JVC Everio GZ-X900

A small Full HD camcorder that takes pictures yet of 9 megapixels

From the size of a large smartphone, the GZ -X900 is a device for mobile fist lovers HD .

The Everio GZ-X900 is a tiny digital video camera capable of filming in Full HD and take pictures simultaneously in 5 million pixels. With no internal memory, it stores your work on SDHC memory cards.

JVC Everio GZ-X900, is a digital camcorder fist rather surprising that stores its video on SDHC memory cards . Compact (12,4 x6 , 6×3 , 7 cm) and lightweight ( 298 grams with battery and memory card ) , it could almost fall into a shirt pocket . A small toy that the manufacturer compared to a large gauge smartphone and seems promising .

As small as it is, the GZ – X900 embeds a C- MOS sensor 10.3 megapixels to shoot full HD ( 1920×1080 pixels ) AVCHD and take pictures of 9,000,000 pixels ( 3456×2592 pixels ) . Termed a hybrid, said it is capable of taking photos while filming. In this case , the image resolution is limited to 5 million pixels .

Without having the product in hand , it is difficult to say more about the ergonomics of this small camcorder. Its screen diagonal of 7.1 inches should be enough to fit comfortably , however the image . Another consequence of its compact , the Everio GZ – X900 features a 5x optical zoom and banal 200x digital . It nevertheless welcomes the presence of an optical stabilizer .

This camcorder will offer a record 10 times idle mode (250 frames per second ) . Thus , a sequence of two seconds will be displayed at idle for about twenty seconds . A fun feature , and fashion , which is found today on cameras (Read the test of the Casio Ex -FC100) . Always for the playful side – and – just as commonplace today , this camcorder comes with everything you need to export your videos to YouTube or to an iPod or iPhone. It should be noted finally that the GZ – X900 would be able , after its manufacturer , to take pictures in burst mode at a rate of 15 frames per second. We ask to see …

With no internal memory , the device could store two hours and 40 minutes of video in maximum resolution ( in discharge mode 24 Mbit / s) on a memory card SDHC 32GB The card would also store more pictures in 7810 high definition picture (3456×2592 pixels tuning ). For its part, the battery would provide a range of 1 hour and 15 minutes.

The camera is marketed with about 700 euros .