Product Description

Compact Everio S memory camcorder makes sharing simple. This elegant, slim, lightweight camcorder boasts a Konica Minolta lens, 35x optical zoom, laser touch operation and sharing videos over the Internet is now easier than ever with the one-button uploading to YouTube, the leading video sharing site.It looks strikingly similar to the popular stylish Everio G series hybrid cameras, but is smaller due to recording directly to a SD card. Everio S also has all the convenience Everio is famous for.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15093 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Silver
• Brand: JVC
• Model: GZ-MS100
• Dimensions: 8.00 pounds
• Display size: 2.7

Features

• Compact Slim Design; One Touch Upload to YouTube
• Konica Minolta 35x optical Lens and 800 x digital zoom
• Records directly to a SD / SDHC memory card (card not included)
• 1 hour recording at the highest quality (Ultra-DVD Movie) with a 4 GB SDHC memory card
• 2.7-inch 16:9 widescreen clear LCD; Auto LCD backlight control

From the Manufacturer

Compact Everio S memory camcorder makes sharing simple. This elegant, slim , lightweight Camcorder boasts a Konica Minolta Lens, 35x optical zoom, Laser Touch operation and sharing videos over the internet is now easier than ever with the new one-button uploading to You Tube, the leading video sharing site.

It looks strikingly similar to the popular stylish Everio G series hybrid cameras, but is smaller due to recording directly to a SD card. Everio S also has all the convenience Everio is famous for.

JVC GZ-MS100 Highlights

Super Slim, Lightweight Design
Everio S has been designed to offer more satisfaction in a smaller, lighter body. So you can shoot actively without fatigue, and travel with lots of space left over when you pack your bags.

Konica Minolta Lens
Everio S series is equipped with a high-performance lens developed by camera specialist, KONICA MINOLTA. It captures clear and bright images.

35x Optical Zoom
Everio S is equipped with an industry-leading 35x optical zoom for incredible magnification with full optical quality. Digital zoom takes you up to 800x.

Records directly to a SD/ SDHC Memory Card
The Everio S records directly to a SD / SDHC memory card. This makes sharing simple and easy. Just insert a SDHC class 4 or higher and go. For example you can record up to one hour on a 4 gigabyte SD HC card in the Ultra recording mode, highest quality compared to a DVD movie or up to five hours in the ECO mode that is great for the internet. Different memory card capacities can be used. Quick Restart
In combination with Auto Power ON, you're ready to shoot in about 1 second when the LCD is re-opened. Never miss a crucial moment.

Gigabrid Engine
Six digital noise reduction systems improve the S/N ratio by about 30% (3dB) over previous models, while the integrated MPEG-2 encoder helps reduce block noise and mosquito noise. It's assurance that all of those Gigabytes of video and photos you shoot will offer the best picture quality available for each recording mode.

Auto Illumi. Light
Turns on automatically so you can shoot brilliant images even in low light situations.

Image Stabilizer
Built-in digital image stabilizer effectively compensates for "camera-shake", enabling stable image shooting.

Built-in Lens Cover
Slide it shut to protect the lens when the camera's not in use. It's integrated, so there's no risk of losing it like a separate lens cap.

Data Battery Allows you to check the remaining battery power by % and remaining recording time in minutes. Optional larger capacity batteries are available for purchase.

Please note, this product includes patented and other proprietary technology and will operate only with JVC Data Battery.

Laser Touch Operation
The scroll bar and buttons are touch-sensitive so you just glide your finger up or down the bar to choose menu items while its cool blue light follows your movements. You don't touch the LCD screen itself, so it won't get dirty or smudged. No fingerprints.

Auto LCD Backlight Control
Automatically adjusts brightness of the LCD backlight for comfortable viewing whether indoors or outdoors.

Auto Power ON/OFF
With Everio, you don't have to use the power switch each time you operate because the power is linked to the LCD's opening and closing. Just open the LCD and the camera turns on. Close the LCD to turn the power off and avoid wasting battery power. Operation has never been easier.

Easy Sorting with Event Icons
To make it easier to manage and search for the video clip you want to see, you can assign the appropriate category icon to it while you shoot or afterwards. It also helps when you just want to watch footage based on a certain theme, like Vacation, Birthday, Sports, etc., or when you want to burn just those scenes to a DVD.

Simple AV Connection
Just hook-up to a TV using the provided AV cable and enjoy Everio's DVD-quality picture on a large-screen TV. Or connect directly to a VCR or DVD recorder for easy copying of Everio movie clips to a VHS tape or DVD disc.

Archiving is easy

One-Touch Data Backup to PC
Data archiving has never been easier. Just press the DIRECT BACK UP button, and data that has not yet been backed up can be transferred to a PC automatically.

One-Touch DVD Burning
With an optional SHARE STATION DVD burner or with your PC, you can burn a full-sized DVD-Video disc at the touch of a button. Just press the DIRECT DVD button, and the DVD burning process starts automatically. It's smart so you can even use it to automatically transfer only newly recorded data to the burner, just the scenes you manually select, or pre-select using the Playlist.

