:
No disk, tape necessary for travel use.
Weaknesses:
No view finder
Summary:
This is a good potable digital camcorder I'd ever have. The power switch
function is better than my others. And it is easy to setup initially. SO far I
did not get chance to use the software come with the camcorder to edit and burn
DVD yet.
Excellent
video camera
Strengths:
small well designed compact video camera, excellent video quality. New high
technologies. Whole family love it.
Weaknesses:
No viewfinder. The low capacity battery.
Summary:
I have four generation of video cameras. This is the best one. It definitely
worthes the money. will recommend to my friends who wants to buy new camcorder.
So many good features and easy to use.
DCR-SR60
Description:
The DCR-SR60 contains a 30GB Hard Disk Drive to store all of your high-quality
stills and videos. With 12x Optical/800x Digital Zoom and a Carl Zeiss
Vario-Tessar Lens, everything will be as clear as you remember it. In addition,
record smoother, sharper shots with the Super SteadyShot Picture Stabilization
System, which takes blur out of the picture. With DVDirect recorder
compatibility and pre-packaged software, you can easily transfer, edit, burn and
share everything you've captured with your family, colleagues and friends. Youll
have complete control over every detail of your video thanks to the on-screen
zoom and record buttons coupled with a 2.7" LCD touch panel swivel-screen
Great
camcorder
Strengths:
Record quality is great is lighted rooms. The camcorder can be plugged directly
to a Windows XP USB port without any drivers accessing the standard MPG files.
Weaknesses:
The camera didn't do to well in a poorly lighted room. There is a night vision
mode, but it ends up recording everything in black and white. The camera does
not have firewire.
Summary:
At first I thought the camera had a firewire port. But after buying the camera
and opening it at home. I realized it was not firewire, but a Sony proprietary
connector. The connector only outputs RCA Component signal along with stereo
audio. To get the S-Video quality output you have to buy a special connector
through Sony. So its not too useful without a computer. Or..
To get the full quality of the video you recorded you have to buy yet another $200 to $300 special Sony DVD burner. Which I believe is very overpriced. Or...
Either that or you have to be a little computer savy and transfer the video to your computer first and then with you computer DVD burner but it to disk. If you know how to do that the camera is great. The high quailty MPG file is 2 GB for each 30 minutes and the picture looks wonderful on a computer. I didn't use the software that came with the disk. I imported the files into Nero Vision and burned them to DVD.
JVC GZ-MG27 20GB Hard Drive Digital Camcorder
Description:
JVC's GZ-MG27 camcorder brings an exciting technology to home movie making —
hard disk drive recording. With its built-in 20GB hard drive, it can record
hours of high-quality footage without a single tape or recordable disc. Imagine
filming your vacation without having to carry along all those extra cassette and
disc cases, and never having to stop and reload.Finding a specific scene you've
recorded is a snap, too. There's no fast forwarding or rewinding necessary —
your movie clips are cataloged as thumbnail images. Just select the one you want
and it's instantly ready to view. You can easily delete scenes to free up disk
space, or assemble them into playlists for viewing in any order you wish. And
there's never any risk of recording over precious, once-in-a-lifetime footage.
