JVC GZ-MG57EK reviews: Hard disk drive storage SD camcorder

JVC GZ-MG57EK reviews: Hard disk drive storage SD camcorder reviews

This camcorder is a good all rounder.

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JVC GZ-MG57EK : Horizontally held, 15x optical zoom camcorder using SD card. See full product description

Overall rating	10.0
Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	6.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	9.0

Product Features

Resolution quality	SD
Resolution quality can be standard definition (SD), High Defintion (HD) or Full High Definition (HD). SD camcorders will have 480 horizontal lines of resolution whereas HD camcorders can have up to 1080. The more lines of resolution you have, the sharper your video will look. Full HD refers to camcorders that record in 1920 × 1080 resolution.
Resolution (Pixels)	1280x920
A camera sensor, that captures the photograph, is measured in pixels. The number given here is the horizontal amount of pixels followed by the vertical quantity of pixels. The more pixels a camera sensor has, the bigger and higher quality the image will be.
3D	No

Optical zoom ratio	15
The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.
Media format	Hard disk drive
This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to. The main types of card media format: Compact Flash Micro SD MMC (Multi Media Card) SD Card (Secure Digital) SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)
Connections	USB

Type of memory card	SD

Shape of camcorder	Horizontally held

Digital zoom ratio	700
Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.
Type of image stabiliser	Electronic
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Widescreen recording	Yes
Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	30
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Weight (g)	410
The weight of the product in grams.
Screen size (Inches)	2.7
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Maximum aperture telephoto	2
Maximum aperture wide	1.2

Type of chip	CCD

Release date	2006-08-02
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: JVC GZ-MG57EK, JVC MG57, Jvc GZMG57EK

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