JVC GR-DVP7U MiniDV Cybercam

bought this camera for a little less then five hun ...

Strengths: size, size size, digital quality

Weaknesses: slightly less color then I would like

Summary: 2004-02-06 17:50:56 bought this camera for a little less then five hundred on close out. I saw three of these , and the next day only one left so I grabbed one. I read the reviews before and got to say most missed the fun factor on this original high end camera. It has many out ports to connect immediately to my tv or vcr, and easily. The zoom is fast and easy. Start up is fast. The quality of movies is very good for such a small unit. How small is it? its probably still so smaller then most every camera out there, and you can put this in your pocket and your ready with nothing to stick out, talk about discrete. The battery at an hour a good hour, which lasts a long time without recharging and is much better then my canon hi eight and they are cheap to get better batteries .Even the new mp recorders stick out and this probably has better video! This looks like a tape recorder. But if your looking for a good low light camera at night forget it but once you have light even low light it works. As for capture card, its pretty cool extra but nothing to take prints with. I am still trying to figure out controls and options. So say its summer and your cruising around , how can you take shots of that girl without being seen? lol and by the way its not heavy. There is a reason this was once over 1200 dollars. This is one of the best for its purpose. I never tried the movies on the card though.

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I had this camera from return from Sears. Great sm ...

Strengths: small , seems well constructed ,

Weaknesses: color is not good , digitals lousy

Summary: 2004-03-06 08:42:40 I had this camera from return from Sears. Great small camcorder to use but for nothing serious. Horrible low light, horrible stills . Decent to good video till sundown, color could use major improvement.

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I've had this camcorder for 1 year, and it has tur ...

Strengths: Compact, User Friendly, quality dv cam when used with proper lighting, and durable. Also, easy to switch to digital still mode. Ideal for travel.

Weaknesses: Bad night capture. Need light attachment for night shots. Almost useless in the the dark.

Summary: I've had this camcorder for 1 year, and it has turned out quality video through almost every environment it was used in... Jungles of Costa Rica, New Orleans partying, Cancun, Hawaii, Weddings, etc.... The size and stowability of this unit are the reasons why I purchased it. Night capture is not good without the light attachment... "Night-Alive" is terrible. The DVP7U produces great DV quality for its size... video quality has never been an issue. Well worth the money if you are looking for great video quality in a pocket sized unit. Buying an extra extended battery would be a good idea as well.

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My wife has a small hand. She compared it to SonyP ...

Strengths: quality feel, sound and picture quality, small size, bright and sharp LCD, easy thumb control, focusing and 530 lines resolution.

Weaknesses: fingers sometimes cover lens, hard to push 'inside button', flimsy rubber cover on connection, night mode unusable, awkward but 'learnable' zoom control.

Summary: My wife has a small hand. She compared it to SonyPC101. surprisingly she liked the quality,smallness, color accuracy using the settings of white balance and fast focusing of the JVC. The Sony has that 'Sony' mavica color she said. Besides, the JVC with its all black cool factor. We handled the JVC carefully and even bought a second 1400mAh battery just in case. I anticipated JVC to break down actually, but no, it did'nt. The 2nd battery even last me a week of intense filming WITH LCD!!. And that's in winter. However some quibbles about the so called buttons to access the settings. You really have to push hard enuff to make it work. Maybe next time, JVC will make a 'proper' button. Overall, me and my wife are satisfied with it. Handle it carefully, so it does not get broken easily like in the first comment. I certainly recommend it to friends because of its size, quality and cool factor. Its reliable actually. As for me, my next digicamcorder will be the Panasonic DVX(?)1000 or the Canon GL2, but this baby will be my wife's jewel.

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I bought this camera from Electronics Four Less th ...

Strengths: pretty small, 1280X960 CCD, webcam, sliding lens cover,

Weaknesses: not very useful as still camera, flash optional accesory for $120, prone to malfunction, don't think it's possible to send video to a PC unless you have DV input on PC and a DV cable(4 pin,IEEE 1394)

Summary: I bought this camera from Electronics Four Less through eBay. It worked fine at first, but started malfunctioning after a week. I do not believe I mistreated it. Now, the zoom and focus will not move, it takes 10 seconds to come on completely, and the snapshot button doesn't work. I thought I had made a good find, but if JVC doesn't honor their warranty I will have a complete loss.

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