The 'MG27 always selects a blank space on the hard drive to begin recording your
following scene.When you've finished shooting your video, you can use the cam's
high-speed USB interface to download it to a compatible computer. JVC includes
intuitive, easy-to-use software for editing your footage, adding titles and
effects, or even mixing still images together with motion video. Use your PC's
DVD burner to make copies for permanent storage and for sharing with friends and
family. Or, add JVC's CU-VD10 Share Station for quick, direct DVD burning
without a computer. You can play your movies back on a TV, as well, or record
them to a VCR or component DVD recorder using the 'MG27's audio/video
outputs.Along with its flexible, hard-disk-based recording abilities, this
camcorder offers a host of features that help ensure great looking video. A
powerful 32X optical zoom lens takes you right to the action for extreme
close-up shots with excellent clarity. A 16:9 widescreen shooting mode gives you
compelling, cinematic videos that look fantastic on your big-screen HDTVs. A
built-in LED light illuminates your subjects for more colorful video in dark
environments, and JVC's proprietary video noise reduction system helps give you
a brighter, cleaner-looking picture in low light. You can even snap digital
still images and save them to optional SD™ memory cards
HDD
JVC Camcorder GZ-MG27U
Strengths:
Compact, Light Weight, Tape less (Hard Drive), USB 2.0, 32X Optical Zoom, Wide
2.7 in Screen
Weaknesses:
Low Quality MPEG2 at Low Light Conditions, White LED Light is good for less than
a meter distance only, supplied battery is only for 1 hour
Summary:
Good compact digital camcorder with acceptable video MPEG2 quality. The
camcorder fill very comfortable in a big palm as mine. All control buttons are
in right place and easy to reach. Supplied software is all you need to produce
home movies. GZ-MG27 wide 2.7in screen is big enough to show all your clips and
snap shots.
GZ-MG27
20GB Hard Drive Digital Camcorder (.68MP, 32x Opt, 800x Dig, 2.7.
Strengths:
Like the ability to take both video and still shots Has a good zoom for distance
shots and action shots (track & field)
Weaknesses:
Very picky about which memory card it will accept --- not necessarily always
available or the most cost efficient card available
Summary:
I was pleasantly surprised at the savings I got for this product from
price-grabber --- my brother bought the exact same equipment from a local
warehouse and paid nearly $300 more for it --- it worked well on vacation ---
downloading was easy --- the size is wonderful --- especially for those of us
who do not have huge hands --- would recommend it to others --- I believe they
will enjoy it
GZ-MG27
20GB Hard Drive Digital Camcorder (.68MP, 32x Opt, 800x Dig, 2.7.
Strengths:
Like the ability to take both video and still shots Has a good zoom for distance
shots and action shots (track & field)
Weaknesses:
Very picky about which memory card it will accept --- not necessarily always
available or the most cost efficient card
nice
and compact
Strengths:
compact in size. No neeed for tapes and has a huge memory compared to my old
digital dmv camera
Weaknesses:
tried to use the night time feature to film and it was awful. Any novements
showed up as slow motion streaks on the LCD
Summary:
so far all the other features of the camera are ideal. Just need to adapt the
hand held straps for comfort so I can touch the record and a zoom buttons with
one finger. The power switch is a bit stiff.
Strengths:
No more hassle with disc and tapes.
Weaknesses:
Very Low Quality MPEG2 at Low Light Conditions.
Summary:
What's good with hard drive is that when locating a specific scene you've
recorded is a snap. No more fast forwarding or rewinding with your movie clips
because they are cataloged as thumbnail images.
Lots of features too- wind, shaking and zooming controls.
However, I'm still kind of wonder why the engineers forgot to test this model in low light environment. They could have also included an interface for an external lighting.
Thus the 3 star.
I'm got no complain with the still images because use this most of the time as a camcorder. But still they could also at least put up to 1MB.
The software for making DVDs is good enough.
jvc
hard disk camcorder
Strengths:
compact, tha hard drive
Weaknesses:
the battery
Summary:
this camara this very far from fulfilling its objective quality in the recording
the good is compacts size for this camera , the battery very poor the duration ,
the price is regular for this type of camera recommend , guy try to chec model
from sony
Description:
Just Keep on Shooting! Nothing to load, nothing to eject, nothing to finalize.
