Generally excellent video quality and a straightforward.
Excellent color and noise results with great motion and sharpness in 60p.
Great image quality in most conditions.
Has a 700x digital zoom, which is the highest of any of the HDV camcorders we looked at.
'sub-HD resolution sensor'
Menus are well laid out and easy to navigate
Large 3-inch touchscreen LCD
Compatible with Eye-Fi wireless cards
Good automated performance
Built-in projector
Image quality isn't too bad, but footage appears murky and dim.
'the main zoom is large and the record button comfortably placed for the more traditional HandyCam posture.'
'nice, large zoom rocker switch'
'We don't like how the text scrolls (it is a bit slow and hard to read), but we're happy to see this helpful information on the menu screen.'
'The new GZ-HM1 HD Everio offers a full slate of technologies to optimize picture quality and an array of manual controls for creative flexibility. '
Nice set of features
Slightly grainy in situations with varying brightness levels (indoors)
Image stabilization does a good job accounting for handshake
'Touch screen not responsive enough..'
'Audio capture was decent--more than adequate for casual shooters, but in the middle of the pack among the camcorders we tested.'
'no specific progressive mode'
'Audio capture was decent; more than adequate for casual shooters, but in the middle of the pack among the camcorders we tested.'
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