Best Jvc Camcorders - LP Recording Speed, 13 to 24 x Optical Zoom

'frightening image'

'Expensive.'

'frightening image'

'Expensive.'

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

'sluggish autofocus.'

'Overall, we're big fans of the MG57's design, but unfortunately the video quality just isn't quite there.'

'sluggish autofocus.'

'Small LCD screen.'

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

'relatively small LCD screen'

'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.'

'both focus and exposure systems are sluggish.'

'The down sides to the GR-DX97 are its small size and poor low light performance in automatic.'

': There is more noise and grain, and the colors take on a brownish hue'

'Because of the compact design of the camera the microphone is too close to the tape mechanism'

'the menu button is totally obsolete in automatic mode.'

'Because of the compact design of the camera the microphone is too close to the tape mechanism'