Everio is designed to eliminate your worries. Just keep on shooting, because the
built-in large capacity hard drive easily stores hours and hours of your video
inside a lightweight compact camcorder. Plus shoot thousands of digital still
images. So whether you're at home or on the go, you'll always be ready to record
or playback your memories
JVC
Everio GZ-MC500 4GB MicroDrive Digital Camcorder
Description:
The GZ-MC500 digital media camera records 60 minutes of DVD-quality video or
thousands of photo-quality stills to a microdrive removable hard disk. The
benefits of recording video to a hard disk are the same benefits that have made
hard disk-based audio players so popular--random access to quickly locate
desired material, the ability to effortlessly delete unwanted material, and
easily rearrange playback sequence. What's more, there's no danger of mistakenly
recording over something you want to keep.The use of three CCDs combined with
advanced pixel shift technology allows the GZ-MC500 to deliver 5 megapixel-class
digital stills with a maximum size of 2560 x 1920 pixels, and a broadened
dynamic range when recording still or moving images. The result is naturally
sharp, vivid color, good contrast and clean images or videos with good low light
performance. To fully capitalize on the camera's inherent picture performance,
JVC's Megabrid imaging engine separately processes video and still signals,
providing optimal processing for each. Megabrid technology assures high
sensitivity and a high signal-to-noise ratio for moving pictures, and clear,
high resolution progressive still images.The GZ-MC500 also features a unique
rotating grip design. The camcorder's two sections, the grip and the lens/body
assembly, pivot so the lens portion can be tilted without the user changing hand
location. This makes it easy to quickly transition to a high or low shooting
angle, and affords a number of comfortable and stable single and two handed
shooting positions.
Everio
GZ
Strengths:
High quality Mpeg2, compact, light, feature laden camera
Weaknesses:
Apalling focus, low battery life, snail like start up, badly designed
Summary:
I bought this camera solely on its high specifications and the novelty of using
files instead of tapes. I was on a three month trek round Asia and the thought
of a dual purpose camcorder and still camera was very attractive. I also always
take my PowerBook with me for work and the combination was ideal.
In offering mpeg2, 3CCD, 5 megapixels stills and other advanced features this camcorder would attract the high end amateur and even pro user, but in practice this is just a low end, over priced consumer product in terms of final quality. Why? Well I'll get tot he gripes later. First the positive side.
The camera is about the size of a fist, a good compact size, relatively easy to handle thogh not pocket sized. The JVC designers have used nearly every part of the camera's external surface to place controls, button , plugs and slots, The camera pivots vertically only at 90 degrees but it would have better for the tiny LCD screen to move rather than the body.The hard plastic though was just weird, a portent of the design deficiencies of JVC engineers. I have no qualms with the quality of the movie files - high res, natural colour, ok exposure. I soon got used to downloading my files each night to my Mac in my hotel room and making a rough edit with Final Cut Pro. This was a doddle with an amazing free app called MPEG Streamclip. It is interesting how small mpeg2 files are compared to DV but it still took an age to transfer them to my Mac due to the slower USB2 interface. Why didn't JVC plump for fast Firewire, (a standard with most camcorders a fraction of the price is beyond me. I liked the inclusion of an audio recording only mode through the small microphone on the top.
So here's where the product lets itself down. My experience of using it in the field was one of desperation, aggravation and often disgust. I don't know where to begin.The more one uses it, the more one is convinced that the still camera was obviously tagged on as an afterthought and totally lets the camera down. Firstly the 5 mega pixel tag is a virtually criminal claim. My 2mb Fuji took far sharper pictures than this. Also because the sluggish autofocus rarely pinpointed anything, I found just a handful of the hundreds of still pictures I took to actually be in focus. The manual focus never indicated the optimum focus and one had to rely of the tiny inadequate and low resolution LCD to focus. There is no viewfinder in this camera and in most daylight operations the LCD was difficult to see. The time it took for the autofocus to find the subject and make an attempt was around seven seconds.. a disaster for that once in a lifetime action shot. Time and time again I would miss such shots sometimes due to the autofocus but mainly to the startup time of the camera itself. It took eight seconds each time the camera was turned on. Why I had to watch a JVC logo swirl around the screen when i could have been taking pictures was beyond me.
