Отзывы о Видеокамера JVC GY-HM180E

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Я видеокамерами пользуюсь редко. НО. Купил эту модель. Поснимал на улице - КЛАСС! Пришёл домой - поснимал - посмотрел и продал эту...

Вчера купил. Пришел домой, и поснимал в комнате при искусств. освещении. Подсоеденил к ЖК телику 52" - качество никакое, всё размыто, ужас, как-будто гуашью рисовали (качество...

Выдающиеся 4К. Также устанавливает стандарт для формата AVCHD. Этот класс профессиональной камерой никогда не было так мало, или так дешево.

This review is for the JVC Models GZ-E10, GZ-HM35, GZ-HM40 and its variations.

Given the heritage of JVC products, my expectations were relatively high. Though I'm sure the unit is mechanically and electronically sound, I found the ergonomics to be disastrous. From other reviews I understood that the unit was small and not for those with larger hands. I felt I was safe because my hands are small.

However, this unit was small even for my hands - perhaps a good candidate for children. Here are the ergonomic weaknesses I found:

1. No matter how I positioned the strap, I could not seem to get a comfortable and useful grip on the device.

2. With the battery projecting from the back of the unit, it was nearly impossible for my thumb to reach the record button. I imagine it would even be worse with the extended-life (and depth) of the larger batteries. I suppose one could use the index finger of the right hand.

3. The Play, Up/Left, Down/Right, OK/Info, and Menu buttons run down the inside rear of the camcorder and are impossible to press with one's thumb. I found I have to use my index finger (or fingernail) from my other hand to press these tiny buttons. Though it would probably be too much to expect for the cost of this unit, it could have benefited from a pushbutton wheel with center OK as is popular with many digital cameras. Backlighting would also be helpful to identify the buttons, so don't expect to press any controls at Becky's recital without a flashlight.

4. The index finger is supposed to rest on the Wide/Tele lever. But just behind the lever is a rarely used button toggling between Auto and Manual modes. I don't know why this option couldn't have been selectable from a menu. I found I needed to use my middle finger to adjust the W/T lever so as not to accidentally switch to manual mode.

5. Speaking of menus, some functions are several levels deep. For example, one has to press buttons no less than five times to get to the focus function in manual mode (from auto mode.) And then the rough focus, (pressing and holding the tiny up/down buttons, and not using the lever as one would expect,) swept too large a range, and the fine focus performed by single presses of the buttons took an eternity to reach total manual focus. It helped to zoom in to the subject area for manual focus, and then zoom back for composition.

There was also a nuisance I should have taken heed from another user. This would have been a deal breaker if I knew what I know now. The resultant files this camcorder produces is not in a typical video format such as AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, MPG, MPEG, or MP4. Instead, it formats video as MTS files (mpeg transport stream, supporting HD video reproduction.) This is fine if you want to watch videos directly from the camcorder or while connected to a TV or other video device. Trouble is, if you want to download the files and watch them on your computer, you have to locate and download an MTS viewer to watch them. Worse, if you want to convert the files to another format for editing and other purposes, you have to locate and download a converter. The converters I've found take about ten minutes to convert a four minute file. It doesn't take a math genius to calculate the conversion time for a half hour video.

About the only redeeming quality I found on this camcorder is its amazing 40x optical zoom. All said, if one can get around the ergonomic nightmares, this could be a good value as an entry level camcorder for the kids, grandkids, or adults with VERY small hands.

This review is for the JVC Models GZ-E10, GZ-HM35, GZ-HM40 and its variations.

Given the heritage of JVC products, my expectations were relatively high. Though I'm sure the unit is mechanically and electronically sound, I found the ergonomics to be disastrous. From other reviews I understood that the unit was small and not for those with larger hands. I felt I was safe because my hands are small.

However, this unit was small even for my hands - perhaps a good candidate for children. Here are the ergonomic weaknesses I found:

1. No matter how I positioned the strap, I could not seem to get a comfortable and useful grip on the device.

2. With the battery projecting from the back of the unit, it was nearly impossible for my thumb to reach the record button. I imagine it would even be worse with the extended-life (and depth) of the larger batteries. I suppose one could use the index finger of the right hand.

