JVC Everio GZ-MG135E

Purchased this to document my travels and to stop having to purchase a tape or card for recording. The ease of use is there, point shoot, USB, transfer. You can read the other reviews and see the technical spec but I will give you some of the pros and cons as a user below. Pros: Ease of use HDD recording USB interface clear view finder/display Intuitive buttons Good scene selector (sport, indoor, skiing, etc.) Price point The included editing software Uses a SD card as well for stills which can be slotted into laptops with SD readers Cons: Zoom button is sensitive so you have to be careful how fast you use it. It ...

JVC GZ-MG130

In the past, I have always had camcorders that record to tape. I fancied getting a hard drive based camcorder because of the longer record times and the easiness of transferring the videos my PC. Knowing nothing much about camcorders, I just bought this one as it was the cheapest one in the shop at the time. The camcorder is reasonably small. It isn't as tiny as some I have seen, but it is compact enough to carry around without much effort. It is also light enough to hold up in hand for quite a while when recording. It isn't especially stylish, but that doesn't bother me in the slightest. As long as it does it's job, I'm happy. The build quality is good, and there is a built-in ...