JVC GZ-MG175EK

Ease of use, compact , lite

Battery life could be better.

Light and easy to manage. Does everything you would expect from a camcorder of this price. Produces good quality video in point and shoot mode.

Auto focus struggles on anything more than 20x zoom.

its size,weight and image quality suits my requirement of a camcoder.

Very compact and light and easy to handle.

The zoom is very sensitive and takes some time to get used to. The additional batteries are very expensive compared to overal camcorder price.

size image quality

controls fiddly hard to understand battery life to short

small,easy to use in just one hand and light. no tapes needed as hard drive well big enough. very easy to transfer to disc via computer.

Does what it says on the tin

Software supplied doesn't work with Vista 64 bit version

optical zoom

low light filming

Great camera for the money. Easy to use: I took it on holiday to florida and recorded over 2 hours in total, downloaded all the clips to my PC and I haven't even opened the manual yet! Small enough to fit in your pocket if you have baggy trousers (I...

Takes a few seconds to start up so you need to be ready in advance if you don't want to miss a shot. You can leave it on standby so it's quicker unless If you're saving battery though by switching it all off each time. Zoom lever is quite sensitive. If...

small, light, simple to use

takes time to turn on