• Red Rob

  

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  Re: JVC GY-HM100 - not salivating

  Sun, March 22, 2009 - 6:31 PM

  Not salivating... I've only read that one link you posted, but it's missing lots-o-detail....
  
  - why only one ring? Is it Focus? Exposure? Zoom?
  - how will it perform in low light?
  - what kind of batter and battery life?
  - est. street price?
  ... etc....

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• • Chai

    

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    Re: JVC GY-HM100 - not salivating

    Sun, March 22, 2009 - 6:56 PM

    here are some more details for the manufacturer:
    
    pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp
    
    
    
    Focus is controlled manually or automatically. A smooth servo zoom is controlled with a conventional rocker on the handgrip, or manually with the lens ring.
    
    One BN-VF823U Data Battery (7.2V, 2190mAh) is provided for recording time over 2 hours
    
    Suggested list price* for this model (U.S. Dollars): $3,995.00

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  • • Pulp...

      

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      Re: JVC GY-HM100 - not salivating

      Mon, March 23, 2009 - 9:20 AM

      It does look pretty cool. The big thing for me isn't so much the native FCP format - rewrapping files is a duck walk after digitizing tape - but the cheap storage - which, of course, raises reliability issues - but if they can get the prices of the cards down that's going to be huge.

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    • • Red Rob

        

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        Re: JVC GY-HM100 - not salivating

        Mon, March 23, 2009 - 10:21 PM

        oh yes.. totally love the idea of instant-edit or quick copy via the storage medium...
        
        but those additional posted specs. don't really add anything to me... manual or auto focus.. how?! manual zoom or rocker button.. OK.. well... um.. there's only one RING on the front of the cam? So which is it?
        
        For $4K, it looks like it's missing some fundamental usability features...

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      • • Red Rob

          

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          Re: JVC GY-HM100 - not salivating

          Mon, March 23, 2009 - 10:24 PM

          On second thought, it looks like they intentionally pulled out some physical handling features so it can maintain the small and lightweight footprint that they were going after... with that in mind, it looks pretty interesting. Still wondering how it will do in low light.. guess we'll find out soon, eh?

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        • • Goth...

            

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            Re: JVC GY-HM100 - not salivating

            Tue, March 24, 2009 - 9:09 PM

            Im still liking my Z1U

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