JVC Everio GZ-MC500 user manual

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For Immediate Release:

April 12, 2005

JVC Releases Everio GZ-MC500 Digital Media Camera
A High Resolution Hard Disk Camcorder with Newly Developed
3-CCD Camera System
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Creation of the World’s Ultimate* 5-Mega class Still Performance in the
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World’s Smallest and Lightest* Unit

Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) announced today the Japanese release of the
Everio GZ-MC500 high-resolution digital media camera with a newly developed 3-CCD
camera system, as part of its popular

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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 3 1.33-megapixel* 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. 3 * : 3 x 690,000 effective pixels for video, and 3 x 1,230,000 pixels for stills 1 2. D

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to easily enjoy taking high quality images whenever and wherever they like. Other Features 1. Easy and convenient, handy and reliable picture taking, thanks to the hard disk recording media Since it automatically starts from empty space on the disk, there is no risk of recording over previously taken pictures. Any unwanted scenes during filming can be deleted on the spot. No need for troublesome rewinding or fast forwarding. It has an index function so that a desired scene can be qu

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Optional Accessories (Japan) Product Description Model Name MSRP (tax included) Battery Kit VU-VM10KIT 13,440 yen 4 Lithium-ion Battery BN-VM200* 9,450 yen 5 VU-V840KIT* 20,790 yen Long Hour Belt Holder Battery Kit 4 5 VU-V856KIT* * 31,290 yen Battery Charger AA-V200 14,700 yen 5 DC Cord VC-VBN800* 998 yen Microdrive® (4GB one inch hard disc drive) CU-MD04J Open 6 0.7x Wide Conversion Lens GL-V0737* 16,800 yen 6 1.4x Tele Conversion Lens GL-V1437* 16,800 yen Carrying Case CB-VM20

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Major Specifications NTSC Japan and the US standard SD-VIDEO format: Format Video/ Audio MPEG-2 PS/ Dolby Digital 1/4.5-inch, 1.33 megapixel CCD x 3 Image Sensor (Effective area: moving images: 690,000 pixels x 3, Still images 1.23 megapixels x 3) Video: F1.8-2.4: f=3.2-32 mm (Normal video 35 mm lens equiv. : 46.2-462 mm, optical 10x zoom (digital 200x zoom) Lens Sill: F1.9-2.4: f=4-32 mm (Normal still 35 mm lens equiv.: 43-344 mm, optical 8x zoom filter diameter 37mm) Minimum

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128 MB 705 1115 210 350 135 225 Compact 1420 2235 420 710 275 455 256 MB flash card 512 MB 2840 4465 840 1420 555 915 (sold 5680 8930 1685 2840 1115 1835 1 GB separately) 2 GB 9999 9999 3285 5680 2230 3675 2048x1536 dots 2560x1920 dots Still picture recording size Still picture recording mode Fine Standard Fine Standard 2 GB 1385 2150 900 1415 (sold separately) One inch 9 4 GB HDD* 2775 4305 1805 2835 (provided) (such as ® Microdrive ) 6 GB 4160 6460 2715 4255 (sol

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PC Connection Kit Require the Following OS Microsoft®: Windows® 2000 Professional/ Me (Pre-install model) Microsoft ®: Windows® XP Home Edition / Professional (Pre-install model) Photo Navigator CPU: Intel® MMX™ Pentium 200 MHz or up RAM: 64 MB or up Terminal: UBS terminal provided CD-ROM drive Blank space of hard disc drive approx. 10MB or more needed (500MB or more recommended) CyberLink DVD Solution CPU: Intel®Pentium® III 700 MHz or up (Pentium®4 2GHz or more