Does the camera have an LANC or any type of zoom controller? I did a search that said, no. I find this hard to believe.

I did not find any lanc on the HD10, but then I was not searching for one, maybe a thorough search would be needed.

Isn't it that only Canon and Sony support Lanc? There isn't one on the JVC.

I thought some sort of remote was standard on pro level camcorders. Perhaps I'm wrong. I've owned Sony & Panasonic & they both had remotes, Sony used LANC & Panasonic has a newer type.

<<<-- Originally posted by Utahbound : Does the camera have an LANC or any type of zoom controller? I did a search that said, no. I find this hard to believe. -->>>

Why?

LANC is a Sony design also used by Canon.

Jlip on JVC isn't it called. I believe JVC are all alone with their standard. Does the camera have one of these?
I did a lot of searching for this befor and it was hard to get much info. JVC does sell a Jlip cable and I do recall software being available, but you would have to know some programing and some specific info on the camera that JVC might not give out, to make it of any use.
ken

It does not have any control on it.

I guess, if you need control, it will be through a firewire cable, and that would be deck control. No zoom controller is available for it.

Cheers

DBK

That sucks. Does it not have a seperate remote controll pad? Even my old 1 chip JVC DV had a remote.
ken

It comes with a remote which you could use I guess.

A little difficult to hold the remote and do a pan and tilt at the same time though.

DBK

True enough. You could mount the remote on the pan and tilt console and run it all from there. What kind of range/reception does the remote get you?
ken

I don't think either Hd1 or HD10 has any wired remotes. I also do agree that this sucks big time. Varizoom's LANC for Sony VX2000 has been a huge help. Being able to control both focus and zoom without touching the camera body is very important.

Also, what do you do when the camera is mounted on a crane? Bummer.

It does have a little wireless remote, but it's a joke - do not waste your time thinking you can use it reliably. Plus it only controls zoom but not focus, to my knowledge. Plus cam's IR sensor is located at the FRONT alongside the lens...

I'd seriously hope that next generation of these cams will feature a LANC-type wired, variable speed focus/zoom plus rec-stop/wake up remote. It is a handicap for JVC HD not to have such basic necessity.

JVC used to offer Jlip packs for their older cameras. I hope a solution is put forth. What about the big JVC DV cams -500/700.
Do they have any remote controll options? They must have something available considering their market. Maybe the same setup will work on the JVC. Even if I have to use a pc to controll it through software (like varizoom but you use a keyboard) I would be happy.
ken