3. The Play, Up/Left, Down/Right, OK/Info, and Menu buttons run down the inside rear of the camcorder and are impossible to press with one's thumb. I found I have to use my index finger (or fingernail) from my other hand to press these tiny buttons. Though it would probably be too much to expect for the cost of this unit, it could have benefited from a pushbutton wheel with center OK as is popular with many digital cameras. Backlighting would also be helpful to identify the buttons, so don't expect to press any controls at Becky's recital without a flashlight.

4. The index finger is supposed to rest on the Wide/Tele lever. But just behind the lever is a rarely used button toggling between Auto and Manual modes. I don't know why this option couldn't have been selectable from a menu. I found I needed to use my middle finger to adjust the W/T lever so as not to accidentally switch to manual mode.

5. Speaking of menus, some functions are several levels deep. For example, one has to press buttons no less than five times to get to the focus function in manual mode (from auto mode.) And then the rough focus, (pressing and holding the tiny up/down buttons, and not using the lever as one would expect,) swept too large a range, and the fine focus performed by single presses of the buttons took an eternity to reach total manual focus. It helped to zoom in to the subject area for manual focus, and then zoom back for composition.

There was also a nuisance I should have taken heed from another user. This would have been a deal breaker if I knew what I know now. The resultant files this camcorder produces is not in a typical video format such as AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, MPG, MPEG, or MP4. Instead, it formats video as MTS files (mpeg transport stream, supporting HD video reproduction.) This is fine if you want to watch videos directly from the camcorder or while connected to a TV or other video device. Trouble is, if you want to download the files and watch them on your computer, you have to locate and download an MTS viewer to watch them. Worse, if you want to convert the files to another format for editing and other purposes, you have to locate and download a converter. The converters I've found take about ten minutes to convert a four minute file. It doesn't take a math genius to calculate the conversion time for a half hour video.

About the only redeeming quality I found on this camcorder is its amazing 40x optical zoom. All said, if one can get around the ergonomic nightmares, this could be a good value as an entry level camcorder for the kids, grandkids, or adults with VERY small hands.

First, Im not comparing this to a $500 or even more expensive camera, it's not fair. It's like complaining my chevy aveo is slower than my friends camaro.

For the price you won't get external audio inputs or a wide range of manual camera features and recording options on most any camera. This camera only records at 1080x19020I or 720x480I, your only options are video bitrate. It is misleading on JVC's part to say it records at 1080x1920 since it only has a 1.5MP sensor, with that sensor it can only capture around 1440x900, the image is then resized and recorded to full HD. A typical SD camera will have around 0.3MP sensor, a true full HD sensor will have 2.1MP or more. This camera could have recorded true 1280x720 but oddly it does not have that option.

The bit rate ranges from around 24,000 (175MB / Minute) to 3000 (22MB / Minute). Unlike some off brand low cost HD cameras, this JVC is quick to focus and maintains focus while zooming. The zoom is variable speed, although the zoom button/slider is almost to small to control accurately. Overall, the video is ok to good quality, meets expectations for the price.

Since it records avchd, the video files are buried in the directories. Once you find them Windows media player and VLC player both play the raw .mts files from off the SD card in a card reader with no extra software. You can also upload the video files directly to youtube with no conversion. I dont see why some people are going though so many extra steps of using software to transfer and convert the videos just to watch them on their computer. Sony Vegas Pro will read/edit these files with no problem. I have not tried other programs, make sure they support avchd so you dont have to waste time and quality converting them. Since it's HD, you will need to bring the quality down to if you want to make a standard DVD, video conversion does take a good computer, if yours is only a single or dual core cpu, expect to walk away and come back later when it's done. If your serious about quickly editing the video, adding effects and converting them to other formats you should have a 4 core or better cpu. Mine is 6 core, 8GB ram with 4TB (4000 GB) hard drive space. A good video card will also unload the work from your cpu, given both your gpu and video editing software both support this feature.

One drawback on all jvc cameras are their smart batteries, they are not available as direct drop in's from the aftermarket sellers and very expensive. I bought a battery for a Panasonic for around $22, the same capacity sold by JVC would sell for around $69. You can get a kind of universal aftermarket battery, that fools the camera into thinking it's plugged into an ac power adapter, it may work but the battery life will not be displayed on screen. The battery that comes with this camera is only good for 45 minutes to 1 hour, but again this is the low end model. The more expensive models come with a larger battery.

In the end, if you need something near HD quality, light, low cost and something that will probably last, this will do the job.

