Gs 100k Owners Association!!

Donald Craig Forbes · August 14th, 2003, 09:37 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Samuel Raj : Owner, Date of purchase, Source
Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan
Patricia Kim
Eng Yew Lee
Michael Struthers
Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen
Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan
Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US
Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax.
Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units)
DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!) -->>>
Craig Forbes ==got order confirmation from Price Japan 14th Aug 2003 - Black...

Samuel Raj · August 18th, 2003, 04:42 PM

Owner, Date of purchase, Source
Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan
Patricia Kim
Eng Yew Lee
Michael Struthers
Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen
Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan
Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US
Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax.
Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units)
DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!)
Donald Craig Forbes ==18th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Black, with waist battery!!)

Aylwin Cal · August 18th, 2003, 08:42 PM

Aylwin Cal === 19th August 2003 === www.hat-in.com, Japan

Just received a nice black DV cam at my doorstep less than an hour ago. It looks really cool!

The fact that this is a Japanese-only model was a problem for me. I would never have bought this if not for this forum. It's impossible to ignore all the posts and praise. Plus, the English translation "seals the deal". Big thanks to Kuraoka-san for his work!

Samuel Raj · August 18th, 2003, 10:25 PM

Owner, Date of purchase, Source
Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan
Patricia Kim
Eng Yew Lee
Michael Struthers
Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen
Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan
Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US
Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax.
Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units)
DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!)
Donald Craig Forbes ==18th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Black, with waist battery!!)
Aylwin Cal == 19th August 2003 == www.hat-in.com, Japan(Black unit)

Amit Sawarkar · August 19th, 2003, 11:46 AM

I'm placing an order for this cam within the next couple of days.

Need your inputs on two things:

1. the CD with the driver software that comes with the shipment is in Japanese, and will work only with Jap OS. Is there an alternate that will work with Windows 2000?

2. The remote that comes is also marked in Japanese. Is there an English alternate?

I am OK with dealing with the Jap menus using the excellent translation provided by others on this board, and intend to manage with the 953 Manual.

Thanks in advance for your response.

DooKee Cho · August 19th, 2003, 12:45 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Amit Sawarkar : I'm placing an order for this cam within the next couple of days.

Need your inputs on two things:

1. the CD with the driver software that comes with the shipment is in Japanese, and will work only with Jap OS. Is there an alternate that will work with Windows 2000?

2. The remote that comes is also marked in Japanese. Is there an English alternate?

I am OK with dealing with the Jap menus using the excellent translation provided by others on this board, and intend to manage with the 953 Manual.

Thanks in advance for your response. -->>>

1. It works with my XP(Not JapOS) but I installed usb+web driver +G726(for mpeg4) only from CD. Other programs(should work too) have japanese menu so I didn't installed. I guess no problem with window 2000. Or you can find english version driver (for gs70 or MX500A but I think they should work) in support section - http://www.panasonic.com.au .

2. You can find english version (PV-DRC9 Remote Control(English) For Panasonic Digital Camcorders) in B&H
but I don't know it works with gs100(it is for gs70 ).

Shawn Thomas · August 19th, 2003, 09:09 PM

i wanted to let everyone know that the jap cd in the box with your cam that contains the driver files is fine to use

just pop in the disc and dont auto play it
instead browse it to the drivers folder and only install the drivers and not the software that is jap
the drivers are universal for your os and are not in jap nor are they hard to locate when browsing the disc
if anyone needs more specific instructions i will be happy to post detailed

as for the remote i have printed out and cut
from a template i made in psp from a picture of the 953 remote that picture is on the yahoo gs100 site if you dont have one

Amit Sawarkar · August 20th, 2003, 01:20 AM

Thanks DooKee Cho & Shawn for your resonses.
Much appreciated.

One more query. I've heard a lot about the 'Skin tone' feature on the gs100 model. thats not available on the current (older) US version - 953.

