JVC Everio GZHD3 Camcorder

Impressive fit and finish, easy-to-use features, image quality is good under daylight, but poor in a low-light environment. I paid $530 on Amazon in August '08 so it's a good value.

This Camcorder is pathethic.... First off, Digital Stabilization is the worst Idea Next to Intrapolated Pictures for higher Megapixels on your digital camera.... and it works about the same... Unfortunately you can't turn that off in Auto Mode, and Manual mode is too hard for anyone who doesn't know the camera to use... Lack of viewfinder is a lost cause if you plan on shooting anything at higher speeds... Like rc airplanes.... and why the heck would they force interlaced video... It sucks... it Looks terrible viewed on my 50" lcd hdtv.... I have to first convert everything over to deinterlaced... Also to strip the extra byte off their format to make it reg mpg you need to import it into powerdirector it will conver/strip the encoding off and leave you with a regular mpg (no conversion or re-compression) I would have bought the Canon hd10, but the speed of the zoom on the canon was slower than a snail, but video on the canon looked much better... I should have just put up with th... Read more

This camera is absolute quality. I love the large lens, the great features, the comfortable handling, and the sharpenss of the footage. 60gb allows for up to 5 hours of HD footage, which is incredible. The stock battery may only last about 1-2 hours of use, but I'm surprised how long the first charge actually lasted. Quality, even at 10x zoom is great, and there is some noise in low-light conditions, but filming without proper lighting is asking a little much. Overall, I'm very happy about this purchase, and I would recommend it for anyone looking to buy a great camera for every day use, or even for filming small movies for fun.

I love this camera!! It's very simple to use and has many features to support most video/photo adjustments the average person would want to make to take a great shot. My wife likes it and she's not particularly tech-savvy. I'm a software developer so I tend to do well with technology. I was drawn to the camera because of the HDD digital storage and it seemed to be high quality when compared with others that I experimented with in it's class without being bulky, or having an awkward or complicated user interface. Once I discovered this unit at my favorite technology retail store, I did a lot of research on the device - its features and usability, and tried to find it's weaknesses from any professional review I could locate. I did all my searching on the Internet. What I found was that nearly all the reviews were raving when compared with others (it was a leader in major publishers). The weakness that was pointed out by only a few reviews was that it seems to have an ever so slight di... Read more

Bought the camera 1 month ago from Amazon. Easy to use and download software (I'm not a techi). I needed to spend some time to get used to the editing software with the camera, but now I can use most basic functions. Microphone can pick up any adjustments you make to the camera while filming, so just try to use adjustments sparingly. Excellent HD camera for the price. Happy with the purchase and will probably upgrade camera with microphone to help pick up speeches etc...