All the controls were well designed and close to hand except the on/off button which was a three way slider - off - record -playback. In practice these were too small and meant constantly sliding to the incorrect mode. It was infuriating, especially when the fingers were slightly damp or greasy. Perhaps the off button should have been in the middle, so that you only had to slide left or right. Otherwise all the other controls were great. A small joystick and onscreen menus were excellent but the main recording/shutter button needed a firm press giving the camera a small jolt and hence more blurred pictures. The still camera performed very badly in low light and the pathetically small pop up flash threw light not much further than about two metres. The auto exposure failed to compensate adequately for near subjects with the flash and most shots were bleached out. There was no hot shoe, so a third party flash was out of the question.
Battery life was disastrous. While everyone else on my holiday were still snapping away with their cheap digital cameras, mine had long exhausted it's power. The microdrive capacity was good and I never filled the disk. Although I bought two 1mb SD disks for the stills they also never filled up. The tiny stereo mics on the top were also adequate but sometimes my fingers strayed to this area and slightly covered them by mistake resulting in weird alien noises on playback. If a consumer is attracted by the high quality of the movie files,, then surely he would similarly require some decent sound. There is no provision for any external micro phone. This is really unbelievable.
There were many good features in the menu - manual exposure, disk management and others but would I recommend this camera? Not to whom the product is aimed. This is very much for the middle end consumer, not for any serious photography and its shortcomings put it into a £500 price bracket, not £800. With little competition I shall continue to use it as holiday camcorder.
Strengths:
Quality of Picture Small Size Navigation
Weaknesses:
No Remote No Cover for LCD
Summary:
Hi
i just received my camcoder from BestCameras UK.
I'm trying my hand on this, but initial reaction is very good.
i have compared the quality of the pictures with that of PVGS70 (us model)and GZMC500 Pictures are far better. But I'M feeling lack of Remote. Looks Flash is really good.
Wait, I will be posting my Complete Opinion in next 2 days.
But Over all , Good
I
bought this camera last month. The picture quality is very BAD! 5 Mpixels?
Where?? My SONY dsc-s85, 4.1 MP has much better photo quality than this supposed
JVC 5 MP. The video quality is good.
Has
anybody found a way to create a widescreen DVD with this camera? I found that
the camera will generate a move with a 16:9 aspect ratio, but that the included
Cyberlink PowerDirector software reduces the video to 4:3. I cannot find
anywhere that the Cyberlink editing software supports 16:9. I also tried
Pinnacle Studio 9, and Sony Vegas Studio. Neither of these packages can
correctly open the video files. The Sony software will open the mpeg, but won't
provide any sound. I called JVC, and was told that I need to call Cyberlink
regarding the lack of 16:9 support. When I questioned them about problems
opening the files from this camera with other editing packages, I was told that
they only support the Cyberlink software included with the camera.
hi
have u tried playing in tv after making movie ? i thought its not showing
widescreen in computer and it will how in tv. plz check in tv.plz tell me how
the quqlity also thanks
I
can only play the movie with a widescreen aspect ratio using the PowerDVD
application. If I connect the camera directly to the tv, the image is played in
4:3, and everything is distorted (skinny). Also, the Cyberlink software used to
create a dvd squishes the video into a 4:3 format and again everthing is
distorted. This is true even if I try to play the finished DVD using the
PowerDVD application.
which
format u r making movie? is it giving same pixel as u r original pixel one after
making movie. have tried originl one playing in tv, and computer.(without making
any chages and just changing extention mod to mpg).for me in computer without
making any changes giving good quality
If
I copy the .mod file, rename it to .mpg and play it using PowerDVD, the movie
will play in a 16:9 format. If I try to open the file in Windows media player
the image is 4:3. The pixel counts for the video do not change when I open it in
PowerDirector, although I notice that the file size property of the input file
in PowerDirector is slightly smaller than the actual file size in windows
explorer. I open the .mod file in PowerDirector, add it to the storyboard making
no changes. I then attempt to create a high Quality DVD leaving it in the
default NTSC format. The resulting DVD when opened in PowerDVD shows all the
same properties except the aspect ratio has been changed from 16:9 to 4:3. I
have also tried each of using each of of the other PowerDVD output types and
formats. I get slightly different results with each, but the aspect ratio of 4:3
is consistent.
