Thread: JVC Everio GZ-MG555 Camcorder

Everio GZ-MG555 feels solid and comfortably accommodates one hand. A strong set of access to manual settings and scene modes for different lighting conditions - settings that tend to be buried in nested in the on-screen menus on many camcorders. The dial recalls a similar function to the old school, heavy-duty 35 mm cameras. In addition to the aperture and shutter speed adjustments, GZ-MG555 has a useful option to automatically receive control.The regimes makes switch between video mode and remains in the picture is easy, but there are complications: If nudging upward shift change regimes, pushing it to reduce turn off the camcorder. Telemacro feature allows you to enlarge on nearby objects without losing focus and Nightalive setting supports shooting in very dim light, albeit with a shaky due to the slow shutter speed.



GZ-MG555 lets you select from four quality modes: "Economy" as used by a small amount of disk space, and thus creates a very low quality video, but in informal tests, output was acceptable, even in this situation. GZ-MG555 is one of the two models to get higher marks for still images in our laboratory tests.The included remote control is convenient and the docking station / charger adds USB, composite, FireWire and S-Video ports, so you can, for example, to pull the video directly from a camcorder in the Adobe Premiere Elements 3.