I have the JVC GZ-E10AU. The 40X zoom is good, better then I thought. Face detection works. Don't mind the stabilizer, but I don't use it much. I have a 64GB SanDisk SD card in mine and setting at XP. On XP I get a little over 8house of video, if the battery would hold up. I get about an hour of battery time. Now I have taken a lot of video with this cam and have to say on playback on a 50inch Samsung flat screen the picture looks very good, even at low light. My video's are more family or kids parties. The only gripe I have is that the battery has a short life and the cam gets hot. Some video when taking something that is a distant view, it wants to focus on the near by things. With the change of technology, I'll be up grading soon. Then I'll be giving this cam to the wife.

I was three days away from vacation, when I discovered that I had only one battery for my new vidio camera. I Tried to find the battery here in Houston and was told the closest one was located in Austin and it would take a week to get it to Houston. I decided to look it up in my Kindle and found that I could get two batteries and the charger for less that it would cost it i got one battery from any of the Houston stores I had visited. I one clicked and was told I would have it in Two days (Prime). At noon on the day they promised, it was delivered to my address. Thank you.

This was a replacement a for small camcorder That we borrowed from Mother in law On our wedding trip,We think the original cord got picked up by mistake by the photographer. So we bought this to replace, even tho its not in our possession I plugged into camera it worked. Now for what its worth It seemed made well nice wires lights up when charging I think, Didn't feel like a cheapy.

I bought this one used. I had this exact model before. That was lost, and I found this one used. It came in great shape. You can hardly tell it is used.

Delivered on time packed well, fits camera well and has excellent in camera performance and charging characteristics. Also bought the BN-VG114 charging/battery kit so I have a great charger and 2 batteries

Worst camera ever. Takes plenty of nice videos in some bizarre format that you cannot convert to normal DVD's or play on anybody else's computer. I have downloaded and installed all of the company's updates, including the one that claims to be for converting the weird format and burning normal DVD's, however after numerous attempts and constant computer crashes, I have given up. I read the other reviewer's advice on skipping a title for the disc and that does not work. My laptop still crashes every time I try to burn a normal dvd. What a waste -- a whole year's worth of family videos, which are unusable. That is some serious customer disservice. I HATE this stupid video camera.

I purchased this package for my GZ-355B to provide an extra battery and a means to charge it. Great combination.

These should give you almost twice the capacity as the original in the same size package. Be sure to buy.

I bought this camera a couple of months ago after my kids left my JVC 8mm tape camera outside in the rain! I was going to write a lengthy review about this camera but decided to just mention a few things, keep in mind that I upgraded from an old 8mm data tape camera,(which i was happy with btw). And I'm not hip on the latest and greatest technology. I had my reservations about buying a camera this cheap that promised so much. That said I am totally surprised !

I like: Quality is excellent, sharp, clear colors, sometimes almost looks 3D in the right settings. I use it to tape my kids birthdays and school plays etc, walks on the beach and things of that nature. I love just uploading the video to my PC and deleting the SD card, and burning a dvd! No more messing around with 8mm tapes. It's light and comact. 40x zoom is the bomb. I can't babble about resolution and pixels etc, but it doesnt matter, it far exceeds my expectations of a $200 camera. Performs outstanding outdoors, i cant say enough about the daytime outdoor quality, love it. I would HIGHLY recommend this to a friend or a casual family archiver. In my opinion if there are any negative reviews, they probably got a defective camera or they were expecting hollywood quality camera.

I don't like: It doesnt perform to its best in low light or dark indoor settings, doesnt have a still camera shot (which was rather annoying on my old cam anyway) but you can extract a still photo from any frame in the movie using the software. You should probably use a tripod when possible, it can get a little shaky. Battery life leaves a lot to be desired, as does charging time, (of course you can buy an extended battery if desired) I don't like the manual lens cover, it should open and close auto, eventually someone will leave it open and the lense will get scratched! The little menu buttons take some getting used to with my big fingers but my kids zip right through them.

All in all I love this camera, it was inexpensive and perfect for the type of videography I bought it for. Don't hesitate buying this camera! If you have any questions feel free to email me at beachbums@capecod.com

Terry the Dad

works fine, battery works better than original. charger works as it should.yes I would recommend this product to other people.

Great product. ordered as a spare for my jvc camera, now i can film more because i have a spare battery

Works as designed. Good price. Good life. Quick shipment.

would recommend again. Battery life is good. What can I say more.