Can you help explain how it works, and the settings to make it work. (if its explained in some manual thats available online, just point me to it).

thanks again!
- Amit

Rick Tugman · August 20th, 2003, 07:13 AM

Hi again Amit:

The skin tone feature is as I know it, just a button that sit inside the screen door. I believe it's either on or off.

As for the GS100 manual.... there is a pdf version of it. I have it but use dial up and I didn't want to e-mail it to you with your permmision. But it is available at the same Yahoo GS100 site or again somewhere here, but you may have to search the threads and go back several weeks to find the link.

If you need further help please let us know.

Amit Sawarkar · August 20th, 2003, 05:22 PM

Thanks again, Rick!

I've come across the 953 manual, and gs70 manual too on this board and the gs100 yahoo group, but not the gs100 one.

would be great if you can upload it to your yahoo briefcase or something from where I can download it.

thanks again.
- Amit

Rick Tugman · August 20th, 2003, 05:46 PM

Amit:

There is only a translated version of the GS100 manual. Not all if it was translated and there are several pages still in Japanese. The guys who worked on it didn't have the time to translate 212 pages, but the ones you need to operate the camera are done. They are basically the same as the menu translation pages and the diagrams

I know that is online too. I have a dial up (cable is coming to my neighborhood) so if you really need it I will upload what I have for you.

Please let me know if you can't find the partially translated GS100 manual. In the meantime I'll try to find the link for you and post it here if I find it again.

Best regards,

Rick.

Amit Sawarkar · August 21st, 2003, 01:38 PM

Thanks Rick,

I've downloaded the menu translation.

Waiting for the Cam to arrive now.

best,

Amit

Samuel Raj · August 21st, 2003, 02:27 PM

Amit, Rick...

Lets Update the new camera owners, Black or silver cam, Accessories, price list, cheap accessories availability, Brand name etc. in this thread.

We can also update the accessories list separately, like wide angle lens, tele photo lens, different filters in a separate list, like the one we have as new users list.

If we want to talk about any other issues please lets create new thread on that topic. And ofcourse we can use this thread as reference in other threads. No offense please.

Thanks,
Sam

Amit Sawarkar · August 25th, 2003, 04:45 PM

yahoooo!!

my cam arrived this morning.
just dying to check it out. Had to leave for work.

here is the info:
GS100K Silver
bought it from PriceJapan. $1208. all inclusive.
Ordered on Wednesday, and recd. on Monday.
I've got LF43W - the UV filter along with the cam.
I also ordered LW4307 - wide angle lens, but they are yet to ship it.

will write in soon with my experiences. (and also questions, queries, etc..)

cheers,
Amit

Samuel Raj · August 25th, 2003, 07:36 PM

Owner, Date of purchase, Source
Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan
Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan
Patricia Kim
Eng Yew Lee
Michael Struthers
Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen
Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan
Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US
Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax.
Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units)
DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!)
Donald Craig Forbes ==18th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Black, with waist battery!!)
Aylwin Cal == 19th August 2003 == www.hat-in.com, Japan(Black unit)
Amit Sawarkar == 25th August 2003 == Price Japan(Great Silver!)

Accessories (new Column) -- Pls remind me to update, if i missed
Patricia Kim == LW4307(Wide Lens)
Wei Jen MD== VW-VBD7
Donald Craig Forbes == VW-VBD7
Amit Sawarkar == LF43W(UV filter), LW4307(Wide Lens)

August 14th, 2003, 09:37 PM	#31
Donald Craig Forbes Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hoboken, NJ. USA Posts: 26	Re: Congrats Dookee cho! <<<-- Originally posted by Samuel Raj : Owner, Date of purchase, Source Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan Patricia Kim Eng Yew Lee Michael Struthers Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax. Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units) DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!) -->>> Craig Forbes ==got order confirmation from Price Japan 14th Aug 2003 - Black... __________________ -Craig

August 18th, 2003, 04:42 PM	#32
Samuel Raj Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 210	Congrats Donald Craig Forbes! Owner, Date of purchase, Source Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan Patricia Kim Eng Yew Lee Michael Struthers Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax. Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units) DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!) Donald Craig Forbes ==18th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Black, with waist battery!!)

