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Main Features
1. Newly developed 3-CCD camera system offers a
wider range of color reproduction
Using a 3-CCD camera system with three
1.33-megapixel*
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CCDs, the color reproduction ability
has been substantially improved. After a prism refracts
the images captured by the lens into the three basic
colors of red, green, and blue, image capture is carried
out by each of the color-dedicated CCDs.
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: 3 x 690,000 effective pixels for video, and 3 x 1,230,000 pixels for stills
2. Digital media camera with the world’s best*
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5-mega class still performance
By using high precision image processing technology based on 3-CCD, this
home-use camcorder offers the world’s largest 5-mega class still picture memory.
Furthermore, users can enjoy clear, beautiful photo prints thanks to JVC’s
proprietary Megabrid Imaging Engine that performs separate high-resolution
processing especially for stills, in addition to processing designed for video.
3. World’s smallest and lightest*
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compact unit
As a 3-CCD home camcorder with a one inch hard disk, it offers the world’s smallest
and lightest compact unit for superior portability, as well as ample memory for longer
video recording time. With a compact size that makes it easy to carry anywhere at
anytime, users can easily capture everyday or travel scenes in high resolution.
4. A full range of functions to faithfully capture images
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Scene Modes to capture various image situations
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Manual Focus Ring to allow for quick, precise focusing
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Auto Exposure Bracketing to capture a range of three
exposures with a single push of the trigger button
Development Concepts
New categories are emerging today in the digital camcorder market, and instead of just
videotape, memory cards or DVDs are being used for the storage media. In order to
accommodate the transforming market, JVC launched the Everio series using a hard
disk as storage media in November 2004. This series is well received for its
high-resolution extended recording time, highly portable compact size, easy operation
through random access, and superior PC compatibility. It has even created a new
product category called the “digital media camera”; a kind of Hard Disk Camcorder.
With this launch of the GZ-MC500 model featuring the 3-CCD 5-mega camera system,
JVC strengthened this camcorder lineup. Thanks to the world’s ultimate 3CCD 5-mega
class*
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still performance, and a high-capacity video memory, this camera allows users
