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Reviewed by UK Guest, 5th Jan 2007. |
| Review Summary: JVC GZ-MG21EK |
Overall Score: 1/5
 
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Review: The hard disk on the JVC GZ-MG21EK camcorder is good as it just records forever and is instantly recognised in Linux distros Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS. The optical zoom is fantastic.
Unfortunately the overall image quality is poor such that the camcorder is only useable in broad daylight or under close fluorescent lighting.
Under filament bulb light the image is orange and black, going to manual 'night mode' merely makes it bright orange and any movement becomes an instant blur hence negating its use as a 'movie' recorder.
It has an LED light for illumination but this makes no noticeable difference unless the object is a couple of feet away or closer.
Anything other than bright light and the camcorder image either looks orange or simply looks blurred as though vaseline is smeared on the lens.
In broad daylight the image is okay but movement tends to induce 'comb' lines especially noticeable at the edges of objects/contrasts.
To edit the movies requires that the .mod extensions to the file names are renamed to .mpg, I don't know whether this is so in Windows, probably not with the supplied software but maybe so if using other software. |
Ratings
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1 |
| Review Score: |
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1 |
| Recommended? | |
No |
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