Comments on: Review of JVC GY HM 100.

By: mattcalif

mattcalif — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:34:36 +0000

thanks Phillip for all your insight on this cam! I’m upgrading from a dcr-pc5- yeah I’ve been out of the game for while- planning on shooting a kool doc- in california. This jvc JVC GY HM 100 hopefully will work out good- planning on shooting a short doc on a famous hourse jock- I think alot has changed since the original fcp- but wtf it’s all about the story. My planned distrubition is youtube and dvd’s with a hope of a film festival. Btw do you take gigs for a less than 5k a day? Thanks Matt.

By: Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:41:07 +0000

i am waiting to see what the new XF 105 from Canon will be like

By: Bruce Buck

Bruce Buck — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:12:40 +0000

I also just came across this review just now. For the longest time, I’ve been pretty dead set on waiting for the Scarlet, the 5DII successor, or perhaps the AF100. However, I finally did a project with fast action (soccer game), and the CMOS – based Sony HDR-XR520V showed exactly why CMOS sensors are a challenge for these types of projects.

This had me thinking maybe I need to look at a CCD based camera like the HM100 or the Panasonic HMC150. However, it seems, just watching this review and seeing some of the stuff you’ve done with the DSLRs, the image quality just doesn’t seem to up to par with these “old” CCD cameras. Is this your feeling as well?

Do you think the new generation CMOS sensor cameras will improve the rolling shutter enough to may them viable options for fast action sports and the like, or should I stick to CCD for now? What CCD camera would you recommend if that’s the case (under $5k)?

By: pbloom

pbloom — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:37:29 +0000

god knows…was a long time ago…the JVC is a good camera, i just wish it was better in low light

By: Michael C.

Michael C. — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:28:43 +0000

Fast forward one year and a half. I got this camera for exactly the money I wanted to spend on it: $2,000. Used, of course, but it is tapeless, so who cares. I have mixed feelings. I love the size, the handle, the XLR, the jello-free CCD sensors, the decent and fast XDCAM EX codec, I don’t even care much about its fiddly buttons. But this camera has no image stabilization! Turn it on or off, it is all the same, just like on its consumer progenitor, the HD7. This is really unfortunate, because the idea was to use it in guerilla handheld mode, and now I cannot do that except for the widest setting. I wish you mentioned this drawback in your review. Now, when I am re-watching your video I can see that the camera is not very solid when you shoot handheld. Even my consumer Panasonic has better stabilization. Now I see why you keep mentioning the cinesaddle. The Sony V1, which I also owned, was very stable even at full 20x zoom, the image floated around, but did not shake madly. Next stop: Canon XF100, but this will be $4,000 again, so I have to wait another year to find a used one on eBay for half a price…

By the way, the prior question was “HM100 or HMC40″ and you recommended the Panasonic. Why?

By: pbloom

pbloom — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:38:00 +0000

the panasonic

By: luca salvatori

luca salvatori — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:10:18 +0000

Hi, Philip, i really like the video review, now im start to change my gear (HV40 & Jag35Sp) , dilemma its Jvc Hm100 or Panasonic Hmc40 ? Whats best for shortmovie e docum?

Congratulation for your blog !

By: florian chis

florian chis — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:29:06 +0000

Hi again ,
I am looking for a camcorder for weedings and I was thinking to make an upgrade from my old Sony vx 2100 to this JVC HM 100 or Panasonic AG-HMC154 .
Can you recomend one of this camcorder or do you think that I have to search for something else ? I dont have to spend more than 3500 $ for a camcorder and if you think that in this range of price I can find a good camcorder please recomend one….
Once again congratulation for yor work and your BLOG is very profesional and very useful for most of us.

By: pbloom

pbloom — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:05:55 +0000

it’s not very good in low light…

By: florian chis

florian chis — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:02:21 +0000

hello Philip,
I would like to bay this JVC camcorder for weedings so my question is if this camera is good for this kind of shooting?
Thank you for rewiew and I would like to say that i apreciate your work.