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JVC GZ-MS100

First seen: 12 june 2008

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Great Deal: $261.99

  • User Score (84)
    8.4 8.4 from 84 reviewers
  • Expert Score (13)
    6.7 6.7 from 13 reviewers
  • Design (11)
    7.9 7.9 from 11 reviewers
  • Value for money (2)
    9.8 9.8 from 2 reviewers
  • Features (3)
    7.7 7.7 from 3 reviewers
  • Ease of use (9)
    9.3 9.3 from 9 reviewers
  • Performance (2)
    7.7 7.7 from 2 reviewers
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  • lens cap feature, fantastic recorded images, good zooming capability, no tapes or disk, flexible lcd screen
  • polarizing interface, meager user guide, no case with it, software unfreindly, openclose lens manually

Compact Everio S memory camera makes sharing simple. This elegant, slim, lightweight camera boasts a Konica Minolta Lens, 35x optical zoom, Laser Touch operation and sharing videos over the internet is now easier than ever with the new one-button uploading to You Tube, the leading video sharing site. It looks strikingly similar to the popular stylish Everio G series hybrid cameras, but is smaller due to recording directly to a SD card. Everio S also has all the conven…

JVC GZ-MS100

The JVC GZ-MS100 is a digital camcorder that measures 2.1 x 2.7 x 4.4 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 7.9 pounds. Its 1/6-inch CCD sensors feature 6.8 megapixels. The camera features Konica Minolta optics with TTL contrast detection, an electronic image stabilizer, and a built-in lens shield. the GZ-MS100 offers up to 35x optical zoom and 800x digital zoom.

The camcorder captures videos in MPEG-2 format while still images are saved in JPEG. It shoots at a minimum shutter speed of ½ sec…

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JVC GZ-MS100

The JVC GZ-MS100 is a digital camcorder that measures 2.1 x 2.7 x 4.4 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 7.9 pounds. Its 1/6-inch CCD sensors feature 6.8 megapixels. The camera features Konica Minolta optics with TTL contrast detection, an electronic image stabilizer, and a built-in lens shield. the GZ-MS100 offers up to 35x optical zoom and 800x digital zoom.

The camcorder captures videos in MPEG-2 format while still images are saved in JPEG. It shoots at a minimum shutter speed of ½ seconds and a maximum of 1/4000 seconds. Available shooting programs include snow, spotlight, night mode, sports mode, portrait mode, and twilight mode while special effects include sepia, strobe, monotone, and classic film.

The GZ-MS100 is equipped with a 2.7-inch rotating TFT active matrix LCD display with 112,000 pixels. It also has a built-in 2-ch Dolby Digital AC-3 speaker and an integrated stereo Electret condenser microphone with wind noise reduction features.

The camcorder, which is powered by an included lithium ion battery, offers a number of connection types including a USB port, a composite AV output, and a DC power input. It also has an expansion slot for SD and SDHD memory cards. It is compatible with MS Windows Vista and MS Windows XP Service Pack 2 operating systems.

Other features of the JVC GZ-MS100 include DPOF support, PictBridge support, PRINT Image Matching, and YouTube capture mode. The YouTube capture mode allows users to upload videos with a single press of a button. It also features One-Touch DVD Creation.

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  • Reviews of JVC GZ-MS100

  1. JVC Everio GZ-MS100

    Reviewer: Wired
    15 August 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    Jazzed Up JVC Camcorder Hits a Few Sour Notes "It's a YouTube camera ... It's a camcorder made for uploading YouTube clips ... We think this cam will be great for sending videos to sites like YouTube." Honestly, if I hear that phrase (or anything like it) one more time I'm going to punch the YouTube guys in the back of the head . Why? Because more than representing a simple distribution model, these days the moniker has come to represent just plain crappy video quality.... Read more

  2. JVC Everio GZ-MS100EK

    Reviewer: DigitalVersus
    26 November 2008
    Overall 4
    4.0
     

    The JCC GZ-MS100 is a pretty average camcorder that shows a lot of room for improvement, but don't even think about using it for still shots. Plenty of digital compact cameras offer better quality images and more functionality. Read more

  3. JVC GZ-MS100

    Reviewer: infoSync World
    19 May 2008
    Overall 7
    6.5
     

    Sporting one-button uploading to YouTube and a Konica Minolta 35x optical zoom lens, the JVC GZ-MS100 promises simple but high-quality video sharing. Read more

  4. JVC Everio GZ-MS100 (silver)

    Reviewer: CNET
    22 October 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
    Design 6
    6.0
    Features 7
    7.0
    Performance 7
    7.0
     

    The bottom line: The JVC Everio GZ-MS100 is an average budget SD-card-based camcorder that's more attractive for its small design and relatively average video quality than its unique interface and one-touch uploads to YouTube. Read more

  5. JVC Everio GZ-MS100

    Reviewer: CNET
    3 November 2008
    Overall 6
    6.4
     

    The JVC Everio GZ-MS100 is an average budget SD-card-based camcorder that's more attractive for its small design and relatively average video quality than its unique interface and one-touch uploads to YouTube. Read more

  1. Reviewer: MobasharM.Shar if, Rate it all!
    20 August 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    JVC Everio S GZ-MS100 Camcorder 5 I bought this based on the reviews from amazon and also watching this product on HSN TV. This was the best deal I got from amazon for $180.00. I am using 8GB HC SD card on this and it runs about for nearly 2 hrs on the fine mode, which has an excellent video quality. The great thing being the SD card which makes downloading a whole lot easier. Although the recordings are in .mod files, you can still watch them on windows media player. I... Read more

  2. "Very Nice YouTube camera"

    Reviewer: CNET
    27 August 2009
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    This is a good camera if you are making you tube videos or home videos, but I wouldn't recommend it if you are a professional looking to record whole movies with it. Read more

  3. very decent

    Reviewer: Epinions
    23 December 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Costco has this for 249 with a 4gb card, best price I have seen.   works fine, cheap enough to abuse and use.  I like the self timer feature for .jpg photos.   Almost replaced my other compact still camera, plus it's a great video camera.   Beat the flip in quality and features. Read more

  4. Good camcorder for casual user.

    Reviewer: B&H Photo
    20 October 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Good camcorder for casual user. The PROS: First thing I liked about this camcorder when I first saw it was the zooming range. It can reach up to 35x and still, the image in this aspect is really clear, you can even read a text from a book 5-10ft away. On the other hand, the focus gets really shaky. Common for all long range zoom rate or I think, just those shaky hands. It has image stabilization capability so whenever you zoom out to the max, you can still see a good... Read more

  5. Hockey Camcorder

    Reviewer: feed.us.shopping.com
    17 September 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    I was looking for a good camcorder to tape my sons hockey games and decided on the JVC Everio GZ-MS1 Read more

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