Playlist Function
Playlist function lets you easily select the scenes you want in the order you want internally at the camera. Convenient for playback or for archiving to DVD.

Customer Reviews

Great little camcorder, great value!
I have had this camcorder for about a month. The main reason I bought this camcorder was for convenience. I have MiniDV camcorder as well, but I never got around to uploading video from camcorder to computer and then converting AVIs to mpeg to DVD. The workflow with MiniDV was too time-consuming and needed a lot of system resources (1 hr AVI takes about 13GB disk space!).

This camcorder was great. For around $320-ish, its great value. Its totally solid state, no moving parts. I use 16GB SDHC card (around $50-ish), that card can record about 3hr58min video in best quality. The battery lasts about 2 hrs. I doubt I will ever shoot more than 4 hr video in a day. you can always back up your video on a computer at the end of the day or buy multiple SDHC cards.

You can use the included USB cable or a SD card reader to upload mpeg files to a computer. You can upload video and burn a DVD in as little as 10 minutes (if you go straight to DVD and do not edit). You can also upload your video you-tube or other video hosting websites. It comes with included software that is supposed to make YouTube uploads easy for the user. I like to do it myself, have not used the software that much.

The picture quality of this camcorder is amazing. Its not a HD camcorder, so don't expect wonders on your HDTV, but picture quality is very good on SDTVs. The low light capabilities of this camcorder are great. However, auto white balance under light bulbs (indoors) is not that great. You will get better results with manual white balance. Recorded sound quality is OK, not great, but OK. It comes with 35X optical zoom, which is the best in its class. It has digital image stabilization which works very well. this camcorder does allow some manual controls for the enthusiast.

JVC has this new laser touch based interface. It sure looks fancy, but is not great to use. It takes a little getting used to and you never really get a hang of it. Its not very accurate. But this is a simple camcorder and most uses will use it in auto mode all the time. So, the laser interface is not a deal-breaker kind of a thing.

This is a very small camcorder. Its very light. Its easy to handle and feels firm and secure in my hands. It does not come with a neck strap (I just use the one from my previous MiniDV camcorder). It has a built-in lens cover, which is better than some pastic-ring-tied-with-thread lens caps which are annoying. The included battery lasts about 2 hrs. It can also take still pictures, though I have never used it to take still pictures so far.

Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and would definitely recommend this to a friend.

I found my new camcorder!
I wanted to get a camcorder that recorded onto SD cards so I could place the card into a media reader, download the footage, and edit in Sony Vegas. Here's what happened:

Forget about the camera's Quality settings for video. You'll probably want to set it to the highest setting, and never touch it. I get 2 hours of widescreen footage on an 8GB card at the highest quality setting. By not using any moving parts to record an image, camcorders like this are reduced down in size to (roughly) a soda can!

Having downloaded some test video to my Windows XP PC, I noticed that each video file has a separate 3K document that tags the video as being full or widescreen. Because this tag isn't included in the video, editors like Vegas will open ALL the video as fullscreen. However, look for a free program online named SDCopy which puts the tags in the files. Don't worry -- it happens as quickly as making a copy of the file. It's not like SDCopy has to "process" or "render". While I wasn't crazy about this extra step, I can live with it.

Now that my widescreen footage opens as widescreen in Vegas, I can say the image quality of the resulting DVD is outstanding! Footage shot outside was colorful and remarkably clear, and nothing looked cheap or pixelated. Footage shot inside (normal lighting condition) produced images on TV that look better than reality.

The Laser Touch feature works OK for me, and is a gimicky way to navigate though the settings. It also keeps the weight of the camera down. Battery life is good (no moving parts), but I'll be buying a 2nd battery and a changer.

I like that this camera has a built-in lens protector that snaps open and closed. The 35X optical zoom is a huge step over my last camera (also a JVC) which had a 16X optical zoom. The only complaint I have about this camera is that the door to the SD card compartment is more like a plastic flap that gets shoved closed. It feels like you may break the thing every time you go to open it. Also, like many camcorders made today, this camera has no optical viewfinder -- only the LCD screen. That may be something to consider.

Overall -- a very small camera that produces stunning video at the highest quality setting. And isn't that why you use a camcorder?

Love this camera!
My wife and I are expecting so I started reasearching what cameras to buy. I was very confused at first with all the different models and options but eventually wanted something easy to use or else it might just gather dust. I settled on getting a camera that used memory cards because of fewer moving parts and the ability to easily transfer data to a computer. I visited stores in the area and I really liked the JVC Everio but the downside was there were only models with a hard drive. About a month later I found out there was a new JVC Everio model using SD cards and I quickly bought it. This camera is so easy to use it's great. I simply flip the viewer open and can start recording in a second. Great zoom, lightweight, and the lasertouch control panel makes it so easy to adjust settings. I just taped a two hour lecture the other day and it was easy. When I got home I transferred 4GB of data to my computer in minutes. My wife who has two left thumbs even finds it easy to use. Battery lasts about 2 hours so I will probably buy a bigger battery. I bought three 4GB Class 6 SD cards which each hold an hour of footage at the best resolution. I made the right chose and I am happy I didn't make a mistake on this as I have on other things in the past.