Camcorder - Canon FS100 or JVC Everio?

[yellowlilax]

I have printed all the specs out, but honestly most of the things I have no idea what even are! I do know that the Canon FS100 takes flash cards and the JVC JVC Everio GZ-MG230 30GB has a harddrive.

 

Right now Amazon has the Canon for $249 and Walmart has the JVC on BF for 249. Some of the things I dont know about though.

 

For instance, the max shutter speed on the JVC is 1/4000 and the Canon is 1/2000. What does that mean for every day recording consumer?

 

The Canon zooms 2000x while the JVC only 700x but really at what point does it look awful anyways?

 

Can anyone knowledgeable help? THANK YOU!!

[DCyanide]

The optical zoom is the number to look at if zoom is important to you. The JVC has a 28x optical zoom, and the Canon has a 37x optical zoom, so the Canon wins with that. When you use the digital zoom, it enlarges the pixels and sacrifices picture quality. You can see the review of the Canon FS100 at the cnet review site. I am still trying to find a review of the JVC. My wife did purchase one from Walmart today, so I can let you know what I think of it after trying it out.

[yellowlilax]

We bought the JVC and its AWFUL - it never will focus. If I have it on a person it continually goes in and out of focus. Did you get the camcorder? Does it work ok for you? Would LOVE if we just got a bad one and the others are fine.

[tammasarath]

Hi Yellowlilax, I 've JVC 20gb HDD camcorder bought during blackfriday sale in 2006 and 've been using it ever since. I never faced a problem with it as of today. its focusing is also ok. and rest of the features are good too. no complains so far.