The GZ-HD300 Everio High Definition Hard Disk PAL Camcorder gives you true 1920 x 1080/60i recording, to your choice of the 60GB HDD or to microSD/SDHC memory cards. Every memory will come across beautiful and life-like on your HDTV, thanks to the 1/4.1" 3.05MP CMOS sensor, GENESSA processing, and the HD Gigabrid Premium video engine. The KONICA MINOLTA HD lens and 2.7" LCD help by giving you a lens specially designed for capturing HD video and a wide display on which to compose and playback

Features

The GZ-HD300 Everio High Definition Hard Disk 'PAL' Camcorder gives you true 1920 x 1080/60i recording, to your choice of the 60GB HDD or to microSD/SDHC memory cards. Every memory will come across beautiful and life-like on your HDTV, thanks to the 1/4.1" 3.05MP CMOS sensor, GENESSA processing, and the HD Gigabrid Premium video engine. The KONICA MINOLTA HD lens and 2.7" LCD help by giving you a lens specially designed for capturing HD video and a wide display on which to compose and playback your video. Let's not forget the AVCHD UXP mode with a bit rate of up to 24Mbps, for improved clarity and detail.

While you're out capturing all those videos, you'll probably want to shoot some photos as well. Don't worry about having to lug around a camera too; the HD300 doubles a digital still camera that boasts 1920 x 1080 resolution and Face Detection technology.

When you're ready to share little Johnny's first steps, uploading the special moment to the Internet, is easy. The camcorder features One-Touch Export to iTunes and One-Touch Upload to YouTube - taking the hassle out of the entire sharing process. The HD300 also features Direct DVD, which makes burning your video to DVD on your computer as simple as it gets.

Hybrid Recording

Record over 5 hours of 1920 x 1080 high definition video to the 60GB hard disk drive in the GZ-HD300. Should you need extra space you can also store video and still images to removable microSD/SDHC flash memory cards.

3.05MP 1/4.1" CMOS Sensor

The 1/4.1" CMOS sensor in the HD300 captures video and stills with true HD clarity and quality. Helping the sensor do its job would be, JVC's HD Gigabrid Premium video engine, which optimizes image quality along with reducing the camera's power consumption and GENESSA processing to make the most out of the HD signal.

KONICA MINOLTA HD Lens

The KONICA MINOLTA HD Lens is specially designed for capturing Full HD video and stills and features a 20x optical zoom, which brings far off subjects up-close with virtually no loss in image quality.

2.7" LCD Display

The LCD on the GZ-HD300 provides a 16:9 display on which to compose and playback video and stills. JVC's improved Laser Touch Operation system lets you navigate the camera's basic controls and menu selections on the side and bottom of the screen.

Still Image Capture

The GZ-HD300 doubles as a high resolution digital still camera. Capture beautiful 1920 x 1080 JPEGs with the camera and save them to the HDD or microSD/SDHC memory cards.

Creative Control and Workflow Features

One-Touch Export to iTunes

One-Touch Upload to YouTube

Direct Backup: One-Touch backup to PC

Auto Illumi Light for recording in low light settings

HDMI V.1.3 with x.v.Color for increased color reproduction

Digest Playback: 5 minute montage of 60 minutes of video

Direct DVD: One-Touch DVD creation with optional SHARE STATION

Optics

Sensor 1/3" 2.68Mp CMOS

Lens Focal length=4.5-45mm

f/stop=1.8-2.2

Zoom 10x Optical

200x Digital

Filter Size 43mm

Recording

System PAL

Format AVCHD H.264, MPEG-2

Audio Dolby Digital 2 channel

Image Stabilization Digital image stabilizer (electronic)

Recording Media 80GB Hard disk drive

MicroSD memory card

Recording Time 80GB HDD

AVCHD: XP: 10 hours, EP: 33 hours

MPEG-2: FHD: 6 hours, 1440CBR: 6 hours 3

Display

Display Type LCD

Display Size 2.8"

Viewfinder No

Camera Features

Manual Controls White balance, exposure, sharpness, shutter priority, aperture priority, brightness control

Built-in Speaker Yes

Built-in Mic Yes

Accessory Shoe Yes

Built-in Light/Flash Yes

Digital Still Mode

Still Recording Media micro SDHC cards

Resolution 2432 x 1368

1920 x 1080

1824 x 1386

1440 x 1080

640 x 480

Input/Output Connectors

Inputs 3.5mm stereo mini

Output 3.5mm stereo mini

A/V out

Component out

HDMI

mini USB (type A & type B)

USB 2.0

Microphone Input Yes

Headphone Jack Yes

Compatible Operating Systems Windows XP

Mac OS X 10.4.4-10.4.8 (via plug-in for MPEG-2 files to be used with iMovie HD 6 & Final Cut Pro 5 or 6)

Dimensions (WxHxD) 2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 4 7/8" (71 x 68 x 123mm)

Weight 0.98 lbs (440g)

This is a "PAL" product and CANNOT be used in the USA. It is designed for use with video products built to PAL TV standards.