Well, I just got mine last Monday, and the ONLY time I have noticed an almost invisible SS is when I had it under extreme low light, 18dB gain, and using the macro focus feature. I am SO pleased with the outcome of the test footage quality I have been shooting!

I have an almost done deal with a producer/director for shooting a feature for TV, with a possible 35mm transfer for Latin America distribution. He is so pleased with the footage I have been showing him, shot by others and by myself, that he does not want to go to 35mm acquisition for his upcoming projects.

By the way, I just did an acquitition via Firewire to my laptop in real time using Premiere Pro and CineForm. I just connected the camera to the laptop and activated the Premiere's "F5". Without even hitting the Record button on the camera, I clicked Record in the Premiere capturing window and beautifully captured a 24fps HDV footage. So, I hope that this can be used in lue of the Firestore as direct-to-edit capturing workflow, except that it will be in my hard disk already without the need to transfer from the Firestore to the computer!

Luis

Congratulations for the camera and thx for the above info. Good luck with your project!

My here Malaysia have, Now in my hand JVC GY-HD101E are have SSE.
So will inform the service by next week.....