JVC Everio X 600 fps hybrid camera launched

JVC GZ-X 900 to hit stores soon

JVC Everio X 600 fps hybrid camera

For anybody looking to shoot high definition video and high resolution digital still images, this is the perfect camcorder. This is the latest camcorder in the Everio line up and will hit the stores in June with a price tag of $1,000. That price is not too high, considering the high end features this camera offers.

Everio X, also called JVC GZ-X 900, weighs 0.66 pounds and can record at a super-slow 600 fps for extreme slow motion movies. For still pictures, it can shoot 9 megapixel images at the rate of 15 per second. The Everio X, offering both 600 fps slow-mo and 15 fps 9 MP images, looks like the eprfect combination of camcorder and still digital camera. The 15 fps speed of the Everio XD is higher than what is offered by digital SLR cameras.

When the JVC Everio X is recording at its super slow 600 frames per second, it can only record 2.4 seconds of video. But during playback, that is almost 24 seconds. As you reduce the speed to 300 fps, recording time increases to 4 seconds (20 seconds playback) and at 120 fps, it records for 8 seconds and plays back for 16 seconds.

JVC Everio X is not much larger than a smartphone

The Everio X a carry-in-pocket camcorder with dimensions of 37 x 66 x 124 mm. It records in full 1080p HD and records to SDHC memory card. It boasts of a 10.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, which yields 9 megapixel stills.

A mixed shooting mode also lets the camera take 5-megapixel shots while recording 1080i movies, potentially taking still photos up to the SDHC card’s storage limit at the slowest 4 frames per second. Because of Konica Minolta 5X, optical-stabilized lens and an HDMI output with x.v.Color support, the camcorder makes itself the only one of its kind.

JVC only bundles Windows software with the X900, however the files are usable by Macs and can be sent to most modern video editing
softwares.