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2026-08-29 JVC GZ-MS110 Video Camera

The JVC GZ-MS110 has a 45x zoom that can go as far as 800x digital using the full digital chip. It isn’t a huge chip, being ⅙ inch and a 800K pixel CCD. This produces standard video—it is a 2010 camera.
 
It sports 
  • a Konica Minolta lens
  • has Super LoLux sensitivity in low light
  • an advanced Image Stabilizer
  • has Time-Lapse recording
  • featured one-touch uploading to You Tube™ (HD Compatible)
  • auto LCD backlight control
  • had a DATA battery
  • used USB 2.0 High speed transfer 
  • and had Bluetooth Wireless Technology 
    Software was provided for Windows machines, as Apple machines probably didn’t need software to view this camera’s video.
    This particular camera was almost split in two, right down the centerline. It had its battery, but I haven’t found a way to charge the battery yet.* It accepts a power cord, but the connection is something I haven’t encountered before. It would be lovely to play with it, but common opinion says almost any camera phone would produce better video. Maybe, but look at all the other things this camera could do. Time-Lapse Recording…what fun.

* I did find a way to charge the battery, Unfortunately the camera isn’t working that well. There is no video on the screen. Pushing buttons will elicit various sounds—bongs, beeps and the like. After waiting a bit the zoom started to zoom when the control was pressed, but without video on the screen it is pretty hopeless to see what the camera is really doing.

    Feeling as if I hadn’t spent enough time on the camera, I tried to take it apart. I found there were two sizes of screws used, but the far shorter ones were pretty easy to remember. One side remained a mystery—the side with the handstrap. The other panels came off, but then it started to get tricky. There are multiple ribbon cables and some have their sockets in inaccessible positions until you remove entire assemblies layered over them. I came across several shattered bits of plastic and ended up finding a spare screw (the one in the image is an example of the longer ones).
I have put the poor camera away while it is in one piece, just in case another comes along that might need its battery or other part.

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