August 18th, 2003, 10:25 PM	#34
Samuel Raj Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 210	Congrats Aylwin Cal!! Owner, Date of purchase, Source Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan Patricia Kim Eng Yew Lee Michael Struthers Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax. Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units) DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!) Donald Craig Forbes ==18th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Black, with waist battery!!) Aylwin Cal == 19th August 2003 == www.hat-in.com, Japan(Black unit)

August 19th, 2003, 11:46 AM	#35
Amit Sawarkar Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pleasanton, California Posts: 35	query for owners of gs100k I'm placing an order for this cam within the next couple of days. Need your inputs on two things: 1. the CD with the driver software that comes with the shipment is in Japanese, and will work only with Jap OS. Is there an alternate that will work with Windows 2000? 2. The remote that comes is also marked in Japanese. Is there an English alternate? I am OK with dealing with the Jap menus using the excellent translation provided by others on this board, and intend to manage with the 953 Manual. Thanks in advance for your response.

August 19th, 2003, 12:45 PM	#36
DooKee Cho New Boot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Naperville Posts: 17	Re: query for owners of gs100k <<<-- Originally posted by Amit Sawarkar : I'm placing an order for this cam within the next couple of days. Need your inputs on two things: 1. the CD with the driver software that comes with the shipment is in Japanese, and will work only with Jap OS. Is there an alternate that will work with Windows 2000? 2. The remote that comes is also marked in Japanese. Is there an English alternate? I am OK with dealing with the Jap menus using the excellent translation provided by others on this board, and intend to manage with the 953 Manual. Thanks in advance for your response. -->>> 1. It works with my XP(Not JapOS) but I installed usb+web driver +G726(for mpeg4) only from CD. Other programs(should work too) have japanese menu so I didn't installed. I guess no problem with window 2000. Or you can find english version driver (for gs70 or MX500A but I think they should work) in support section - http://www.panasonic.com.au . 2. You can find english version (PV-DRC9 Remote Control(English) For Panasonic Digital Camcorders) in B&H but I don't know it works with gs100(it is for gs70 ).

August 18th, 2003, 08:42 PM	#33
Aylwin Cal Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 38	Aylwin Cal === 19th August 2003 === www.hat-in.com, Japan Just received a nice black DV cam at my doorstep less than an hour ago. It looks really cool! The fact that this is a Japanese-only model was a problem for me. I would never have bought this if not for this forum. It's impossible to ignore all the posts and praise. Plus, the English translation "seals the deal". Big thanks to Kuraoka-san for his work!

August 19th, 2003, 09:09 PM	#37
Shawn Thomas New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: California Posts: 18	i wanted to let everyone know that the jap cd in the box with your cam that contains the driver files is fine to use just pop in the disc and dont auto play it instead browse it to the drivers folder and only install the drivers and not the software that is jap the drivers are universal for your os and are not in jap nor are they hard to locate when browsing the disc if anyone needs more specific instructions i will be happy to post detailed as for the remote i have printed out and cut from a template i made in psp from a picture of the 953 remote that picture is on the yahoo gs100 site if you dont have one

August 20th, 2003, 01:20 AM	#38
Amit Sawarkar Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pleasanton, California Posts: 35	Thanks DooKee Cho & Shawn for your resonses. Much appreciated. One more query. I've heard a lot about the 'Skin tone' feature on the gs100 model. thats not available on the current (older) US version - 953. Can you help explain how it works, and the settings to make it work. (if its explained in some manual thats available online, just point me to it). thanks again! - Amit

August 20th, 2003, 07:13 AM	#39
Rick Tugman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Parkland, Florida Posts: 105	Hi again Amit: The skin tone feature is as I know it, just a button that sit inside the screen door. I believe it's either on or off. As for the GS100 manual.... there is a pdf version of it. I have it but use dial up and I didn't want to e-mail it to you with your permmision. But it is available at the same Yahoo GS100 site or again somewhere here, but you may have to search the threads and go back several weeks to find the link. If you need further help please let us know. __________________ Camera: Panasonic DV953 PC: Apple Aluminum G4 Powerbook - 15 inch Final Cut Pro 4 and other assorted goodies!

