Best Mini DV Jvc Camcorders - LP Recording Speed, 700 to 3500 x Digital Zoom, true Digital Still Shot Mode

'The viewfinder is unimpressive, and the LCD and the viewfinder quickly become cluttered with fonts when in menu mode.'

'the small form factor means cramped and awkward controls for large hands'

'Wide-screen video appears distorted on the display.'

'Negative Aspects of the JVC GR-D370The video quality from the JVC GR-D370 is not very high given the small size of the camcorders CCD.'

'Small LCD screen.'

'The resulting small wide-screen image lacks the necessary detail for precise operations such as manual focus'

'relatively small LCD screen'

'It scored poorly in our tests, in both normal and low-light conditions: video colors lacked bite, and fine details got lost in haze.'

'Beneath the LCD screen the user will find the controls for the JVC GR-DF430, an unfortunate design layout'

'Lack of advanced features.'

'Without the gain control features, the camcorder produced dark unusable images with barely any color information.'

'All of the camcorders in JVC's GR-DF series have a similar design and unfortunately there are parallel problems accessing their features.'

'The only major qualm is that the bottom loading cartridge may become frustrating if used with a tripod'

'We found the headphone jack to be fairly useless due to high levels of static on our model.'

'The right side of the JVC GR-D250 is surprisingly bare, with just three real features and two fake features.'

'This strap is slender and thin and feels a bit flimsy over long shooting periods'

'focus is pretty much unusable as it is so awkward to use.'

'While it is nice to have options of either 1024 x 768 or 640 x 480, the quality of both sizes is pretty bad with lots of really ugly noise, much of which resembles the Moire pattern.'