JVC Everio GZ-X900 Camcorder Review

Product Tour Summary
• Camcorder has no hand strap on right side (does ship with an attachable wrist strap) • Lens features a built-in cover that opens and closes automatically. • Huge 1/2.33-inch sensor is one of the largest in the consumer camcorder market. • Ships with a docking station for added connectivity options (A/V and Component-out).
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Lens & Imaging System

The compact lens features a 5x optical zoom and an automatic lens cover.

The lens on the JVC GZ-X900 isn't anything special. It's a 5x optical zoom lens that has an automatic lens cover. Its aperture also doesn't open very wide, with its maximum f-stop at f/3.4. The camcorder's image sensor, however, is quite unique. At 1/2.33-inches in size, the GZ-X900's CMOS sensors is one of the largest featured in a consumer camcorder. This huge sensor gives the camcorder a gross pixel count of 10.29 megapixels and it is the reason the X900 can capture native 9-megapixel still images.

Front

	Flash for still photos
			Flash sensor
			f/3.4 - f/5.6 with a 5x optical zoom

Right

	The JVC GZ-X900 is quite plain on the right side, except for this textured grip, which doesn't help much.
On the included docking station, the USB port		Component-out port			Composite AV-out	DC power

Back

DC power
		USB
Battery information button
Flash mode button
Mode dial
		SD/SDHC card slot
Record on/off
Playback speaker

Left

Video/Still mode button

Upload button

2.8-inch LCD with a 208,000 pixel resolution

Playback/Record mode button

BN-VF908 battery

Laser Touch

Touch-sensitive menu buttons

HDMI port

Power button

Export button

Top

Photo shutter button			Stereo microphone
		Zoom toggle

Bottom

	Tripod mount		BN-VF908 rechargeable battery
		Docking station connection	Battery release

In the Box

JVC Everio GZ-X900
			Component Cable           A/V Cable					Documentation and software
Wrist strap	Remote control    Docking station				USB                   DC power cable