JVC Everio GZ-MG505 3-CCD 5MP 30GB Hard Disc Drive Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom | 
| Brand: JVC
List Price: $1,599.99
Buy Used: $780.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 5354
Media: Electronics
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 32
Minimum Focal Length: 3.2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 7.4 x 7.3
MPN: GZMG505US
Model: MG505US
UPC: 046838026492
EAN: 0046838026492
ASIN: B000FF9POC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: LOOKS LIKE NEW, NO SCRATCHES,FAST SHIPPING
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| Features:
| • | Three 1/4.5-inch 1.33-megapixel CCDs for high-quality image capture and 2.3-megapixel widescreen video | | • | Up to 37 hours of recording with 30GB internal hard disk drive | | • | 2.7-inch 16:9 widescreen clear LCD monitor | | • | 5-megapixel + 3CCD for high-quality digital stills of up to 2560x1920 image size | | • | 10x (8x for stills) optical zoom / 300x digital zoom |
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Product Description
The GZ-MG505us creates sharp & vivid images by dedicating a 1.33 (1.23 effective) megapixel CCD to each red, green & blue color. The GZ-MG505's advanced prism optics & filterless 3-CCD pixel shift technology quadruple the pixel count to record 5 megapixel-class stills. In the video mode, this Everio uses 774,180 effective pixels for each RGB color for full-resolution 2.3 megapixel imaging. The broader dynamic range allows you to enjoy videos with truly realistic colors, digital stills up to 2560 x 1920 pixels. The GZ-MG505's optics uses 3-dimensional angle mounting technology to assure high precision prism/ CCD registration with extreme accuracy on the order of one micron.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Great video quality even in low light October 26, 2006
Peter T. (Philadelphia, PA)
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
The 3CCD of MG505 does its work. The color is great and video quality is terrific even in low light. The size of camcorder is very handy and compact. I strongly recommend for the additional battery.
I believe that the hard disc camcorder will be the standard soon. No more hassle with DV tape or small CD-R or CD-RW. Each shot of video is recorded into one file and it is ready to be played with your computer.
Tip : The video format actually is already MPEG2 (DVD). But the file extension from your JVC is *.MOD. Just simeply rename it to *.MPG, then it will become universal format compatible with any player programs such as Windows Media Player, Power DVD, etc. No need to convert the file format. You just rename the file extension and that's it.
Great camera... September 19, 2006
P. Vanderhorst (Chamblee, GA USA)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I've had the camera for almost a week and love everything about it except the 50min battery that JVC supplies. Luckily you can go to walmart and buy another battery for $16 bn-vf707u (yes that's right and OEM JVC battery only $16). I also purchased a bn-vf714u, from another store for a little more. Any I'd stay away from the non-brand batteries since JVC will void your warranty if a problem comes up related to a power issue.
The photo and video quality are top notch the 5meg pixel still images are really sharp. I now leave my digital cam at home. The compact size of the camera is really nice too, although it doesn't have a view finder i personally wouldn't use it even if it did (never have on other camcorders or digi cams) the LCD does it's job very well. The number 1 let down for me about this camcorder is that it can't be used as a webcam. I was hoping to put the camera to use regularly.
Overall I can't complain about anything really, webcam feature would of been nice but no HD cam in JVC or Sony's class offer that support yet. 50min supplied battery life, bad but Walmart selling the battery for $16 made up for it =) Video quality is really good but the supplied free software is lacking. Thats why it's free i guess.
JVC Everio GZ-MG505 3-CCD 5MP 30GB July 28, 2006
Jay S. Kelley (California, USA)
16 out of 25 found this review helpful
Great camcorder, even the digital camera is great! Love that even with a 30GB HD is still is capable of a 2GB SD card for the digital camera.
Finally a camera that takes great movies and stills October 17, 2006
T. J. Power (Breckenridge, Colorado United States)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
About 7 years ago I purchased a JVC mini-DV camera that was supposed to take both still images and video. The video worked, the stills were horrible. This camera actually does both very well. It's a breeze to shoot and review both formats. The joystick is cool to use, and lets you zoom in on your stills, fast forward, rewind, etc. It's much smaller than I expected, as well. The manual controls are also very useful. If the file format was more universal and it had a viewfinder, I think it would be just about perfect.
Good buy March 22, 2007
QQ Yue (LA, California)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this camcorder from Fry's for $1080*** including tax as a new year gift for my parents. I tried it right after I received the package and I just love it. Everything is great except the battery included in the package can last only 30 min which is too short for a camcorder with 30G memory. So I bought a data battery from JVC ($126), and then the camcorder became perfect. I made the choice between Sony SR100 and JVC505. Sony has a better lense (Carl Zeiss) I have to say, but JVC has 3CCD(!!!) and a much higher resolution.I prefer the cool silver color of SR100 to the black 505, but 100 is too big, even longer than your palm. Besides, if you have large fingers as my father's, you'll not like the touch-screen from Sony although it is fancy (or you can borrow the pen from your NDS). Other features: sound effect is good, LCD is bright and adjustable, low light recording not a problem if you understand the instruction book, buttons are easy to use, 30 G is wonderful for travelling without a laptop on you hand, it is very good to watch what you record on a wide-screen TV. By the way, sony just released their new HD camcorder to beat this 505, but, as sony always is and I believe will be forever, it is more expensive than it should be...
Hope this is useful for you. Good luck searching.
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