August 20th, 2003, 05:22 PM	#40
Amit Sawarkar Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pleasanton, California Posts: 35	Thanks again, Rick! I've come across the 953 manual, and gs70 manual too on this board and the gs100 yahoo group, but not the gs100 one. would be great if you can upload it to your yahoo briefcase or something from where I can download it. thanks again. - Amit

August 20th, 2003, 05:46 PM	#41
Rick Tugman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Parkland, Florida Posts: 105	Amit: There is only a translated version of the GS100 manual. Not all if it was translated and there are several pages still in Japanese. The guys who worked on it didn't have the time to translate 212 pages, but the ones you need to operate the camera are done. They are basically the same as the menu translation pages and the diagrams I know that is online too. I have a dial up (cable is coming to my neighborhood) so if you really need it I will upload what I have for you. Please let me know if you can't find the partially translated GS100 manual. In the meantime I'll try to find the link for you and post it here if I find it again. Best regards, Rick. __________________ Camera: Panasonic DV953 PC: Apple Aluminum G4 Powerbook - 15 inch Final Cut Pro 4 and other assorted goodies!

August 21st, 2003, 01:38 PM	#42
Amit Sawarkar Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pleasanton, California Posts: 35	Thanks Rick, I've downloaded the menu translation. Waiting for the Cam to arrive now. best, Amit

August 21st, 2003, 02:27 PM	#43
Samuel Raj Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 210	Suggestions!!! Amit, Rick... Lets Update the new camera owners, Black or silver cam, Accessories, price list, cheap accessories availability, Brand name etc. in this thread. We can also update the accessories list separately, like wide angle lens, tele photo lens, different filters in a separate list, like the one we have as new users list. If we want to talk about any other issues please lets create new thread on that topic. And ofcourse we can use this thread as reference in other threads. No offense please. Thanks, Sam

August 25th, 2003, 04:45 PM	#44
Amit Sawarkar Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pleasanton, California Posts: 35	yahoooo!! my cam arrived this morning. just dying to check it out. Had to leave for work. here is the info: GS100K Silver bought it from PriceJapan. $1208. all inclusive. Ordered on Wednesday, and recd. on Monday. I've got LF43W - the UV filter along with the cam. I also ordered LW4307 - wide angle lens, but they are yet to ship it. will write in soon with my experiences. (and also questions, queries, etc..) cheers, Amit

August 25th, 2003, 07:36 PM	#45
Samuel Raj Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 210	Congrats Amit!!! :-) Owner, Date of purchase, Source Marius Burz ===17th July 2003 ===Price Japan Samuel Raj ====26th July 2003 ===Price Japan Shawn Thomas == 29th July 2003== Price Japan Patricia Kim Eng Yew Lee Michael Struthers Bogdan Vaglarov ==1st Aug 2003==Camera no Kitamura,Japan==130000 Yen Nicco Bhabu ==22nd July 2003==Price Japan Wei Jen MD==6th Aug 2003== local friend in Japan==151720yen including VW-VBD7 to US Lincoln Norris==9th Aug 2003==Akihabara(discount shop, japan)==117,800 +5% tax. Steven Blye==6th Aug 2003==Price Japan(two black units) DooKee Cho ==14th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Great Silver!) Donald Craig Forbes ==18th Aug 2003==Price Japan(Black, with waist battery!!) Aylwin Cal == 19th August 2003 == www.hat-in.com, Japan(Black unit) Amit Sawarkar == 25th August 2003 == Price Japan(Great Silver!) Accessories (new Column) -- Pls remind me to update, if i missed Patricia Kim == LW4307(Wide Lens) Wei Jen MD== VW-VBD7 Donald Craig Forbes == VW-VBD7 Amit Sawarkar == LF43W(UV filter), LW4307(Wide Lens)