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I’ll start with just few things :

GY 111 format 24p is great. You can shot in MOVIES FORMAT – HD 720/24p.

With this camera YOU CAN SET YOUR IMAGE.
Calibrate Black, Detail, RGB Gain, Gamma, Color… etc.
In fact, you have a lot of settings (Ex – Cinelike & Live Settings) on your memory card!
You can make your own settings – Superb Feature!

Low Lite Shot Exemple

Also if you have DEAD PIXELS….
- On 24p format push 3 buttons (Focus assist+ Menu+Status) for 5 seconds and a safe menu will appear and… boom dead pixels are GONE!

FOCUS ASSIST is another great feature. When you press this button the area of focus is displayed in blue, red or green and the rest of image is BW.

BLACK&WHITE or COLOR monitor option.

ZEBRA & SKIN DETAIL function options. Skin detail suppresses edge sharpening in the skin color areas of the video signal, smooth skin tones.

JVC GY 111e it’s a camera composed from 2 pieces: 1-the body/ 2- The lens. This means you can use adaptors (like Letus) or interchangeable lens (Fujinon).
111 can shot in SD & HDV (on minitapes or HDD)
Recording Format – 720/24p, 720/25p, 576/50p, 48/60p, 480/24p, 576/25p, 576/50i
HDV720p format, 8bit, 19,7 Mbps
Compression MPEG-2
DV format, 8 bit, 25 Mbps

The lens is very good, with manual controls – Focus, Zoom, Iris & Macro.
PERFECT FOR FILM! You can use zoom servo connector or auto Iris button.
Macro is just GREAT.
You can buy an Wide Converter Lens WCV-82 SC for indoor (450 euro).

On the Right Side of body
FOCUS ASSIST – the area of focus is displayed in red, green or blue and yhe rest of picture is BW.
AUDIO & VIDEO monitoring knobs
USER BUTTONS – You can assign camera functions to the user1/2/3
MENU – Very complex and easy to use.
SHUTTER
ND FILTER SWITCH
REC BUTTON
GAIN
STATUS
Working with this controls is very easy… Everything is ok. Focus assist is something else. Helpfull.

The Viewfinder & LCD monitor are OK. You can switch between them, just holding down DISPLAY button.
You have a lot of settings, Menu, Status, Safe areas, Color & BW display, brightness & contrast… etc.
The characters are big enough.
The LCD can be rotated- usefull.

VTR – Play/Still, Stop, Rew, FF
On the Fujinon lens you have a picture Ctrl- RET for return video signal from the VTR to the viewfinder.

On the Left Side

Connectors
IEEE 1394 (6pin)
RCA – Video/ Y, Pb, Pr
Cassette cover
XLR – Audio inputs
HDV & DV switcher

I hate 2 things at this camera:

1. Battery – which is very weak – max. 15-20 min. I have 3 BN V428 & 438 (2800 & 3800 mAh) but…
2. Tapes. You know, money, push here, take care, transfer on computer, condensation…
I solve this!

As I say… The battery is not enough. So I buy this IDX. Lithium Ion. DC 14,8 V.
Now I’m very satisfied.
On right side of IDX adapter is a D-Tap for lights (camera) or HDD. Very useful.

BR HD 100 is a hard disk with 100 G.
A lot’s of formats are supported HD & SD
Also has support for Premiere, Final Cut, Avid, Canopus, Matrox, Pinnacle and Raw DV – M2T, AVI Type 1&2 and AVI type 2-24p + Quicktime 24p(NTSC)
Workflow is simple – shot on HD download in workstation. Done.
Even you can edit on BR HD 100.
The setup is very simple.

Just few things… Don’t connect or disconnect the HD 100 firewire with Power ON!
Same thing for the camera.
Don’t dismount The Fujinon lens from body with Power On – Dead Pixels!

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I don’t recommend this camera for news – crash, floods, fights…
The setup is complex and if you wanna do some good images you need more time.
It’s true on the top of the camera is a button FAS Full auot shooting – but… When the power is turned on
while the camera is in the FAs mode, it takes about 10 seconds before the automatic adjustments of FAS is completed.
So…

On low light? To make good shots you need lights! A lot.
If you’re a miner don’t buy this camera. Buy Nokia n95. It’s great. It’s a joke. Haha. So funny.

I shot with GY HD111 at – 17 C.
News, documentary, shows, commercials etc.
The setup is ok (for me). I’m working in Televison for 12 years – Rumanian Tv.
All pictures I post are made on mountains, was very could but everything was ok.

The price:
JVC GY HD111e – 4200 euro (1 year ago)
IDX – 1500 euro
BR HD 100 – 1200 euro
Wide lens – 450 euro (lost- my mistake)
I hope this article is ok… Let me know your opinion.
Radu Barb.

Somebody was asking for information about JVC GY 111 and Windows 7. Camera does not connect through firewire… Yes it’s a major problem. Win 7 doesn’t have drivers for JVC GY 111! Too bad. Uh. Same situation with Dr HD 100 (Focus). So if you want to capture some footage you need to install another Windows version. Or… to buy a MAC!