4/15/2005

Victor (aka JVC) has announced they will launch a new Everio video camera this June. The GZ-MC500 is Victor’s first 3CCD compact video camera for general consumers. It records video files in MPEG-2 format on a 4GB 1-inch CompactFlash type hard drive, and can also take 5 megapixel still pictures with these three CCD sensors. It has an optical zoom of 10x for movies and 8x for still pictures. The GZ-MC500 camera is expected to sell around 170,000 yen (approx. USD 1,700).

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