JVC Everio GZMG555 Hard Drive Camcorder

Pros: Small, light, compact. Easy navigation through the menus.
Cons: Mediocre image quality. Horrible(!) proprietary software. Unable to use own software.

There were just too many frustrations to have to tolerate. I felt relieved, disburdened, when I decided to return it. The camera had heavy saturation on the greens – greens come out mildly fluorescent. The camera cannot handle mid-level light ...

Pros: HDD, 5MP still shots, good picture quality, accessory shoe
Cons: included software sub par

As Christmas came closer, I was looking for a good present for my wife. She has always wanted a camcorder to finally start recording family memories to keep. Since I was a total beginner when it comes to camcorders, I spent a lot of time researching the ...

Pros: -uses a harddrive, not tape or a disc, so you can have long recording sessions
Cons: -image quality is just par -poor image stabilization -expensive -poor bundled software

when I first heard about this camcorder, I was really excited to see what it could do. The Harddrive medium is an amazing idea, something never before done (to my knowledge), and is an excellent choice. When using the camera I noticed two major pluses ...

Pros: it's compact, light weight, and the camera itself is easy to function
Cons: software program is horrible, is not user friendly at all. doesn't take good still pictures.

The camera is a nice camera and works like any other camcorder pretty much. We thought a nice feature would be that it's put on a hard drive and not a tape and we could put it all on dvd and send them to family and it would be wonderful. However, even ...

Pros: Good quality stills, and video. Good size and accessible controls. Dock included.
Cons: Gain turned up on initial setup. Smallest battery included.

I have owned this camera now for about 6 months, and it has served me well. The video quality is very good, though not HD, and the still photos are excellent, if you have the camera set up properly. I quickly realized that the "gain" setting on the ...