GZ-HD3 JVC : The Hybrid SD - HDD - HDV camera recorder by JVC - Finally we ARE Official !

Here is the latest HDV compact camcorder made by JVC: the Everio GZ-HD3. This product is the little brother of the GZ-HD7 and features a 1.8 inches 60GB HDD, SDHC cards reader and encodes in MPEG-2 TS. The zoom is good for 200x and comes from Konika Minolta.

Contrary to the Panasonic SD3, this JVC is not Full HD but HDV, which means a resolution of 1440x1080, which is not so annoying, the lack of AVCHD codec is a bit more unfortunately as it will reduce the recording time to 25 minutes on a 4GB card (SDHC). Running at full spec you'll still be able to record 5 hours onto the HDD.

The dimensions (82x75x15mm) and weight (660g) are good in this category, the JVC GZ-HD3 costs 890€ in Japan (¥150000).