JVC has announce some details of this ProHD GY-HM700 compact shoulder camcorder, which is now officially launched. JVC’s new ProHD camcorder offers a performance demanding applications in mainstream production, electronic newsgathering and cinematography.The JVC ProHD GY-HM700 features 1/3-inch Progressive scan 3CCD image sensor and a 14x zoom Canon F1.6 lens. It can record at up tp 35Mbps data rate and in 1920×1080p24/p25/p30 full HD resolution or 1280 x 720p60/p50/p30/p25/p24 resolution. The professional camcorder delivers world’s fastest shoot-to-edit workflow as it is able to record in native Final Cut Pro format.
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With a size of 54×113x68mm and a weight of 305g, here you are the Everio GZ-MG840, the latest video camera from JVC with 60GB of HDD. Available now on the Japanese market, and for 70,000 Yens (580€), this new camera will also use microSD or microSDHC card in order to record video in MPEG-2.
Our YouTube-Friendly camera features 1/6’’ CCD Sensor with a 32x Optical zoom, as well as 2.7’’ LCD Screen.
Lastly you’ll be able to record up to 14 hours and 20 minutes video in Ultra fineness quality (720×480).

Victor also put another model on the market, the GZ-MG880 which comes with a built-in hard disk of 120GB allowing you to record up to 28hours and 40 minutes video. Regarding the price, it costs around 75,000 Yens.

JVC has upgraded its IP-Network PTZ Camera line up with the new VN-V685U. The network camera comes with 27x optical zoom and a smooth direct drive motor. It is perfect for day and night camera and delivers high quality image in low light with its IR cut filter. The new VN-V685U camera is expected to hit the market in December 2008.

JVC this morning unveiled three new HD Everio cameras.The HD40 is also the longest-running HD camcorder available, JVC boasts: a built-in 120GB hard drive allows as much as 50 hours of 1920×1080 video with quality throttled back to Extended Play mode. Full quality is still long at 15 hours. The HD30 offers the same recording capability with a more modest 80GB hard drive, while both cameras include microSDHC card slots that add over three hours of HD on an 8GB card (one hour at full quality) or else a means of offloading videos.

A third camera, the HD10, carries just a 40GB hard drive and is limited to a 4:3 ratio 1440×1080 resolution for up to 16 hours (five at full quality) while keeping the microSDHC slot and most other features.The camera lines come with Windows editing software and a plug-in to allow MPEG-2 editing in Final Cut Pro and iMovie. AVCHD support for the camcorders is already built into Apple’s newer software, JVC says. The camcorders ship in August at a price of $800 for the entry HD10, $1,000 for the HD30, and $1,300 for the HD40.