So
am I to unbderstand that this camera uses a proprietary file format that cannot
be manipulated with any software but the included application? I was hoping I
could just drag the files off of it like an external hard drive and edit them
with my standard video editing software of which I use a few different packages.
I
don't know if the files from this camera are proprietary or not, but so far they
are not properly read into Pinnacle Studio 9, or the Sony Vegas with DVD suite.
When I called JVC regarding this problem, I was told that I needed the proper
codec for the packages to work. When I asked how to get the proper codec, I was
told by the JVC support person that she did't know how.
from
a review which supports the previous comment, but offers no real solutions: To
gain PC access to the Microdrive and contents of the SD card slot, the JVC is
hooked up by USB 2 - no FireWire connection is provided. As with the previous
Everios, video is recorded in the unusual MOD file format, which is MPEG2 video
allied with Dolby Digital audio. Only the supplied CyberLink PowerProducer can
edit MODs natively. However, we found we could simply rename them MPG files and
edit them in any MPEG-aware editing app, although this relies on having the
appropriate video and audio codecs installed.
Where
can I go to find the proper codecs? I tried re-naming files and opening them,
but only the Sony software would play the file. The Sony software also wouldn't
recognize the sound. Is there any software packages you could recommend? I like
this camera, and would like to use it. Also, unlike the previous Everio models
the GZ-500 supposedly records in a true 16:9 format. Is there any
recommendations you can make for software that will recognize and burn this
widescreen format? I've got one more week to figure this out. :> Thanks
I
think anybody that has gone to the trouble of researching this camera and is
thinking of buying (or has already bought) this camera will agree that the crux
of the matter is this MOD/mpg/codec file business. I think if the people at JVC
were to point their customers (or erstwhile customers as I think the majority of
those reading this post must be) in the right direction concerning an
acquisition source for the necessary codec(s) then they might have something of
a sales deluge on there hands, this device and its predecesors the GZ-MC200/100
are already selling at a phenomenal rate in Japan, effectively out-stripping
sales on established formats and brands in a way that some big electonics chain
salespersons say they have not seen in the last 15 years. HD video and HDD
storage are about to meet at the consumer level and the only thing we can do is
brace for the impact. For JVC this is a magic time they have arrived at the
plateau where what is sure to be this decades longest and bloodiest videocam
conflict is to be waged and found, much to there apparent surprise and everyone
else’s dismay that they are all alone!, not a soul in sight, for the moment,
but if they stop wringing there hands and shuffling their corporate feet for
just a moment and listen carefully they will hear the crazed, slavering, howls
and snarls of the rest of vid/cam pack as they scabber up to enjoin them. So
Japan Victor Company JVC has two choices, One; find someplace to hide and pray
that Sony and Hitachi cant find you when the get there and begin to rip each
other to shreds, or Two, they can press the high-ground advantage the y
currently for all its worth, and establishing their position. Now interestingly
doing that may hinge on something as simple as solving this MOD/mpeg issue. Hey,
it would serve JVC well to bear theZ old moral in mind “For want of a nail…
…the kingdom was lost” (Google that). The purchase of the relevant codec (or
of rights to use and distribution of said codec) from Cyberlink or whoever
currently holds rights at present.(if that is indeed the complication here)
would be a step in the right direction, costs incurrred would soon be recouped
in present market. Ironically only negative reviews I have read on this camera
are to do with the MOD file and its picture quality. Now on the issue of picture
quality I will say that anyone that has previously bought a camera that offers
both video and picture functions will tell you that the complaints seen here are
par for the course, these device will typically do only one thing well or both
things mediocrely so I think the fact that eh video is good is a plus. On the
other hand the MOD file issue (which I consider directly linked to the 16:9/4:3
aspect ratio issues raised above) could be the fly in JVCs “Everio
ointment”. The codec (and since the Cyberlink software has it incorporated it
in some form) must exist If said codec were to allows JVCs customers the option
of recourse to a wider set of editing applications this would only broaden the
user base and improve JVCs bottom line. Its such a painful shame to watch here
(yet again) JVC so far ahead of the pack with this device, even Sony has yet to
voice an adequate response. Yet it seem that they are on the verge of fumbling
the ball over what, in a few years/months time, will come to light as a case of
the corporate bean-counters, overruling the engineering and marketing divisions,
who surely want to put out a device that they know would blow the competition
AWAY. Currently every potential buyer from the weight-wise holiday planning
consumer looking to make a smart buy to the tech-savvy pro-sumer are giving the
Everios a look-see, they realize what 3CCD+HD+palmsize equals a shockingly large
world of possibilities. JVC should press this advantge with every Iota of there
marketing muscle, every erg of there support strength, and make sure EVERIO is
on “EVERIone's” lips, they just need to make sure that what is being said
isn't "... Should I?" but "Hell yes!".
