The GR-DVL9500 is an early JVC MiniDV camera, from a 1998 manual, and Sound & Vision reviewed it in May 1999. It's built around one fairly big 1/3-inch progressive-scan CCD rather than three small ones, behind a 10x zoom. JVC used the progressive sensor for sharper still frames, and gave the camera a party trick: a High Speed Recording mode at 120 frames a second for slow-motion playback. It also has a big 3.8-inch flip-out screen, a color viewfinder, a stereo mic input and headphones, and a 4-pin DV jack that works both ways. Some listings call it a three-chip camera. It isn't, so don't pay for one.
Tape check
Should come with it
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing piece should come off the price.
JVC's manual lists codes E01 to E06 as the camera going into safeguard mode: remove and reattach the battery. If the code comes back, it needs service.
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Buying guide
We'd buy the DVL9500 titled tested and working with a bag, a charger, a battery, a power cord and a remote at $100 with free shipping. It's one of only two listed, so the $120 to $170 band isn't a market read; the other, also titled tested, asks $186 delivered with a bag, a charger, a remote and cables in the photo. Ask either seller for a short video of a MiniDV tape playing back on the 3.8-inch screen and whether it has shown an E01 to E06 error, and check the 4-pin DV jack in the photos, since it's how tapes get to a computer. It's a single-chip camera with one 1/3-inch CCD, so don't pay extra for a listing that calls it three-chip.
$99.98delivered
The cheaper of the two listed at $100 delivered, titled tested and working with a bag, a charger, a battery, a power cord and a remote. Ask for a clip of a tape playing back, since the title doesn't say one was used.
JVC GR-DVL9500 Camcorder w/ Bag Charger Battery Power Cord Remote Tested Working
$99.98delivered
It comes with what you need to run and charge it, and it costs $86 less than the only other DVL9500 for sale, which is also titled tested.
JVC GR-DVL9500 Camcorder w/ Bag Charger Battery Power Cord Remote Tested Working
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Used$99.98delivered
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Good buy
Titled tested and working. Bag, charger, battery, power cord and remote included.
Seller: whatreyoubuyin
99.3% positive
Used$186.22est. delivered
$175.87 + $10.35 shipping
Buy It Now$175.87
Our take
Titled tested. Bag, charger, power adapter, remote, strap and A/V cable in the photo.
Seller: 09elkgolf09
99.8% positive
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