I
could not agree more. I was set to buy one until I learned of the .mod issue.
Now I have decided to wait and see what the competition will come up with as I
want a more felxible file format. This appears to be a great product, but it
falls short of my needs.
From
what I have gathered, the mod file produced from the camera is not an obscure
format. It is a standard mpeg-2 format with Dolby Digital (AC3) sound. The
problem is many of the Video editors cannot read the AC3 sound format. It does
appear that there might be many others that do, and maybe as more consumer grade
digital camcorders support Dolby Digital the common Editing software tools will
begin to support it. My big complaint is that JVC knowing this is not a widely
supporte format, provided editing software with this camera that doesn't support
all the camera features. For $1500 you should be given software that can at
least use all the basic features of the camera. I find their support people to
be evasive, and I will not by another JVC product.
Ditto
to comment #15: I was already hesitant because I lean so far towards Sony, never
having had a disaster with them; but this JVC seemed so good that I almost gave
it a chance and I would have been seriously upset for having moved away from
Sony. True, Sony might be later with the same/better model but this is not a
$29.95 throw away camera. Hope JVC is reading these posts.
Has
anyone looked at the video editing software Movie Edit Pro v10 from Magix. I
have this camera on order and expect it to arrive next week. A number of items
they have support for is Dolby® Digital multi-channel support Also 16:9 support
also. the software costs 59.xx i think it may help with the audio and video
issue.
Adobe
Premiere pro version 1.5 handles the output from this camera excellently All you
need is to change the *.MOD to *.mpg however the price tag on Premiere pro 1.5
is quite hefty at circa 700U$. (preservation of 16:9 aspect ratio still
unchecked).
Need
to emphasize that it's Version 1.5 of premiere pro that does the trick, version
1.0 has a sticky timeline playback issue (video playback isnt smoothly displayed
in premiere's monitor window when an attempt to playback the movie direct from
the timeline is made)I was unable to resolve this until upgrading to 1.5. other
than the timeline scrubbing issue version 1.0 seemed fine, and played the file
in the non-timeline monitor window (ie. directly from file). Rank Amecha PC
specs. P4 3.2 HT, 2GB RAM, Video card Matrox 64 MB AGP dual head,350GB HD. winXP
pro.
I
own this camera, and I do not want to use the included editing software. I'm
using Avid Xpress, has anyone been able to edit the files in it. When I rename
it to .mpg Avid gives me an error saying "Sorry, Generic mpeg files are not
supported". Is there a way I can download some .mod codec, or some Dolby
AC-3 Mpeg-2 codec. This really sucks because we were planning on using this
camera as independent film makers, and it would've been really cool, but now it
seems like we'll have to convert all the files somehow which just sucks. JVC
really needs to support a better format, what were they thinking not making this
format flexible enough or being able to import into other editing software
suites. We might try to use Adobe premiere 1.5, but we'd like to use Avid.
JVC
has posted an update for 16:9 problems with the cyberlink software www2.cli.co.jp/product...
Haven't tried it yet...hope it helps
What
an illuminating discussion. It seems prudent to wait until the competition
catches up and then choose the best all around package, which should always
include ongoing support of the product by the manufacturer.
